Starting this month, Graphic Narrative Play classes at Hana House in Nishi-Ogikubo will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 10:30 a.m. (30 minutes earlier than in the past). Classes are on the third Sunday of every month. I hope to see you on March 20! (See this post for details about Hana House.)
 I had the good fortune to meet Dinh Chau-Kieckhafer, the founder of a US-based arts non-profit called Think&Wonder, this past summer. Her organization emphasizes collaboration and cultural exchange, and thanks to her work, Third Space Tokyo has been connected to a high school animation class in Nevada. Participants in the Story Making 5-class series (our "Japan team") are currently preparing characters, settings, and plots to submit to the "US team" by the end of November. This is a challenge and rare opportunity for a small group of 8-12 year olds in Tokyo! We look forward to "meeting" the US team through video chat as the collaboration continues.
 Graphic Narrative Play at Hana House has shifted toward drawing based story making! Producing mini books and presenting them at the end gives us a goal that was lacking in the more open-ended "draw on roll paper" approach that I started with. One-time participation is allowed and can be fun, but the real gains come with ongoing attendance. Children who come each month are showing more confidence in story creation and are more willing to present their stories to the group at the end. Especially if your children are at a school where creative writing is not part of the curriculum, please join us!
Upcoming classes: November 22 (Sunday) 9:30-11:00 a.m. December 13 (Sunday) 9:30-11:00 a.m. From January 2016, classes are set to be on the third Sunday of every month, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Please use the contact page of this website to register in advance. Details about the location of Hana House, cost, etc., are available here. I hope to see you soon! Lisa Next week, August 5-7 (Wed-Fri), I will be leading workshops at Okubo Library in Shinjuku-ku. Thanks to library generosity, these workshops are FREE. Okubo is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual area of Tokyo, and I expect that we will be mixing spoken languages as we create visual stories. For elementary school age children (age 6-12). Advance registration is required. Please use the Third Space Tokyo contact page for inquiries in English.  Graphic Narrative Play workshops at Hana House will continue through the summer!  Dates & Times June 14th (Sun), 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. July 26th (Sun), 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Aug 30th (Sun), 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Details For children age 5+ and parents* A parent stays to learn about graphic narrative play and to participate. 2,000 yen per parent-child pair Sign Up Contact Lisa through this website or email Yuko Takahashi at [email protected] . (Please indicate the age of your child.) Location Hana House Bricks Room ハナハウス レンガ教室 Saegusa Heights #102 三枝ハイツ102号室 Shoan 3-31-15 松庵3-31-15 Suginami-ku, Tokyo 東京都杉並区 4-5 minute walk from Nishi-Ogikubo Station (South Exit) The easiest walking path from the station is through the 仲通街 (Naka Doori Gai) covered shopping street.  If you pass by a hanging pink elephant, you are going the right way!  The next Graphic Narrative Play workshop at Hana House will be on May 17, Sunday, 9:30 - 11:00.
Details For children age 5+ and parents* A parent stays to learn about graphic narrative play and to participate. 2,000 yen per parent-child pair Location Hana House Bricks Room ハナハウス レンガ教室 Saegusa Heights #102 三枝ハイツ102号室 Shoan 3-31-15 松庵3-31-15 Suginami-ku, Tokyo 東京都杉並区 4-5 minute walk from Nishi-Ogikubo Station (South Exit) Sign Up Contact Lisa through this website or email Yuko Takahashi at [email protected] . (Please indicate the age of your child.) 2才〜4才のお子さんを持つ親御さん達のリクエストに答えて、3月15日（日）のGraphic Narrative Playワークショップ２回目は「言葉と絵本」をテーマに親子セッションを開催します。まだ若干席に余裕がありますので、お問い合わせください。
"言葉と絵本"のワークショップ 日時：3月15日（日）1:30-2:30 場所：広尾 Inspire Space 渋谷区広尾5-3-7 対象：保護者と子ども（2才〜4才） 費用：500円 「読み聞かせ」は、子どもの育成にとても重要であると言われています。 このワークショップでは、初期の言語習得である「会話・おしゃべり」段階のお子さん（2才〜4才）への読み聞かせに焦点をあてます。 絵本がどのように子どもの言葉習得に影響を与えるかについて、絵本の中の 絵と言葉の関係性に着目しながら考えます。 どのような視点から絵本を選んだら良いか、どのように読み聞かせをしたらより効果的にできるかを体験します。 ※多言語でお子さんを育てている方、子どもの英語教育に関心がある方などをはじめとし、子どもの言語習得について親子で学びます。 “Language Learning and Picture Books” March 15 workshop in Hiroo for children age 2-4 and parents Location: Inspire Space Hiroo, 5-3-7 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Cost: 500 yen “Read to your child” is commonly heard advice. Perhaps your family has attended a “Story Time” （読み聞かせ）event at a local library or bookstore. In this workshop, we will take up the theme of reading picturebooks to young children at a stage when they are rapidly gaining fluency in a spoken language. How a picturebook contributes to a child’s acquisition of language skills depends upon the relationship in the book between words and images. We will look at and enjoy some examples together and we will use drawing and writing (much of it by parents!) to enhance our understanding. (The workshop will be in English, but the points being made about words and pictures can be applied to learning in any language.) Please register in advance through the Contact page or by emailing Shuko Ebihara at [email protected] . |
