Lesson Plan

Japanese Tea Ceremony Lesson Plan: Littles Edition

Meet the tea bowl and whisk, learn a guest's bow, and host a calm tea gathering.

This is the Littles Edition of Japanese Tea Ceremony: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades K-3. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: How can sharing a simple bowl of tea show kindness and respect?

The Week

• Mon: Welcome to the Tea Room (Reading) • Tue: A Bowl I Would Love (Writing & Words) • Wed: Fine as Powder (Science & Math) • Thu: Make a Tea Corner (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Our Tea Gathering (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Japanese Tea Ceremony has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade K-3 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Littles (grades K-3), about 30 to 45 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Fine as Powder
• Sequence cards (From Leaf to Bowl) and a cut-and-sort page (Tea Tool or Tea Room?)
• Writing page: A Bowl I Would Love
• Hands-on project: My Tea Corner Scroll
• Word search, maze, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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