Amicus Kindergarten

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K2 Special Experiences (Part 1)

We are learning about different continents and some countries now for our performance day. But we would like to share some of our special activities.
冬休み明け、引き続き色々な国や地域について学んできました。その一部を紹介します♪

🇵🇭 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤🥭

Mango is very popular in Okinawa. However, Philippine mango is a different variety. Filipinos love mangoes too. But we eat green (unripe) mangoes and yellow (ripe) mangoes.
 沖縄は、マンゴーで有名ですが、フィリピンでもマンゴーは人気で、また色々な種類のマンゴーがあります!

Since, Kinder friends have tried the sweet Okinawa mango, we let them try the sour Philippine mango as well. Please check the pictures for their reactions.
 K2お泊り会では、沖縄のあまーいマンゴーを食べた子どもたち。今回は、フィリピンの酸っぱいマンゴーを食べてみました!みんなのリアクションはどうだったかな?!

𝚃𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚍 (𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 🇵🇭 & 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 🇹🇭)
タマリンド

In the Philippines, it is popularly used as a special ingredient to different kinds of soup.
 タマリンドは、フィリピンで、さまざまな種類のスープの特別な材料としてよく使われています。

Since it is very nutritious food, we planted the seed 3 years ago in Kinder.
栄養価が高い実で、幼稚園では3年前に育て始めました!
タマリンドの木見つけられたかな?

Our students tried the tamarind. This sweet variety of tamarind is from Thailand.

Next are Mu-chi no hi and Setsubun 🇯🇵

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𝐎𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐌𝐮-𝐜𝐡𝐢

We listened to the story and learned that it is traditional to eat mu-chi to ward off demons, protect from evil, and pray for good health.
 1月18日(旧暦12月8日)は、沖縄の伝統行事、ムーチーの日でした。 ムーチーを食べ、悪疫を祓い、子どもたちの健やかな成長を願います。 幼稚園では、その由来のお話を聞き、ムーチーの香りを楽しみました。

Mu-chi also come in different flavors. Did you eat mu-chi this year?

𝕊𝕖𝕥𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕦𝕟 🫘

K2 friends learned a song during their Music Time.

They also listened to the stories about Setsubun and thought of the ogre/demon/monster attitude inside them that they want to get rid of.
 2月3日は節分です。幼稚園では、絵本を通して節分の鬼を自分の直したいところにたとえ、その鬼を追い出すことにしました!

Then, during their art time, they made their oni and throw some soy beans to drive away those oni attitude inside them.
 アートの時間に作った、自分の中にいる鬼(直したいところ)に豆まきをして、鬼を外に追い出しました!

⚾ⒷⒶⓈⒺⒷⒶⓁⓁ ✩ 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 ✩ ⓈⒽⓄⒽⒺⒾ ⓄⒽⓉⒶⓃⒾ✨

Japanese and a lot of people around the world love baseball. Shohei Ohtani is a very popular Japanese baseball player sent baseball gloves to AMICUS students to encourage them to play baseball. Our K2 friends were very happy and grateful.
 野球は日本人はもちろん、世界中の多くの人々に人気のあるスポーツの一つです。野球をすることを奨励するために、大リーグで活躍中の大谷翔平選手から、アミークスの生徒たちに野球グローブが送られてきました。K2の子どもたちはとても喜んでいました!

🌸 Cherry Blossom Season 🌸

We took a break from practicing and ate lunch outside under the cherry blossom trees.
桜の季節がやってきました!アミークスも桜がきれいに咲いています。みんなでお花見ランチをしました♪

Happy long weekend! See you on Tuesday!

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𝐊❷ after 𝒩𝑒𝓌 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜

We are back and happy to see smiling faces. We start the year with activities about

We also talked about New Year cultures and traditions. We made their New Year resolution and art.

We also had some games.

