Great News!
I want to say I am really sorry for disappearing but school became really stressful with exams and papers but IM BACK with great news!
News # 1
While I was MIA I had time to go to the last CCI event! During my time there I finalized a list of projects to do. For the first three weeks I have at camp before I leave!
For example:
During Creative Art:
- Write Campers names in Japanese on Fans.
- Create Japanese Dolls
- Create Paper Carp
- Martial Arts (with the help of a Karate School, Fingers Crossed!)
- Haiku
- Woodblock Painting
- Geisha and Oni Mask
- And of course, Origami!
For Discovery Day
- Make a Bento
- Bake a Japanese Strawberry Shortcake
- Watch a Movie by Hayao Miyazaki
In addition to planning for the summer I tested out one of my projects during Counselors Choice I decided to write the campers name in Hiragana; since they were the youngest group. (I know I should of use Katakana, I forgot completely). In the summer the campers will write their own name in Katakana depending on their age group.
The Difference between Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji
The Difference between Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji
Hiragana: Words you don't know the kanji for, grammatical parts, and a few words that are just rarely seen in kanji.
Katakana: Foreign words and non-Japanese names.
Kanji: Everything else! Verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives...
Example: 私の名前はカトリーナです。
私 and 名前 are kanji. They stand for "I" and "name", respectively.
カトリーナ is katakana and is "Katrina", which is a foreign name.
の, は, and です are in hiragana. の is a possessive particle making "I" into "my", は is a particle that denotes the subject of the sentence (name), and です is a polite sentence ender.
Katakana: Foreign words and non-Japanese names.
Kanji: Everything else! Verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives...
Example: 私の名前はカトリーナです。
私 and 名前 are kanji. They stand for "I" and "name", respectively.
カトリーナ is katakana and is "Katrina", which is a foreign name.
の, は, and です are in hiragana. の is a possessive particle making "I" into "my", は is a particle that denotes the subject of the sentence (name), and です is a polite sentence ender.
Here are some great pictures of my campers and their names! ツ
