Using black tempera paint and white construction paper have students try using a paintbrush to try Japanese calligraphy writing. Invite a Japanese parent into your classroom to demonstrate other Japanese characters to your students. The oldest boy's carp kite is at the top and it is the largest. The kites should face the wind, representing the strength and determination that the fish shows when it swims against the current of the stream. This is a good time to introduce the anatomy and attributes of fish.
Fish are vertebrates that live entirely in water.
Scales usually cover their bodies, they use fins to swim and have gills that enable them to breathe under water. Bring in various books and pictures of fish. Bring in a real fish for gyotaku. Gyotaku is the Japanese art of fish printing. Cover a washed and dried, flat fish with a coat of poster paint.