Amicus Kindergarten

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Recently K1…

We are changing our garden for the last time in K1. We will be starting a なんくるみーガーデン or Wild Garden. Students have been collecting seeds from home to contribute to the garden. They pulled weeds, mixed the old soil with the new soil, and planted the seeds randomly. They will be able to watch the different seeds grow. Because the seeds are mix they will enjoy discovering which seeds will make which plants, fruits and vegetables. They had fun!

English Music Time- K1s are learning about greetings in English and about how to greet at different times in the day. They learned the Greeting Song. Please ask your child to sing it to you and enjoy doing the dance together!

P.E.- Students are getting stronger! They can hold the high bar for 10 seconds. They are also practicing for the Kinder Marathon.

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K2 Crazy Hair 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!

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Setsubun at Kinder

We are happy to see Kinder friends this week. Their smiles and happy voices make AMICUS Kindergarten alive.

This week, we were busy with many activities like Eiken Test for K2 and Performance practice. Thank you for your creativity and cooperation, we have received most of the costumes from K1 and K2.

Before this week ends, we also had an important event in Kinder.  Setsubun (節分) is one of these traditional Japanese events. Setsubun involves a lot of bean eating and bean throwing to ward off evil spirits that bring disaster, misfortune and bad health and marks the end of winter. So, we did it in Kinder too.

K1

K2

Have a great weekend 🙂

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Radishes

Although K1s have not been in Kinder for one week now, teacher have been taking care of our Kinder Garden. Last week it was finally time to harvest our 20-day radishes. We hope K1 friends have been able to grow their radishes successfully at home, too 🙂

We look forward to growing and learning about more yummy vegetables next time!

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K1 Weekly Mission ( Jan.12 – 16)

Thank you for submitting your Mission pictures!! Great job, Everyone:)

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Pajama/Christmas Party

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 🙂

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K2 Beans Sprout

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 🙂

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Coral Farm, Melody Beach and Iha Park

K1s enjoyed another super field trip! We observed how coral grows, and went to Melody Beach for clean up garbage (Super Earth Savers- yay!). Then we ate lunch and played at Iha Park. Finally, we walked home from the park- but K1s decided to continue their garbage pickup as we walked back to school. They are really thinking about how to take care of our Earth. Fantastic!!

To the Sango-en Coral Farm…

To Melody Beach…

To Iha Park…

Back to Amicus…

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December Birthday Party

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K2 Phonics Quiz Bee

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♪

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