After the Summer break, K2 friends are happy to be back. Surprisingly, most of them ask first how’s AMICUS and our plants. So, we had a nature walk to check around. Although, we are sad that many trees and other things were destroyed, we are relief to see that many plants are still growing beautifully. ĺ¤äźăżćăăĺăŠăăăĄăŻč˛ă ăŞćăĺşăăä˝é¨ăăżăăŞăŤčŠąăăŚăăăžăăăăăăăăŽćăĺşăčăăŚĺŹăăćăăžăăäš ăăśăăŽĺäźăŤăăă¤ăžă§ă芹ăć˘ăžăăŞăăăăă§ăăđĺšźç¨ĺăŤćťăŁăŚăăĺăŠăăăĄăŽć§ĺăă茧ăă ăăâŠ
Yehey! It’s summer break. But before that, we had a really fun day.
We received bunches of banana from G2 parent. Kinder friends were amazed to see green bananas turning into yellow. So, yesterday we ate bananas during snack time.
Although it is hot daily, it is nice to see the beauty of nature and the clouds in the sky. We, in Kinder are so happy that the weather is good everyday. During our nature walk, we found Hibiscus (ăă¤ăăšăŤăš) and Ixora (ăăă ăă) flowers blooming near our building. ćŻćĽĺ¤Šć°ăŽčŻăćĽăçśăăĺăŠăăăĄăć¤çŠăŽĺ¤ĺăé˛ăŽéăăŤć°ăĽă漽ăăă§ăăžăă ăăăăŞăă¤ăăšăŤăšăăľăłăăłăŤăčŚă¤ăăžăăďź
There are also different kinds of insects around. Many of our friends are interested in insects. During outside play, our Kinder friends found an interesting “yellow” praying mantis. According to a specialist, there are only 1 out of 300 praying mantis as shown on TV. We are taking care of it now. ćĽăŤăŻčŚăăăŞăăŁăčŤăăĄăăăăăăĺĺşăŤéăłăŤăăŚăăžăâş çăăéťč˛ăŽăŤăăăŞăčŚă¤ăăžăăăăăŽć§ĺăTVăŤăŚćžéăăăžăăďźďź ä¸ĺşŚéăăăăŤăăăŞă§ăăăăä˝ĺşŚăĺĺşăŤçžăăăăăĺăŠăăăĄă¨ç¸čŤăč˛ăŚăăă¨ăŤăŞăăžăăă
Some friends brought many stag beetle that they were taking care of at home. So, we had a special meeting, decided the rules and agreed on how to take care of them. ĺšźç¨ĺă§ăăŻăŻăŹăżăč˛ăŚăŚăżăăă¨ăăćăăăăäťĺăăć°ăăŤéăäżčˇč ăŽćšăăăŻăŻăŹăżăăăăŚăăăăžăăă ĺăŠăăăĄă¨ăăăä¸čŠąăăăăăăŤăŠăăăăăăăŽă芹ăĺăăăăăŤăźăŤăăŻăŻăŹăżăéăăăăăĺ ´ćăćąşăăžăăă
3 friends made a cicada and shared with us some trivia. Also, one of our friends shared with us some footage of the metamorphosis of cicada. Please watch the video. ăžăăăťăăŽăăšăżăźăä˝ăăťăăŤă¤ăăŚăăăăă¨ăăˇă§ă˘ăăăăçž˝ĺăăć§ĺăăˇă§ă˘ăăăžăăăŽă§ăăăăŞăŤăžă¨ăăžăăăăă˛ç˘şčŞăăŚăă ăăă
We also read some books to learn more about the different insects.
We also started learning a new song.
We also had some quiz about insects.
K2 friends were also amazed to research and learn about the different body parts of some insects. äťăĺăŠăăăĄăŻčŤăŽăă¨ăŤčĺłăćăĄĺ§ăăŚăăžăăčŞĺăăĄă§čŤăŽä˝ăŽäşă調ăšăăăă˘ăŻăăŁăăăŁă§ăĺŚăă§ăăžăă
Our K2 friends also enjoyed walking around and catching some insects.
