Our birthday friends made the cake early in the morning 🙂
Here is a glimpse of our celebration 🙂
🍭𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹 🍬
🎃Ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚ ⓞⓡ Ⓣⓡⓔⓐⓣ🧡
⭐GᗩᗰE TIᗰE🌟
K1 friends
K2 friends
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬.
Churaumi Aquarium… What a Beautiful Day!
K1 friends enjoyed their biggest field trip of the year to Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu. They day was beautiful, the bus ride was long, but they did a great job and had a great time!
A beautiful day and beautiful bus ride…
We arrived!
“I see sharks!”
We saw “sea garbage art”. K1s learned how garbage is dangerous for sharks. They said, “Let’s do beach cleaning!”
Q&A. To continue our Animals theme learning, we sent many questions about sharks to the Churaumi staff. They prepared a short presentation for us. K1 “Interviewers” ask questions to Ms. Higa and we were able to learn more about amazing sharks.
Question 1: how are sharks born?
Question 2: what do sharks’ scales look like?
Question 3: how many types of sharks are there?
Question 4: how fast do sharks swim?
Questions 5: What should you do if you see a shark in the ocean?
Question 6: what does the inside of sharks’ bodies look like?
Lunch Time
Leaving Churaumi. Returning to Amicus.
We shared what we enjoyed. It was a great day!
September Birthday Party
Early in the morning, our birthday friends were busy making cake.
Here is a glimpse of our celebration.
Welcome Fall, Welcome Term 2!
Last weekend marked the end of summer and the beginning of the beautiful fall season. K1s learned about the wonderful seasonal hobby of “moon watching” or じゅうごや。We had fun learning the Japanese traditional song, うさぎつき (Rabbit and the Moon)。K1s made beautiful artwork about the full autumn moon. They used several different art techniques. They had a great time. Please enjoy the photos. We hope you enjoyed a peaceful Autumn Break. We were happy to see most of our K1s back today to start Term 2 with fun!
Moon Art
End of Term 1 Assembly & Teachers Day Celebration- “Thank you, teachers, for all you do!”
We enjoyed our last Nature Walk of Term 1. We look forward to many more as the weather becomes cooler in Term 2.
K1s enjoyed doing leaf rubbing art outside.
K1- Growing again…
K1s have been enjoying a lot of activities related to their theme- ANIMALS. They are enjoying discovering the beautiful nature and small animals around them.
アミークス前期も、終わりの日が近くなりましたね。最近のK1の子ども達の様子です🥰ぜひご覧ください💞
Nature Walk
Gardening
Last week we renewed our K1 garden. We decided to plant 4 crops- tomatoes and cucumbers (we want to try again), and eggplants and green peppers. We enjoyed Quiz Time- guessing which plant grows which vegetable. K1s used their 5 senses. It was fun!
先週はK1の畑に、新しく野菜の苗を植えました。さて、なんの野菜の苗でしょうか！植え付ける前に、何の苗なのか形・色・においなどをヒントにクイズを行い、みんなとても興味津々でした。😊
Afterwards we began planting…🌱 Grow plants, grow!!
Phonics
“Learn to play…Play to learn” Learning letters by playing karuta.
Music
“Nabe, nabe…” なーべーなーべー、そーこぬけー♩をペア・大人数でチャレンジしてみました。😊
Activity
現在K1の子ども達は「Animals」について学んでいます。Land animal, Water animal, Flying animal について識別ゲームをしたり、Hide and seek( かくれんぼ)にちなんで、Kinderに隠れている動物カード探しをしました。絵本・歌・動作・ワークシートなどを使って、動物の動き・体の部分（動詞・名詞・形容詞）などについても学んでいるところです。😊
Art
K1s are developing their art skills. Activity #1- how to draw your body and Activity #2 printing with shapes.😊
Drawing my body… 😊
Printing with shapes…😊
Outside play
Bean bag challenge!
