Amicus Kindergarten

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K1 Theme Projects- Academic Review 1

Thank you parents and guardians for all of your support for our K1s throughout this year. We appreciate you!

We would like to take some time to share a photo review for you so we can see all our amazing K1s learned and accomplished this year. We explored three major themes this year- PLANTS, INSECTS & BUGS and EARTH SAVING. We will post them as a 3-part series. Our Theme Projects were decided on by the students, which greatly motivated them to learn more month by month. Please enjoy and please praise your child for a job well done this year!

K1の保護者の皆様、今年度は多くのご理解とご協力をいただきどうもありがとうございました。

ここで、K1の素晴らしい子どもたちが今年度学んできたことや、やり遂げてきたことなどについて写真も交えてお伝えしたいと思います。子どもたちは大きく分けて3つのテーマ「植物」「昆虫(虫)」「地球を守ること」に基づいて活動に取り組んできました。ブログではそれらを3回に分けてお伝えします。K1のテーマは、もっと知りたい!学びたい!という子どもたちの意欲にをもとに決めてきました。子どもたちの今年度の活躍をご覧いただき、ぜひご家庭でも楽しんで、またほめていただければと思います。

Part 1- PLANTS「植物」

Our first Theme Project in K1 focused on observing PLANTS around AMICUS, learning what PLANTS need to grow, learning about PLANTS’ life cycles, namely, the cucumber, tomato, soy bean. We also did planting and MORE!

最初の学習テーマは、アミークスにある植物に焦点を当てて観察することでした。植物の成長には何が必要か、そして各植物きゅうり、トマト、大豆のライフサイクルについて学びました。また、様々な植物の種も蒔きました。

We learned about the parts of plants and what plants need to grow.

植物の部分についても学びました。

We made greenhouses for our soy bean seeds and presented our observations in front of the class.

ジッパーバッグを用いてミニ温室を作り、大豆を育てました。お友だちの前で、観察結果の発表も行いました。

We learned what IS a plant and what IS NOT a plant. We made plants using playdough.

何が植物で何が植物でないかを学んだり、年度で好きな植物を作ったりもしました。

We made a “Parts of Plants” book and learned to read about plants in English.

「植物の部分」の本を作り、英語で読みました!

We learned about the life cycles of CUCUMBERS, SOY BEANS and TOMATOES.

きゅうり、大豆、トマトのライフサイクルを学びました。

We started planting on our Kinder Garden.

自分たちの畑に大豆を植えました。

We enjoyed a Plants Treasure Hunt around Amicus.

アミークスを歩き回って、植物探しを楽しみました!

K1s learned a lot about PLANTS in our activities. We hope they will grow healthy and strong like the PLANTS around our beautiful AMICUS.

活動を通してK1の子どもたちは植物についてのたくさんのことを学びました。素敵なアミークスに広がる植物のように、子どもたちにもすくすくと、たくましく育ってほしいですね。

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Iha Walk and Garbage Pick-Up Memories

For our last field trip K1s challenged themselves and walked 2.5km to Iha Park (40 minutes). They enjoyed playing a lot at the park. On the way back to Kinder we picked up garbage along the road. We collected 4 large bags of “burnable garbage” and one bag of “non-burnable garbage”. It took us 1.5hours to walk back. K1s were tired but they could realize how strong their bodies are and appreciate their bodies. They could also understand how important it is to throw away garbage in the right place. We are EARTH SAVERS! 🙂

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Thank you and good luck, K2 friends!

Our memories: saying goodbye to K2 friends. We hope they will enjoy G1.

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K2 Special Activities and GRADUATION

Marathon

Top Tournament

Horseback Riding

Graduation

CONGRATULATIONS!

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K1 Horse Riding

It was a beautiful day to ride horses. K1s enjoyed their experience. They learned about our Amicus horses’ names and ages. They learned how to touch the horse gently and the importance of greeting the horse before getting on and thanking the horse when getting off. Finally, after learning how to be safe around the horses, K1s were ready to ride.

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Kinder MARATHON- Good Job, K1!

This morning we enjoyed our Kinder Marathon. K1s and K2s challenged themselves and ran their very best. We are so proud of them! Please praise your child for a Super Job!

Congratulations to our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners!

Congratulations to our K1 Marathon Challengers!

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K2 Calligraphy

Calligraphy is one of the highlights this year as our K2 friends learned how to read and write in Hiragana then, Kanji at the end. Here is a glimpse of their experience. Please enjoy watching 🙂

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Making Shell Ginger Bug Spray

We were taught by one of our K1 friends how to make bug spray (insect repellent) using shell ginger (げっとうの葉). We really enjoyed this two-days project!

He taught us how to make the bug spray. K1s enjoyed cutting the shell ginger leaves. We used lemongrass, myrtle, and mugwort for different aroma.

We boiled the leaves over two days. After cooling, we prepared our spray bottles and put in the bug spray liquid. We were happy to share with Mr. Akiho because he had many bug bites from gardening

We went outside to test our bug spray. Please try our bug spray at home. Please note you can keep it for on 14 day. (2週間以内で使い切るようお願いします。)

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Birthday Party

Here are the last birthday parties that we had this year from January-March 🙂

Thank you for watching 🙂

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