Amicus Kindergarten

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Kinder Peace Assembly

June 23rd is a yearly PEACE MEMORIAL DAY in Okinawa. Before that, we have read a book and talked to our Kinder friends about it. 6月23日は、慰霊の日です。そこで、AMICUSでは、平和について考える機会を作りました。

先日、What is PEACE? 「平和ってなに?」とみんなで話してみました。

Many friends shared their ideas of PEACE.

「コロナが治ったら平和」”If there is no more CORONA, then there is PEACE.”.

「かぞくで遊ぶこと」”It means playing with my family together.”

「空や海がきれいで外にいっぱいバッタが飛んでいたら平和」”When I see a beautiful ocean, nice sky and grasshoppers hopping, it feels peaceful.”

「ゴミの上で生活している人がいなくなること」”If we don’t produce a lot of trash then, there will be no more garbage collector. Let’s take care of our environment and mother earth more so we can live peacefully.”

「平和の時に生まれてきてよかった」”I am lucky to be born now that there is no more war in Japan.”

みんなの思う平和がたくさんでてきました。Our Kindergarteners have lots of ideas and they are thinking deeply about PEACE.

今日は、幼稚園みんなで集まって、平和集会を行いました。Today, we gathered both K1 and K2 for our PEACE ASSEMBLY.

沖縄で起こった戦争の絵本を読んだり、「なんで戦争になったんだろう?」「どうすれ平和でいられるんだろう?」みんなの考えを聞きながらいろいろと学びました。Again, we shared with them a storybook entitled “ITADAKIMASU”. We listened to their ideas, questions and taught together on how can we enjoy peace through our simple ways.

「戦争のときは、食べるものがなくてカタツムリを食べていたことがびっくりした。」”When I heard that they didn’t have food, they ate snail. I am shocked.”

「戦争が怖かった」”I am scared of war.”

「てっぽうが怖かった」”I am scared of gun.”

「なんで戦争のときは、やまにいくの?」”During the war, why did they hide in the forest?”

「なんで武器をもっていないのに攻撃するの?」”Why are they fighting with those unarmed Okinawans?”

そんな疑問も出てきました。Those are the reactions and questions by our Kinder friends.

平和な世界が続くために、「友達と一緒にあそぶこと」「お友達にやさしくすること」「こまっているお友達がいたら助け合ったり、お友達の考えやアイディアもきくこと」など、自分たちができることも考えました。We are lucky to experience a peaceful world. We taught together on how our friends can continue living peacefully by doing the following: (1) playing with my friends, (2) be kind to my friends, (3) help each other, listen to my friends ideas and think of my friend’s feelings too.

色んなお友達がいて、みんな違っているから、おもしろいし、助け合える。そんな、お互いを尊敬したり、感謝しあえる素敵な歌もみんなで聞きました。We also listened to this song to encourage them to respect each other’s differences and appreciate other people’s uniqueness.

ご家庭でも、慰霊の日について、お子様のお話を聞いてみたり、ご家族で考える機会を持ってみてくださいね。Please listen to your child’s ideas and opinions about PEACE and share with them something about it too.

At 12noon, let us pause for a moment to be thankful of all the blessings that we are receiving and experiencing now.

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Father’s Day 2021

It is time to give our appreciation to our “Dads”, “Papa” or “お父さん” of the house.

Our Kinder friends prepared a special gift for them.

K1 friends made their greeting cards and planted soybeans.

K2 friends also made their greeting cards and special gifts too.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL, LOVING AND HARDWORKING DADS IN THE WORLD.

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Updates in Kinder Garden

The rain poured heavily in AMICUS today. 🌧

Hello K1 friends, our cucumber and tomato plants are growing.

Look at this😊 This is the soybean that we planted before. It has flower now🤩

K2 friends, we have shown you these pictures this morning but we thought that you might want to see it one more time. Here are our vegetables, bittermelon and okra☺️☀️

Oh! don’t forget this gorgeous SUNFLOWER🌻

Also, here is our praying mantis update😄

Today is Day 13☀️

The egg’s color is changing a bit but it is still intact. When do you think will the baby praying mantis (mantises) come out?

We look forward to seeing you soon😃

Stay home and stay safe everyone🌞

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Circle Time (June 11)

Good morning everyone 🙂 Let’s start our Circle Time 🙂

Have a good day 🙂

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May Birthday Party

Here is a glimpse of our May Birthday Party.

Enjoy watching 🙂

Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂

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Insects Life Cycle Camera (K2)

We are continuing our insects activities.

This time, we learned about 3 insects’ LIFE CYCLE.

ANT 🐜

~ egg –> larva –> pupa –> adult ~

BEE 🐝

~ egg –> larva –> pupa –> adult ~

DRAGONFLY Dragonfly

~ egg –> larva –> molt –> adult ~

After that, we made our camera.

Then, we put them together

and look!

♪♪ We are also listening to this insect song for kids.

If you have time, please let your child listen and sing this at home too. 🙂

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K2 Insect Interview

After catching and sketching insects + insect mission game, K2 friends’ interest in insects have grown more.

They made their favorite insect using recycled materials. Then, they interviewed each other.

Q: What is your favorite insect?

A: My favorite insect is _________.

We are continuing our activities about insects. We’ll update again next time 🙂

If you miss the other blogs, please check this link below.

K2 Catching and Sketching of Insects

K2 Insect Mission Game

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Colorful Day 2021

To promote diversity and celebrate their differences and uniqueness, AMICUS Kindergarten joined the school-wide COLORFUL DAY event today. Kinder friends came in their favorite color clothes.

*Making decoration

*SURVEY: What is your favorite color?

*Game 1: COLOR Fruit Basket

*Game 2: Relay

*Picture time

*Lunch with their friends

*Storytime

*Home Time

P.S. They took off their masks for this picture just for few seconds and wore them asap.

Thank you FUN TEAM for this FUN DAY! 🙂

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K2 Insect Mission Game

K2 friends accepted our challenge.

They formed 6 teams and each team chose an insect to research on.

Mission # 1 : How does it spell?

Mission # 2 : What do they eat?

Mission # 3 : Draw two kinds of this insect.

After accomplishing their mission through research, they had a presentation.

After this Mission Game, they got more interested in insects. We are now continuing our INSECTS activities. We will share more with you in the future. 🙂

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K2 Swimming

K2 friends went to a swimming school for two consecutive Mondays.

Last week, they met their swimming teachers and enjoyed being in the water.

Today, they had more fun swimming 🙂

If you want to learn how to swim, you have to be in the water. 🙂 What a wonderful experience indeed! ❤️

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