Kana+Activities

Many of the vocabulary activities can also work to help practice kana/kanji activities. Here are some ways to help students practice learning their characters.

[|How to Write Kanji] - A blog with lots of videos re: how to write different kanji characters user:chericem1

I heard this idea from a Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan meeting. Students can use clay to roll out and make characters. Not only do students have to be careful of proportions, but it is also easy to see which stroke order they are using (the first stroke will always be on the bottom). If modeling clay for a whole class is too expensive, it is easy to make a temporary clay for students.
 * Modeling Clay**


 * five cups flour
 * two cups water
 * two cups salt

You can add food coloring to the mixture, however, be careful of it potentially staining hands, clothes, desks...etc.