K1s have been learning how to juggle using the bean bags. They are working on 3 skill challenges- please ask your child to show you at home.
最近は、お手玉チャレンジに夢中の子がたくさん！レベル１〜レベル３までの技を練習中です。お手玉の寄付ありがとうございました。😊
K1 Show and Tell (9/11-9/19)
Thank you again for your support for our K1s Mission. The Mission is COMPLETE! All K1s have presented and we learned a lot about the foods they made and how they are good for our bodies. It is encouraging to hear that they are using their S&T sentences to talk about their snack and lunch with one another. We look forward to challenging them more as we get into Term 2!
夏休みに取り組んでもらった植物に関する課題の Show & Tell 、今週で全員の発表を終えることができました。今までに食べたことがない野菜や果物を選び、視覚・触覚・聴覚・嗅覚・味覚を使って調べ、それぞれの分かったことをK1のみんなに共有してくれました。👏✨
発表する際に習った、”I made ~.” “It was ~.” のフレーズを発表する子と一緒に全員でも反復練習していたので、子ども達は英語のフレーズを自分ごとに置き換え、スナックタイムやランチタイムでも “It was yummy!” “It’s sweet.” “It’s sour.” ”It’s bumpy!” などの声が聞こえるようになりました。
大勢の前に出ての発表は緊張したと思いますが、Show & Tell を終えた後はみんな自信がついたかのようにキラキラした笑顔を見せていました。ご家庭での取り組み、ご協力ありがとうございました。🥰💓
Naotora & Yo
Tao & Ema
Kaede & Hako
Haruhiro & Shoma
Makoto & Niko
Shiki
Tomato ＆ Cucumber Group learning
We were happy to see such good results from our pre-summer Group Learning. 夏休み前にK1の子ども達が学習していた”Plants”について、観察結果をアートポスターにしてまとめたものです。
Great job K1 friends!!🥰🙌
𝓚1 𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓓𝓪𝔂!💗
Last week, K1 friends were working so hard to make the gifts for their grandparents who are Mommy’s parents and Daddy’s parents. We hope you all had a great weekend with your family and that their grandparents like their gifts!🥰
三連休は、おじいちゃん・おばあちゃんと楽しい時間を過ごせたでしょうか。先週K1の子ども達は、いつもお世話になっている大好きなおじいちゃん・おばあちゃんの為に、感謝の気持ちを込めて一生懸命プレゼントを作りました。一つはママのご両親、もう一つはパパのご両親へです。 🥰
Making beads part
Leaf pressing
K1 friends picked some leaves from around Amicus for their grandparents.😘They pressed them into paper clay.
アミークスの校内からおじいちゃん・おばあちゃんをイメージして葉っぱを探し、紙粘土に押し付けて葉っぱの型取りをしました。
Painting
Gifts for grandparents
For the wood art, we recycled the tree from Amicus that fell down in the last big typhoon🌳🌪 K1s are thinking a little about SDGs
ビーズの下にある木の部分は、８月の大きな台風６号の被害で倒れてしまったアミークス校内の木を再利用して作りました。K1の子ども達にとって、このプレゼント作りはとても良い経験になりました。🥰✨
I love you Grandma and Grandpa!!💗
K1 Show & Tell (9/4-9/8)
We continue to enjoy hearing about our K1s’ food experiences and how the food they cooked with benefits our bodies. More friends are challenging themselves to eat a variety of different foods. They are learning to present their work to their friends and speaking in a big voice. They are also learning how to ask each other questions. It has been a fun experience so far!
Taiki & Momota
Joshua
Ikki & Yuri
Souta & Kei
Ryo & Masako
K1 Show & Tell
We are really enjoying hearing K1’s Show & Tell now. Last week, 8 K1 friends did great job. They were using key sentences like, “I made ~.” “It was ~.” during their turn. Also everyone is practicing speak English together:)
Emma & Kafu
Len & Senoha
Yuimaru & Ryunosuke
Coco & Momoka
My feelings
Outside play