日本のお正月遊びを楽しみました♩

お医者さんや、警察官、消防士がお正月に活躍していたお話をしました。そのあと、それぞれのコスチュームに着替え、その職業の人たちへ感謝の気持ちを感じながら、色々な遊びを楽しみました。

Guest Speaker (Mr. Medoruma) talked about Food Loss and Food Waste

Follow up Activity about Food Loss: What can we do to reduce food waste? 

一人ひとり、自分に何ができるのかを考え、アイディアをシェアしました。みんなのアイディアを集めると、自分でできそうなことがたくさん見つかりました!

P.E. Marathon Practice

P.E. Dodgeball

Gardening & Cleaning

Starting next week, we will be busy preparing and practicing for our Performance. We ask your cooperation, understanding and encouragement. Thank you. 😊
来週から、発表会に向けての準備や練習が少しづつ始まっていきます!2年間幼稚園で学んできた事を発表できたらなと思っています。ご協力よろしくおねがいします。

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❄️Pajama/Winter Clothes Day🎅🏻

Here’s a glimpse of our special celebration.

🎄Happy Holidays everyone!🌟

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K2 Field Trip

K2 friends are now learning about different countries as well as their plants, animals and language. Last Tuesday, we went to Tropical Dream Center to learn more about the different plants around the world. We also made postcards and decorated them with dried flowers. K2の子どもたちは現在、さまざまな国の植物や動物、言語について学んでいます。先週の火曜日、私たちは世界中の植物についてもっと学ぶために、熱帯ドリームセンターに行きました。ポストカードも作り、ドライフラワーで飾りつけしました。

🌿It was indeed a wonderful experience for our K2 friends.🪷

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December Birthday Party

Our Birthday friends made their birthday cake early in the morning.

Here’s a glimpse of our celebration.

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👏K2 Phonics Quiz Bee✍️

Our Kinder friends have been learning English everyday. Today, our K2 friends challenged and tried to show what they have learned so far. But before that, we relaxed and danced first.

Then, we proceeded with our QUIZ TIME.

All of our K2 friends were especially amazing and impressive today. Everyone received their certificate of participation.

Hooray to our winners.

GREAT JOB K2 FRIENDS!!! You are all wonderful.👍

After our event, we ate and played outside.

💖Let’s continue playing and learning together K2 friends.😊

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November Birthday Party

Last week, we had our celebration for our birthday friends. But before that, they were busy making cake with sweet potato from our field trip.

Here is a glimpse our party.

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😊𝐊❷ 𝓢𝐰𝔼εт Po丅ᗩⓉ𝑜 Ď𝐢ᵍǤᎥŇ𝐆 🍠

We listened to the stories about the sweet potato and learned how they grow.

Today, we went to Yomitan to dig some sweet potatoes but we were surprised to dig huge sweet potatoes!!!

All of our K2 friends tried their best to dig the sweet potatoes. Yehey!!!

After that, we went to Zanpa Park. We ate our delicious lunch.

Then, we played at the park.

We also had our “Otsukare treat” today 🙂

Good place, good friends, good weather, good day!

大きいお芋がたくさん取れました!!今日もらったお芋は少し時間を置いて(一週間程度)食べると、甘さが増して美味しいそうです🎵美味しく召し上がって下さい😄

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👏Food 🍽️ Festa 2023😊

Today we are lucky to have heard about different countries’ culture and taste their delicious cuisines. We have invited parents of AMICUS students who are also from different countries.

Thank you for joining us today 🙂

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Kindergarten Sports Day

Dear parents, thank you for coming and joining us last Friday. Here are a few snapshots of our event.

We appreciate your help, support and encouragement so that our Kinder friends can show their skills and enjoy. We have another event on Friday, see you then 🙂
スポーツデイの練習、そして本番を通して、子どもたちは大きな自信を持つことができたと思います。本番の子どもたちはいつも以上にキラキラ輝いていました!スポーツデイに向けてたくさんの応援とご協力ありがとうございました!

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