Our Celebrations exhibit is on loan with the Brookings Public Library, but we have plenty of resources below to help you learn more about Asian culture. Or stop by the library and play along — you’ll find some wonderful books, too!
Learn About Cultural Celebrations in Asia
Check out the Asian Art Museum’s Cultural Celebrations resources to:
Learn about other celebrations
Get Up and Moving
Learn the Ribbon Dance to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Children can learn a series of beautiful and fun movements and learn how to draw shapes in the air with props easily found at home.
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Read Asian Literature
Check out this book list by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) that focuses on narratives from China, Japan, and South Korea and categorized by grade level.
View recommended books
Go on a Virtual Adventure
Adventure through Asia to learn about its diverse countries and cultures.
The Asia Society Texas Center has designed many at-home lessons and activities to help spark curiosity about Asia and begin to foster cultural empathy while exploring 7 diverse Asian cultures.
Adventure through Asia
Learn about Japanese folktales
Create a mini kamishibai (paper play) and learn about Japan’s most popular stories
Create a mini kamishibai
Explore a Japanese House
Learn about the machiya, a traditional urban house from Kyoto, Japan. A reconstruction of a well-preserved machiya is located at the Boston Children’s Museum, and you can even take a virtual tour.
Here are a few activities from the Boston Children’s Museum that are designed to help you learn even more about Japanese culture.
Explore Lessons and. Activities
Thank you to the Freeman Foundation and the Association of Children’s Museums for providing these resources.
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