明日、4月21日木曜日は今年度最初の体育を行います。PEユニフォームを着て登園することをお忘れにならないようお願いいたします。着替え（グレーシャツ、ブルーショーツ）も忘れずにお願いいたします。
Tomorrow, April 21, 2022 will be our first P.E. day. Please don’t forget to let your child wear your P.E. uniform tomorrow. Please bring extra clothes (AMICUS gray t-shirt and blue pants) as well.
Thank you and we are looking forward to have fun and energy-filled Physical Education activities with our Kinder friends.
Calligraphy is one of the highlights this year as our K2 friends learned how to read and write in Hiragana then, Kanji at the end. Here is a glimpse of their experience. Please enjoy watching 🙂
Every year on March 3rd, Japan celebrates the Doll Festival (Japanese, Hina Matsuri). Until recently, Girls’ Day was also celebrated on March 3rd. On this day every year, families set up a special step-altar on which to arrange their Emperor and Empress dolls, called “hina” in Japanese. They decorate this altar with boughs of peach blossoms and make offerings to the hina dolls of freshly made rice cakes (mochi), either flavored with a wild herb or colored and cut into festive diamond shapes. Here at the Kyoto National Museum, we hold an exhibition of dolls every year sometime between February and April in celebration of the Doll Festival. (Source: https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/dictio/senshoku/hina.html)
In Kinder, we read the story about Hina Matsuri. Since it is “Girl’s Day”, we ask our K2 girls to choose their partner and took pictures in our special doll panel.
Please enjoy…
Happy Girl’s Day
It’s nice to see everyone’s face smiling and appreciating art on the hair of their friends.
K2 friends had our activities as usual. Tomorrow is a holiday so, we went to Library today.
They also checked different kinds of art in the Media Center as part of the ART EXHIBITION 2022 🙂
Today’s CRAZY HAIR DAY was definitely fun!
Today is a wonderful day for all of us in AMICUS. It became more memorable because of our Kinder friends who shared their talents during our Party!
In K2, we had mini Talent Show. 🙂
K1 friends decided the special schedule today. We enjoyed playing a lot at the GYM after lunch. 🙂
We gathered as one Kinder Family to celebrate.
Merry Christmas everyone 🙂
K2 friends learned many things about plant. One of the things that we did is to experiment if “Beans Sprout Seeds” will be able to grow on water and cotton.
They check and took care of it everyday.
They were really happy to see the bean sprout growing so they wanted to take care by themselves so, we gave them that chance.
植物についてのアクティビティの一つで、もやし豆を育てる実験をしました。水の中と、コットンでも育つのか毎日お世話をしながら観察していました！
そこで、一人ひとり自分で育ててみたいなぁという声があり、やってみることにしました♪
They sprayed water as soon as they come in the morning, during breaks and before going home.
However, there was a delay in the growth of the beans. We are guessing that it could be because of the weather. 🙂 But today, they brought them home. Please talk to your child how was the experience of growing beans sprout seeds. They expressed the idea of growing it for few more days then, they would like to cook and eat this vegetable. However, some friends desire to plant them in a bigger pot and hopefully harvest the seeds in the future. Whatever your child decides is fine. If you want to share few pictures when they come back on what they did to the beans sprout, it will be greatly appreciated. This would be helpful to continue encouraging our K2 friends to be more responsible and plant-loving students.
始まった、一人ひとりの実験と観察は、お家でも続きます！冬休み、お家に持ち帰ったもやし豆をご家庭で、一緒に育ててみてください♪お料理にして食べてもよし、引き続き育ててみてもよし！子どもたちにお任せします。その様子をみんなにシェアしたい方は、写真に撮ってみんなに見せてくださいね♪待ってまーす！よいお年をお迎えください。
Have a wonderful HOLIDAY SEASON 🙂
Our Kindergarteners are listening and encountering many English words everyday. We also learned more of it during ACTIVITY and PHONICS Time. Starting April we reviewed the alphabet and letter sounds based on what we’ve learned in K1.
Then, we had many different styles of learning the alphabet and words. These are some the games that we had to remember new vocabulary and sentences.
Even during distance learning, we never missed Phonics Time.
After summer break, we continue to learn more.
Of course, we also enjoy creating something beautiful using the alphabet.
Those are some of the memories that prove that our K2 friends enjoy learning the alphabet everyday so, we came up of a challenge for them.
