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