Calendar: Ikebana

Ikebana Calendar

Included in Daily Life box, Visual Arts box

• Description: Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangements. They are beautifully arranged cut stems, leaves, and flowers put in vases and other containers. The art of Ikebana has been studied and practiced for over seven centuries. Many people attend ikebana classes for three to five years in order to master the technical skills required to arrange the flowers and stems beautifully. Three common arrangement styles for bowl-shaped vases are: rikka (standing flowers), seika or shoka (living flowers), and nageire (flung flowers). For dish-like containers, the moribana style (piled-up flowers) is the most common.
  For more information, please refer to http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/ikebana/ikebana01.html

• Link
  • Ikebana Overview
  • What is Ikebana?
  • Types of Ikebana: Heika
  • Types of Ikebana: Moribana
  • Virtual Ikebana
  • Ikebana Equipment

• Lesson Plans (All are in PDF format)
  • Art of Japan – NCTA Ohio
  • Friends First Matsuri: Festival Based on Japanese Matsuri – NCTA Ohio
  • Kimono/Ikebana Calendar – Ohio Japan Project

• Standard Reference
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  • Social Studies: 
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #1
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #2
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #1
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #2
  • Visual Arts:
    • Grade K: 2PE, 4PE, 5PE, 1PR, 2PR, 6PR, 1RE, 2RE, 3RE, 5RE, 8RE
    • Grade 1: 1PE, 2PE, 1PR, 3PR, 4PR, 1RE, 2RE, 3RE, 5RE, 6RE, 8RE
    • Grade 2: 4PE, 6PE, 1PR, 3PR, 1RE, 3RE, 6RE, 7RE