Today we conducted our K2 PHONICS QUIZ BEE. This event encourages friendly competition and boost the confidence of K2 students to bring out the English skills they have acquired during Phonics class and their everyday exposure with the language.
今まで、アクティビティやフォニックスで学んだこと、普段幼稚園で過ごしている中で、聞いたりしている英語を使ってフォニックスクイズビーを開催しました。
At the end of the event, we gave them the Certificate of Participation for their great effort and active participation. Finally, we present to you the winners of K2 Phonics Quiz Bee.
ALL of them were great today so, please congratulate your child for doing an amazing job 🙂
メダルをもらうことだけではなく、毎日コツコツ頑張ることや、分からないことが分かるようになる楽しさを知り、自信を持つことができた大会になりました。ご家庭でも、たくさんほめてくださいね♪
We have been learning about many PLANTS.
Last Monday, we went out on a field trip to learn more.
K2 friends had 2 MISSIONS:
CACAO TREE also known as CHOCOLATE TREE was discussed during the trip. We can make chocolate from the cacao fruit.
カカオの木発見！カカオの木から、チョコレートができることを学びました。
Prickly Water Lily has roots underneath to protect itself from being eaten by fish.
オニバス（スイレン）の下には、とげがあって、魚に食べられないように、そうなっていることを知りました！
They also had a good experience making postcard using papier–mâché and pressed flowers and leaves.
押し花でオリジナルカードも作りました♪
We also learned about succulents which are originally from African continent.
アフリカに生えているバオバブの木もありました！このバオバブの木は日本で初めて花が咲いたそうです！
Then, we walked around found many interesting flowers, fruits, trees and others like insects and sea animals. Here are some of them:
いろいろな植物や花、虫などを見て、子どもたちは大興奮でした！
Their had nice observation with a butterfly and eagle.
Student 1: Look, the butterfly’s wings design looks like the eyes of the eagle.
みてみて！ちょうちょのはねの もようと わしのめ がにてるね～。
Student2: You’re right. Look!
ほんとだ！みて！
Student 3: They really look alike. Wow!
わー！ほんとよくにてるね！
Our students are curious with various plants, so, we had more activities in the classroom to answer their questions.
キンダーに戻ってきて、子どもたちから出てきた疑問に答えるアクティビティーをしました。
それぞれの植物の特徴を知り、色んな地域に合わせて、自生した植物があることを知りました！
サボテンやバラなどなんでとげがある植物があるのか、みんなで理由を考えました！
It was a great learning experience for all of us!
ほんとに、学びのある遠足になりました。子どもたちの興味、関心にはとても驚きました！！また、ご家族でも、植物園などに行って一緒に学んでいけたら嬉しいです♪
We have been learning about plants for long time.
We did many activities in the past few months. One of the examples is the flag idea of K2 friends for Sports Day where tie dye the cloth, made macramé, sew some fruits and stamp paint using leaves.
To continue, we also collected different kinds of plants and experimented on what color will show up if we use it to dye some bags.
スポーツデイでの旗づくりから、いろいろな植物で生地を染めたい！と盛り上がり、葉っぱや根っこ、種などを使いカバンを染めました。染めたカバンは、普段ネイチャーウォークで拾ったものを入れたりしています！
During Story Time, Mr. Akiho also shared about some interesting plants.
食中植物についても、お話しました！
After those activities, K2 friends have been more curious about different plants so, they asked many questions.
まだまだ、たくさんK2の子どもたちから植物についての疑問が出てきました！
What are the parts of the plants?
What do plants need to grow?
“How does water goes up to the stem experiment”
根から水を吸い茎へ、そして葉っぱにも水が流れていることを知りました！
Dandelion
Why do some plants like sweet potato grow sideways and others grow up straight?
たてに伸びていく植物と地面をはっていく植物。
Why do some fruits like tomato fall on their own while others are strongly attached on the stem like okra?
トマトのように、熟すと落ちる植物もあれば、オクラのように、実ったあとも茎にくっついたままの植物もある。
What are the safe and dangerous plants in and outside of AMICUS?
身近にある植物にも、危険な植物があることも知りました。Amicusにも危険な植物があることが分かり、それをマップにしました！
How do plants spread their seeds?
We collected many materials like leaves, stems, sticks, flowers, etc. and made our Christmas decorations too.
枝や実、葉っぱなどを集めて、クリスマスの飾りを作りました♪
To be continued… (Tropical Dream Center Field Trip)