They also made their favorite insects. Please watch the video below. 弽ăăŞčŤă塼ä˝ăŤăăăžăăăćŻéăăăŞăŽç˘şčŞăăéĄăăăžăă
After that, we made a graph of the most favorite insects of our K2 friends.
Please talk to your child about insects. Enjoy playing at the park weekend.ăStay safe and healthy. Keep hydrated. đĽ¤ćŻéăäźćĽăŻĺ Źĺă¸čŤć˘ăăďźâ çąä¸ç寞çăć°ăäťăăžăăăăďźđ
Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival, is a Japanese festival. The story talks about Orihime and Hikoboshi. Every 7th of July is the day that celebrates the meeting of this two deities. It is also believed that when you make Tanzaku and hang your wish in the bamboo tree, when this two deities meet, your wish will come true. So, our Kinder friends also wrote their wishes.
Today, Ms. Masami also read the book about Tanabata during Story Time when they went to the Library.
They also sing a Tanabata Song during their MUSIC Time.
Today, we have our special guests from Ryukyu Kajimaya (ççăăăžăăź). They introduced Eisa to our K2 friends and they were really interested in learning the Okinawa traditional dance.
June 23, 1945, is the day the battle of Okinawa ended. In 1961, Ryukyu Government decided to make June 23 a holiday called “Irei no Hi ” to console and remember those who lost their lives and pray for peace. To commemorate this important event in Okinawa, we learn about peace and gratitude with our Kinder friends. We dedicated June 19-23 as our Peace Week. ďźďźďźďźĺš´ďźćďźďźćĽăŻăć˛ç¸ćŚăçľăăŁăćĽă§ăăďźďźďźďźĺš´ăççćżĺşăŻăăăŽć˛ć¨ăŞă§ăăă¨ăĺżăăăĺšłĺă¸ăŽçĽăăăăăăćĽă¨ăăŚăďźćďźďźćĽăć °éăŽćĽă¨ĺŽăăžăăăć˛ç¸ăŤă¨ăŁăŚăă¨ăŚă大äşăŞćĽăčż˝ćźăăăăăŤăĺšźç¨ĺă§ăďźďźćĽăăďźďźćĽăĺšłĺéąéă¨ăăŚăĺăŠăăăĄă¨ä¸çˇăŤĺšłĺăŤă¤ăăŚĺŚăłăčăăŚăăžăăă
K1 friends learned about what peace looks like, how we can act peacefully. We read, “Peace is Beautiful” (ă¸ăăăŁăŚăăŚăă ă”). Some K1s stood up and shared with everyone what they think peace means, for example, peace means “no fighting”, ” we can eat a lot”, “we can grow up because there is no war”, “everyone is alive”, ” we can enjoy playing together.” We enjoyed making our “rainbow peace doves” this year as well, focusing on the age-old meaning of the rainbow- as rain washes the earth, we can wash our hearts and become as peacefuland beautiful as the rainbow. K1ăŽĺăŠăăăĄăŻĺšłĺă¨ăŻä¸ä˝ăŠăăŞăăŽăŞăŽăăâă¸ăăăŁăŚăăŚăă