BRUSH OF THE GODS, by Lenore Look, is one of those books that entrances older students. By the last pages they are holding their breath to see what happens.
I buy special bamboo brushes for this project, and remind students how to take good care of them. The first day, after reading the book, students practice Chinese characters on a plain sheet of copy paper folded into fourths using the bamboo brushes and black tempera cakes. I play traditional Chinese music while they work. A great resource for learning and sharing Chinese characters is my friend Andrea's website: https://chineseiscool.com/
The second day they continued to experiment with the brushes by painting other subjects such as bamboo, pandas, and dragons!
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