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Teaching notes, classroom ideas and activities…

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To The Lighthouse – teaching notes and classroom ideas
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To The Lighthouse – Design your own holiday adventure activity sheet

Cosmic Adventures of Alice and Bob – teaching notes and classroom ideas

Takeshita Demons – teaching notes and classroom ideas

Takeshita Demons – Invent your own demon worksheet

Takeshita Demons – Activity ideas

• Monster memory game
  Illustrated with scary artwork from 18th Century artist Toriyama Sekien, this monster memory game will test your memory and introduce you to some of the more obscure mythical creatures in Japan.
• Creative writing prompts
  Can you write a new ending to these traditional Japanese ghost stories? Download worksheets for MUJINA and THE MIRROR AND THE BELL story starters, both from 1903 text Kwaidan.
• Monster self-introductions: in English or Japanese hiragana.
  Invent and introduce a monster to your friends.
• Hiragana word search
  Test your hiragana knowledge and find the demons. Download a PDF of the worksheet and separate answers.
• Papier mache daruma
  Make a papier mache daruma and learn about a daruma’s eyes.
• Colouring in sheets
  Colour in a watery kappa or a firey hannya.