Today I am writing about my initiative (activities) which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
My initiatives are :
- Taekwondo (Tuesday) : it is a martial art from Korea. I practiced for 3 years in France and I am blue belt, so I am able to teach some punchs and kicks, we also do some poomsee (series of punches and kicks combinaison), the same as 'kata' for karate (more informations : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ELApKxX3qk).
We also recently practice with targets where children can punch and put into practice the kicks that they just learned.
- Origami (Wednesday, every two weeks) : I prepared the origami at home and we do in the same time : I show them and they imitate the foldings). I tried to do logical series : one week would be flowers, the other how to make envelops,...
- Calligraphy (every other weeks) : I also try to do the lesson according to the level and the language families, for example about the seasons "spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋, winter 冬", the family "mother 母, father 父, man 男, woman 女, children 子, house 家", the colors "red 赤, white 白, blue 青"
I also showed shits of paper where I wrote the letter in one side Japanese and the other in Lithuanian and they reproduced, then adding their names at the end.
Recently I tried to do with the tactil board of Artūras and it is much more easier to show them the order of the outlines. In Japanese calligraphy it is essential to respect the order of the outlines :)
Have a great day,
Emily
