Amicus Kindergarten

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Kinder Strawberry Picking Experience

Yesterday we went on our last field trip of the year to a Kanna Strawberry Farm in Ginzoa. It was a great experience. Students could see how strawberries are grown and how to harvest them- “KONNICHIWA!” We even learned a little bit about how strawberries are good for our bodies- VITAMIN C POWER!

Some friends said, “I ate 20!”, “I ate 50!”, “I ate 100!!” WOW!

After strawberry picking we went to Iha Park here in Uruma City. We played and ate and enjoyed our walk back to school. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! We hope they were able to talk with you about their sweet day!

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🍓Strawberry Picking (K2)🍓

🚍We went to Ginoza today for a special trip. 🍓🍓🍓

We ate a lot of strawberries 🍓

After that, we went to Iha Park to play.

Then, ate our lunch together.

Then, we walked back home 🙂

What a wonderful day!!!😊

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(K2) Horseback Riding Activity

Today, we had a SPECIAL ACTIVITY 🐎

Please talk to your child about their experience today 🐴 😄 .

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K2 Setsubun and Crazy Hair Day

K2 friends learned about Setsubun.

Story Time

Music Time

Art Time

Today, they used the Uni that they made during art time and throw beans to drive away the ogre inside them.

Today is also our CRAZY HAIR DAY.

We played “What is this?” game with K1 friends.

We also played a game in the gym.

What a wonderful day indeed! 🙂

So creative and unique everyone! You have great ideas. Thank you dear parents and guardians for your cooperation and preparation for this day! 😊

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Marathon

AMICUS is blessed with big space and beautiful surroundings. We usually go outside for a nature walk. For over a month, Kinder friends did not just walk around but also practice running for the Marathon. Fortunately, the weather is good yesterday. We are happy that we had the chance to finally to hold this special event.

After Marathon, we had a special game. Rock-Scissors, Paper, 1,2,3!

It was really a fun day! But before we forget, we acknowledge the determination and hard work of all our Kinder friends so everyone got a special certificate. Also, we have a small gift for our game winner and medals to our TOP 3 Marathon runners for both K1 and K2.

Then, LUNCH TIME 🙂

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How Kinder friends made handmade postcards.

元旦、各ご家庭では子どもたちからの年賀状を受け取り、どのようにその葉書を作ったかということをお聞きになったかもしれません。

As each family received a Nengajou on January 1st, you probably heard from your child how they made their postcard.

幼稚園にはゴミとなってしまうコピー用紙や様々な紙の端切れなどがあります。子どもたちはまず、それらを手でちぎりミキサーに入れました。またグルーの友だちと相談し、色のある紙をひとつかみ入れました。ミキサーで混ざる様子はにみんな大興奮でした!

There are a lot of waste pieces of copy papers or scraps of papers in Kinder. First, Kinder friends ripped up the papers and put them in a mixer. They also put a hand-full of colored paper after they discussed their team’s color with their group members. They were so excited to mix them up!

少しグルーを混ぜた後は水の中にある紙漉き用の特別な枠に流し込みました。手で混ぜ混ぜする感触を楽しんだ子どもたち。

After adding some glue in it, they poured it in the special frame in the water. They enjoyed mixing with their hands.

この紙漉きの活動を通して、子どもたちは手作りの紙の作り方や、リサイクルすることがどのように大切か、また意味のあることなのかということを学びました。

Kinder friends learned how to make handmade paper and how recycling is important and meaningful through this activity.

We hope that you received the NEW YEAR postcards that we sent. 🙂 Have a wonderful 2023 everyone!

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Kinder Holiday Crafts

Our Kindergarteners are learning and making many crafts to show their skills and creativity.

K2 friends made their Sports Day frames and pottery. They also made many Christmas ornaments that they brought home at the beginning of December. They also made/sewn their own Christmas bags and brought them home during Pajama/Winter Clothes Day.

Our K1 friends also made their bags using used clothes and snowflakes. They also brought them home with the presents inside during the same event.

After Christmas, New YEAR came! Since it is the YEAR of the RABBIT, K2 friends made their New Year’s Resolution at the back of their cute rabbit arts.

It is nice to see these smiles again 🙂 Happy New Year everyone. Let’s challenge more in making many arts and crafts this year!!!

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✨Games with Mr. Teruya (K2)✨

Today, we invited Mr. Teruya again. 🤩

We walked around AMICUS and got palm tree seeds.

Each of them got 5 seeds. After that, we played “rock, scissors, paper”.

Later on, we counted how many seeds do we have left in our bag. Some friends didn’t have any, some of them won many times so they had a lot. 😊 

But the fun didn’t end there, we had another game. Each of them had 5 seeds again. They walked around, found a partner and hid some in their hands. They both said, “なんこ なんこ いーくつ!!!” Then, they needed to guess the total seed that Friend 1 and Friend 2 are holding. Whoever guess it right got all the seeds.

👍What a nice MATH GAME!!! Good job everyone and THANK YOU Mr. Teruya! 👏

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Safety first! 👍

In any place, security and safety is the priority. That’s why we always remind our Kinder friends to learn and play safely everyday. In addition, we had safety drills and orientation held in AMICUS.

At the beginning of the year (MAY 2022), we had TRAFFIC RULES ORIENTATION. We invited the Uruma City Police Department to teach our Kinder friends about road safety.

They also taught us about taking care of oneself in case a stranger approach them.

Today, we reminded them of this. Please teach your child about this at home too.

We also had another lesson today by our nurse Miss Nakamura. She taught us to love our self and take care of our bodies.

Let’s remind everyone to be careful always and never leave your side. Be safe always!💕

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K2 PHONICS QUIZ BEE

K2 friends have been learning many topics during Phonics Time. Today, we had our contest!

Our K2 friends tried their best to answer all the questions with their partner. It was really a team effort.

Everyone did their best and all of them got high scores so, they received their certificates.

Lastly, here are the TOP THREE of this competition!

🥇ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖! 🏆

⭐👍𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕛𝕠𝕓!👏🙂

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