ăŞâăŽçľľćŹăčŞăă ăăčŞĺăăĄăŻĺšłĺăŤé˘ăăŚä˝ăă§ăăăŽăă¨ăăăă¨ăčăăăăĺŚăă ăăăžăăăä˝äşşăăŽĺăŠăăăĄăŻăĺă ăĄăŽĺăŤçŤăŁăŚĺšłĺăŤăŻăŠăăŞćĺłăăăăŽăăçşčĄ¨ăăŚăăăžăăăäžăă°ăâăăăăăŞăăă¨ââăăăăéŁăšăăăââćŚäşăăŞăăă大ăăăŞăăââăżăăŞăçăăŚăăăă¨ââä¸çˇăŤćĽ˝ăăéăšăâăŞăŠăĺşăăăžăăăăžăăćăăäźăăč¨ăäźăăŽčŠąăăăžăăăé¨ăä¸çăćľĺăăăăăŤç§ăăĄăŽĺżăĺšłĺăŤăçžăăăăŚăăăžăăăăŤăăăăŚčšăăăăăăéĄăăčžźăăŚăĺšłĺă蹥垴ăăâčšăŽéłŠâä˝ăă漽ăăżăžăăă
K2 friends listened to many peace-related stories by K2 Teachers and Miss Masami. We also made different peace crafts. K2ăŽĺăŠăăăĄăŻăĺšłĺăŤé˘ăăçľľćŹăăŠă¤ăăŠăŞăźăŽćéăă˘ăŻăăŁăăăŁăŽćéă§čăăăăĺšłĺă¸ăŽćăăčžźăăă˘ăźăăä˝ăŁăăăăžăăă
Then, we had our Peace Assembly. We listened to the story ăăă ăăžă and performed peace-related songs. ăăăŚăĺšźç¨ĺă§ăŻĺšłĺéäźăčĄăăžăăăĺšłĺéäźă§ăŻăć˛ç¸ćŚăŤă¤ăăŚăŽçľľćŹăăăă ăăžăăăčăăăăĺšłĺăŽćăăżăăŞă§ćăŁăăăăžăăă
Yesterday, we had a special challenge. NO SNACK and NO ELECTRICITY DAY.  ć¨ćĽăŻăĺšłĺăŞćĽĺ¸¸ăćšăăŚćăăăă¨ăăăă¨ă§ăăNO SNACK and NO ELECTRICITY DAYăă¨éĄăăŚăçšĺĽăŞćĽăéăăăžăăă
Many friends said, âItâs dark!â âItâs scary.â âItâs hot here.â in the beginning. However, they trust that we are together in this challenge. Although we agreed on NO ELECTRICITY DAY, we talked to our Kinder friends and decided that we will turn on the AC because of the temperature and humidity. We started the day with our normal routine. Later on, K1 and K2 friends started preparing for our lunch. ĺăŠăăăĄăŻçťĺăăŚăăŚăăăăăăăăŽăŁăŚăăăăăăăăăŻăźăŠăźăăŞăăŽďźăă¨č˛ă ăŞĺŁ°ăĺăŠăăăĄăăčăăăŚăăžăăăćŽćŽľĺ˝ăăĺăŤä˝żăŁăŚăăéťć°ăăăăăŤăăăăăăŽăăăżăăŞă§ćăăčăăžăăăâťăăŽĺžăĺăŠăăăĄăŽä˝čŞżăć°éŁăăŻăźăŠăźăŻă¤ăăžăăă
1.They went out and got some gettou and banana leaves. When they come back, we wipe the gettou leaves and heat up the banana leaves. ććĄă¨ăăăăŽčăă˘ăăźăŻăšć Ąĺ ăăă¨ăŁăŚăăžăăă
2. Measure and wash the rice. ăçąłăéăć´ăăžăăă
3. Cut the sweet potatoes. ăčăç´°ăăĺăăžăăă
Cooking Time!!! đ
Now, our big pot of rice is ready. Yehey! đ
It took us the whole morning to prepare for this and it’s all worth it. We enjoyed our lunch. đ
After this, we gathered and thought together how we can be peacemakers in our everyday lives. We also discussed the importance of electricity and food that we are enjoying everyday. We ended this gathering with a speech from Miss Collins and a song from Kinder Teachers.ăżăăŞă§ăăăăăăŤăăăéŁăšăĺžăŻăăżăăŞă§ĺšłĺăŤă¤ăăŚćšăăŚčŠąăĺăăŽĺ ´ăćăĄăžăăăăăă§ăMs.ăłăŞăłăşăăăăăźăšăĄăźăŤăź(ĺšłĺăŽčźŞăĺşăăŚăăäşş)ăŽčŠąăăăăčŞĺăăĄăŞăăŽĺšłĺăčăăžăăăćĺžăŤăŻăĺ çăăĄă§ăććĄăăćăăžăăăâŽď¸
