Gyotaku from Japan
Source/Author: Betty Gootson, Head of The Experiential School of Tampa Bay
February 15, 2017
The Junior Kindergartners ended their 'trip' across Asia in the far east, learning a bit about Japan. They engaged in Gyotaku, the process of creating art prints using real fish, in this case using local mangrove snapper and mullet. The children painted the actual fish, then flipped it over and rolled it to create full prints with some very attractive results.
They also decorated and learned to fold paper accordion-style to create fans which they used along with scarves to shadow dance to Asian music, used brushes and bottle bottoms to create paintings of cherry blossoms and practiced their chopstick skills again to eat sticky rice.
They also decorated and learned to fold paper accordion-style to create fans which they used along with scarves to shadow dance to Asian music, used brushes and bottle bottoms to create paintings of cherry blossoms and practiced their chopstick skills again to eat sticky rice.
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