Japan and Samoa Room 7

Room7 (Yr 1/2) of LNS have been diving into two countries. We will be presenting our findings on Japan over a wide range of subjects, from origami to a paint-shaded Mt Fuji at Sunset to kanji calligraphy to sumo to traditional Japanese housing. The essential go-to site that gave us everything we needed to know was http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/, and it's full of great interactive games for junior-level kids. Samoa is the smaller unit through which we've been paying more attention to the STRIVE model. Our suggestion for review, esp for the junior area, is STRIPE (incl. Present instead of Voice). Already the children have shown a high degree of spark, task and research, with artifacts ranging from native rubber balls to light weaponry (!) to kava bowls (!!) pouring in. We will be spoiled for things to present on our last week!