Lesson 10
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Plenary (10 minutes)
Introduce children to another New Year game: ‘fukuwarai’. Place the large sheet with an empty face on it (see the fukuwarai worksheet) onto the blackboard and explain that just like in ‘Pin the Tail on the Donkey’, children are blindfolded and have to use their sense of touch to work out all of the facial features (eyes, ears, nose etc) and place them in the correct place on the face. The child that positions them the most accurately is the winner. (Individual boards could also be given to each table for the children to have a go at, or if there is more time, children could even design their own ‘Fukuwarai’ face and body parts).
Directional vocabulary such as
| hidari | 左 ひだり | left |
| migi | 右 みぎ | right |
| ue | 上 うえ | up |
| shita | 下 した | down |
could also be written up for the children to call out as guidance to their blindfolded friend.
Extension Activity (Y5/6)
Since fukuwarai involves facial features, children could be taught various
different body parts and sing them to the tune of ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and
Toes’:
| head | 頭 あたま | atama |
| shoulder | 肩 かた | kata |
| knee | ひざ | hiza |
| toe (leg) | 足 あし | ashi |
| eye | 目 め | me |
| ear | 耳 みみ | mimi |
| mouth | 口 くち | kuchi |
| nose | 鼻 はな | hana |
Review the course. How have the children found the lessons? Which aspects of the course have they particularly enjoyed? Which parts did they find challenging? Why? Is there anything which surprised them? Look through the assessment sheets and discuss. Hand out the course certificates (can be downloaded from the assessment section of the course).
