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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

It’s May and that means its Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM)! It was originally designated as only a week in 1978 by President Carter, but in 1992 President Bush designated the whole month of May under Public Law 102-450.

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This is a great time to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Island American (AAPI) culture and heritage and to reflect on our history in the U.S. Many schools do not teach about much of AAPI history – the struggles and the achievements – but it is important that we learn it and that we pass that knowledge onto our children.

In celebration of APAHM, we will be posting additional educational materials on our Facebook and Instagram accounts! We will share information on Korean foods as part of our daily vocabulary lessons, as well as short biographies about notable Korean Americans throughout US History. Because our mission is to provide educational content for Korean language and culture, we are choosing to highlight Korean Americans, but remember that Korean Americans make up just a fraction of all Asian and Pacific Island Americans. We hope you will also take the opportunity to learn about and celebrate the many other members of the AAPI community!

DIY Hangul Blocks

Happy Wednesday! It’s been a little bit crazy over here, trying to get into the virtual-learning groove, but now that we are in week three everything is going much more smoothly. I hope you are all doing well adjusting to this new (and unique) school year!

Now that things have settled down a bit, I wanted to share another DIY project for teaching your child ํ•œ๊ธ€ (Hangul).

DIY Hangul Blocks Materials

What you need:
๐Ÿ”น Chalkboard Blocks
๐Ÿ”น Chalk Markers (2 or more colors)

What you do:
๐Ÿ”ธ Write Vowels in One Color
๐Ÿ”ธ Write Consonants in Second Color

Write Vowels in One Color and Consonants in the Second Color

I found these cute chalkboard blocks at our local Michaels Arts and Crafts Store on clearance, but you could easily use plain wooden blocks and paint them with matte paint in any color you’d like – I really liked the chalkboard for these for that back-to-school look.

Chalk markers are great for this project, because you can easily wipe them clean if you make a mistake or want to reuse the blocks for other lessons. Feel free to use paint markers if you want something more permanent.

I used pink to write the vowels and white to write consonants, using a total of 16 blocks so I could include double consonants. I had some extra blank sides, which I filled with more frequently used consonants and vowels. In less than five minutes, they were dry and we were able to get to word-building practice!

Word-building Practice with Hangul Blocks

My preschooler had a lot of fun making these with me and using them to build simple words! How will you design your own Hangul Blocks?

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