Want to be creative and learn your Korean
terminology at the same time? Make your own Tang Soo
Do Alphabet Book!
Here’s what you need:
- 27 sheets of paper for the cover and
alphabet pages
- Pencil
- Crayons, map pencils, or thin markers to add
color to your illustrations
- Stapler
First make your book. Take all 27 sheets of paper
and staple them on the left side. Your book will
hold together better if you staple three times along
the left edge. Now you are ready to do the fun
stuff!
Start with the front cover. Write your title,
something like "My Tang Soo Do Alphabet Book". Be
sure to write your name, since you are the author,
and the date. Now decorate the cover and make it
colorful!
Open the book; turn the cover page over so that
you now have two blank pages facing you. On the
left-hand side (on the back of the cover page),
write the letter A. You can make it as fancy as you
like. Many people like to make bubble or block
letters and fill them in with designs.
Turn the page and write a B, and so on.
Continue until you have finished every letter of
the alphabet.
Now
you are ready to fill in Korean words and
illustrate. Think of different terms and place them
under the appropriate letter. For example, for "A",
you could write Ahp – front, and Ahn Jo – sit. Then
draw a picture of yourself sitting on the floor
during meditation at the beginning of class. You
don’t have to draw every word you add in your book,
just choose the ones you want to illustrate.
Remember, you have two facing pages to add your
terms and illustrations, so be creative.
Just don’t forget to draw in pencil first, then
add color later so you can erase any mistakes.
It’s fun to make alphabet books, but it’s even
better to learn while you are creating!