Amicus Kindergarten

Learning to play. Playing to learn. :-)

The 1st day of K1 in 2023!

Welcome back everyone! It was so great to see the students’ smiling faces and hear about their Winter Break memories. Some families travelled. Some stayed at home and made wonderful memories here in Okinawa. Teachers are glad everyone could rest and relax (or recover from illness) and that we can continue our last 3 months of school. Here are some pictures from our fun first day back.

Snack and Outside Play

Checking our soybeans- unfortunately, our soy beans did now grow. We were sad but K1s were about to think about why our third try had failed. They said they want to try again so we will discuss again how to grow sow beans and, if possible, challenge and try again!

We had good fun in the classroom, too.

We also enjoyed learning about Japanese New Year with K2 friends. We wish for a blessed and prosperous year for all our Amicus Families!

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Kokuto Factory and Iha Park

Today we visited the brown sugar factory in Yomitan Village as part of our Food and Nutrition theme. Students were amazed to learn about how healthy sweet brown sugar is made. They learned a lot from the tour. They were happy to be able to take some kokuto (brown sugar nugget) home 🙂

After the brown sugar factory we went to Iha Park to have our picnic lunch and play. Afterward we walked back to Kinder. It was our first time to walk such a long distance together. The walk 3km in 50minutes. They did a SUPER good job!

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THANK YOU FOR COMING!!

K1s and Teachers were so happy to FINALLY have (Mini)SPORTS DAY! Although we could not show everything, we were so happy to show you some of our skills and how we have been growing throughout this year. K1s “challenge and tried” today and, thanks to parents’ participation and support we were able to have a fun and successful event. Again, Mommy, Daddy, thank you for coming!

ALOHAISAI DANCE

BALLOON RACE

RELAY

BALLOON GAME

BALLOON DANCE

CLOSING CEREMONY

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Sweet Potato Digging…

Because of the poor weather we were unable to go sweet potato digging in Yomitan. Students were sad about it but during our Story Time we were able to do creative version of sweet potato digging in our classroom.

K1s still had a good experience 🙂

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👻 Halloween at Kinder 🎃

Today, a fun event has been successfully held even if the rain is pouring outside. We had special schedule to enjoy our Halloween Costume Day.

1️⃣ 𝓕𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓢𝓱𝓸𝔀

2️⃣ 𝓗𝓪𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓮

3️⃣ 𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓼

4️⃣ 𝓣𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓸𝓻 𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽

😊Thank you dear parents for your cooperation. Everyone looked happy and cute in their costumes. ❤️

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Color Monster

To reflect on our feelings at the end of Term 1 and the first part of Term 2 and as the end of October approaches we read Color Monster. K1s thought about the feelings they learned about in the book and about other feelings they might have that are not in the book. Then we made our own color monsters to decorate our classroom.

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だいすきだよ by K1 friends

Thank you very much K1 parents for coming to our Mini Performance Day today. This is the video that we showed. Please enjoy it with your family!

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K1 Field Trip to Ryukyu University & Kurashiki Dam

Please enjoy watching K1’s Field Trip video😊

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AMICUS FOREST Adventure

We are lucky to have had the chance to through the forest.

The most enjoyable part of it is that we have seen and caught many insects. We learned different kinds and names of INSECTS.

After that, we had the privilege to learn about some insects in Okinawa and ask more questions.

Thank you Mr. Naka for sharing with us your passion about insects. We love how you shared with us your interest about insects from your childhood, your experiences about insects and your knowledge about insects through your research. We really had fun today!

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Water play & Summer Clothes Day

🦋🌿🌞 Hello everyone 🙂 Today is the start of our SUMMER BREAK 🙂 🧃⛱🌊🍦

But before that, we would like to share with you our Fun Water Play and Summer Clothes Day yesterday.

Water Slide

Pool

Water Relay

Relax and spa

Bubble

Water Spray

Summer Clothes

We hope that you are enjoying your day and have wonderful plans in the coming days while considering the 3C’s, be hydrated and be safe! Enjoy your summer break 🙂
充実した夏休みをお過ごしください♪夏休み明け会えるのを楽しみにしてます!!

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