Before the day ended, G5 friends came to read books and make origami. éĺĺăŤăďźĺš´çă¨ăŽäş¤ćľäźăčĄăăžăăă
We wish everyone PEACE everyday. At 12 noon today, please pause for a while and pray for peace all over the world. Have a great weekend :)äťćĽăŻăă厜ćă§ăăăăăăŽä¸ăŽä¸ăĺšłĺăŤăŞăăăăćłăă錳ăăćéăćăŁăŚăżăŚăă ăăăăđĽ°
Today, we were blessed with great weather and wonderful experiences. We were warmly welcomed by the facility staff. 夊ć°ăŤăćľăžăăŚăć˛ç¸ć°čąĄĺ°ăŽčŚĺŚăăšăżăźăăăžăăă ć˝č¨ăŽĺ¤ăŤăăďźă¤ăŽĺ¤Šć°ăŤé˘ăăčŁ ç˝Žăç´šäťăăŚăăăăžăăďź ĺˇŚä¸ăŽĺçăŻăć°ć¸Šă渏ăčŁ ç˝Žă çăä¸ăŽĺçăŻăéć°´éă渏ăčŁ ç˝Žă ĺłä¸ăŽĺçăŻă風éă渏ăčŁ ç˝Žă
Then, they immediately introduced 3 special equipment to us.
We put water on the rain gauge and used fans to make the wind meter spin. ĺŽéăŤăĺăŠăăăĄăăăăăŽčŁ 罎ă使ăŁăŚă渏ăŁăŚăżăžăăă
After that, we went to inside their building.
Then, we had a special lecture. ĺšźç¨ĺăŽă˘ăŻăăŁăăăŁă§ĺşă質ĺăăăžă¨ăăŚä¸ăăăĺăŠăăăĄăŤčŞŹćăăăŚăăă ăăžăăă 夊ć°äşĺ ąăŽäşĺ ąăŽäťćšăăéˇăčšăăŞăźăăŠăŞăŠăĺăăăăăćăăŚăăăăžăăă
The next part was really interesting. We were divided into 3 groups.
We learned about TORNADO. Although we don’t really see tornado here in Okinawa, we learned to be careful and hide in a sturdy building in case we see it in other places. ăŹăŻăăŁăźăŽăă¨ăŻăçŤĺˇťăŽĺŽé¨ăăé¨ăŽăăăĄăčŚăăŚăăăŁăăă風éăŽĺŽé¨ăăăăă ĺăŠăăăĄăŻčĺłć´Ľă ă§ăăă
We also learned about RAINDROPS. Everyone was amazed how the tiny droplet of rain goes up. We also learned that it is actually sphere.
We tried the wind meter again. This time, we’ve seen it spin fast because of the electric fan. That’s when we realize that if it is windy, it will spin around fast and show us the direction where the wind is coming from.
Lastly, we went to their working place where the special computer shows the weather condition on earth sent by Sunflower satellite. ćĺžăŤăĺŽéăŤĺ¤Šć°äşĺ ąăăăŚăăăăčĄćă˛ăžăăă§ć°čąĄă茳渏ăăŚăăçšĺĽăŞăé¨ĺąăćĄĺ ăăŚăăăăžăăă
We left the facility with grateful hearts and minds full of meaningful learnings today. ĺŽéăŤĺ¤Šć°ăŽăäťäşăăăŚăăćšăăĄăĺ ´ćăŤč§Śăă ĺăŠăăăĄăč˛ăăŞĺŽé¨ăă芹ăčăăŚč˛´éăŞä¸ćĽă¨ăŞăăžăăă ć˛ç¸ć°čąĄĺ°ăŽăżăŞăăăăťăă¨ăŤăăăă¨ăăăăăžăăďźďź
