Amicus Kindergarten

Learning to play. Playing to learn. :-)

K2 Activities about PLANTS

We have been learning about plants for long time.

We did many activities in the past few months. One of the examples is the flag idea of K2 friends for Sports Day where tie dye the cloth, made macramé, sew some fruits and stamp paint using leaves.

To continue, we also collected different kinds of plants and experimented on what color will show up if we use it to dye some bags.
スポーツデイでの旗づくりから、いろいろな植物で生地を染めたい!と盛り上がり、葉っぱや根っこ、種などを使いカバンを染めました。染めたカバンは、普段ネイチャーウォークで拾ったものを入れたりしています!

During Story Time, Mr. Akiho also shared about some interesting plants.
食中植物についても、お話しました!

After those activities, K2 friends have been more curious about different plants so, they asked many questions.
まだまだ、たくさんK2の子どもたちから植物についての疑問が出てきました!

What are the parts of the plants?

What do plants need to grow?

“How does water goes up to the stem experiment”
根から水を吸い茎へ、そして葉っぱにも水が流れていることを知りました!

Dandelion

  1. How does dandelion make a fluffy circle-shape flower? どうやってタンポポは丸い綿毛をつくるの?
  2. When do the seeds start flying? いつ綿毛は飛んでいくの?
  3. How many flowers can you see? 一つのタンポポの中にいくつの花があるでしょうか?

Why do some plants like sweet potato grow sideways and others grow up straight?
たてに伸びていく植物と地面をはっていく植物。

Why do some fruits like tomato fall on their own while others are strongly attached on the stem like okra?
トマトのように、熟すと落ちる植物もあれば、オクラのように、実ったあとも茎にくっついたままの植物もある。

What are the safe and dangerous plants in and outside of AMICUS?
身近にある植物にも、危険な植物があることも知りました。Amicusにも危険な植物があることが分かり、それをマップにしました!

How do plants spread their seeds?

We collected many materials like leaves, stems, sticks, flowers, etc. and made our Christmas decorations too.
枝や実、葉っぱなどを集めて、クリスマスの飾りを作りました♪

To be continued… (Tropical Dream Center Field Trip)

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Compost and Radishes

K1s are learning about compost so they can be super Earth Savers.

They learned what is compost and what is not. Everyday they compost and separate their snack and lunch food scraps, wet garbage and dry garbage. Together with K2 friends they make compost to use in our Kinder Garden.

Our Kinder Garden- 20 days radish

We have been growing radishes in our garden. We have made a time line chart to show how much they have grown.

By day 20 we could see the radishes! K1s want to take them home to share with their families so they decided to keep them in the garden so they can grow bigger. たのしみ!

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K2 visited G1 friends

Our K2 friends are enjoying their life in Kinder. However, it is a reality that they want to grow and learn more. One of the things that they are excited about is being in FIRST GRADE. Thus, they are given the opportunity to visit their older brothers and sisters in Elementary.

G1 friends have been learning a lot. One of their lessons is counting 1-10 in MATH.

They played using dice, counted, and colored the numbers on their papers.

It was great to experience how G1 friends are having their Math lessons but more importantly, it was wonderful to mingle with them. Thank you G1 for accommodating us 🙂

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December Newsletter

12月のニュースレターに一部間違いがありました。訂正してお詫び申し上げます。

イベントカレンダーでは13日(月)に“年中 遠足”とありますが、正しくは“年長 遠足”です。

There was a mistake in the December Newsletter. We would like to correct it and apologize for any misunderstanding.

On Monday, December 13th, it says “K1 Field Trip” in the calendar but it should be “K2 Field Trip”.

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Literacy Fortnight (G5 and K2)

In line with our Literacy Fortnight celebration organized by Miss Masami – our Librarian, G5 friends visited in Kinder. They wrote their recommended books in a postcard, made gifts and even read the stories to our K2 friends. As a response, our K2 wrote back to them to their appreciation to their older brothers and sisters in school.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.” – Dr. Seuss

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Birthday Party

We are holding our Birthday Party every month. 🙂

Here are some of the wonderful moments during the celebration that we had together.

Enjoy watching OCTOBER BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Enjoy watching NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Have a great weekend 🙂

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K2 Fun Day

Last Friday, K2 friends enjoyed K2 FUN DAY! Here is a glimpse of this meaningful and fun-filled day! This video also includes their feedback about the activities that we did together. Enjoy watching! 🙂

Thank you to all the TEACHERS AND PARENTS who have supported have to make this event SUCCESSFUL. 🙂

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Sweet Potato Digging

It has been a while since we have been on a field trip and K1s had a great time. On November 16th we went sweet potato digging in Yomitan. K1s said, “We want to do it AGAIN!

After sweet potato digging we went to Zampa Misaki Park for our picnic and walk to the lighthouse. We had a great time!

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K2 Class Flags

From October, K2 friends has been learning about plants. We had “HOW DOES IT SMELL GAME”.

They learned “It is fragrant.” and “It is stinky.”

10月からのK2のテーマは”植物”です! 植物っていろんな匂いがあるな~臭かったり、いい匂いもありました!

After that, we went to have nature walk so they started checking some plants/leaves/flowers and tried to smell them.

Then, they had the idea of collecting gettou leaves, fruits and seeds.

アミークスには、ほんとにたくさんの植物があります!ネイチャーウォークで、月桃を見つけてたくさん採ってきました!月桃の葉、木の実、種にみんなで分けてみました。

As an experiment, we would like to know if it still smell good and what will be the color of the water after boiling them separately.

それから、実験が始まりました!月桃は、いい匂いがするけど、どんな色になるかな~♪煮詰めてみることにしました!葉っぱ、実、種、それぞれ少しずつ色が違っていました!

Then, we thought of our Sports Day flag idea. Since K2 friends and teachers love tie dye, we tried it.

みんなで煮詰めた月桃の汁を使って、スポーツデイの旗を染めてみることにしました!どんな色になるかな~わくわく♪

It was perfect color as base for our flag! After few days of trying their best in making their original flag, here they are! This is a closer look of their own idea and creativity. Otter friends made their macramé leaves and Whale friends sewn their fruits.

スポーツデイの旗は、自然なやさしい色に染まりましたよ♡みんなで、一緒に大好きな植物を旗にデザインしました!マクラメをしたり、葉っぱのスタンプをしたり、縫物をしたり、旗を通して、色んなことに挑戦しました!

Ideas are always made better by a group of people dedicated to a goal. It is proven by our K2 friends who worked hard to think of how they can show their creativity and work together to fulfill their task of creating their own SPORTS DAY FLAG. Good job K2 friends! 🙂

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K1 Tops Tournament No. 1

K1s enjoyed challenging each other and even teachers for the Tops Tournament crown. We had a great time las week. K1s showed their super spinning skills. After 2 days of playing, the champions are Gold- RYOTO, Silver- Ms. LINGCO, Bronze Ms. MAMI! Big thanks to all the participants, teachers and our MC Kanta S.

Day 1

Day 2

All K1 friends said, We want to do it again!!!

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