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. 🙂
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!
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! 🙂
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!!!
We would like to congratulate our K2 friends for putting their minds and hearts into our Sports Day 🙂 Together with the teachers, they have shown their motivation and strength to improve their skills. Here are some of their memorable moments during the event.
Thank you for your endless support.
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” – Henry Ford
We had a great 2021 Kindergarten Sports Day. K1s did their best and teachers are so proud of them. We would like to share some of our pictures with you…
K2 friends did a really great job during our Sports Day! Thus, we thought of giving them a reward by having a sweet potato digging experience. 🙂 Although they have had this experience last year, the day before our field trip, we read books and practice how to dig the sweet potatoes.
We arrived in Yomitan with happy hearts. The weather is perfect for our plans for the day 🙂
Let’s start!
👏👏👏We’ve dug lots of sweet potatoes! 💪👏👏
After the great sweet potato digging experience, we went to Zanpa Park to eat lunch and play.
😊😊😊It was a great and fun-filled Tuesday indeed!😊😊😊
Yesterday ALL K1 friends ate ALL their lunch ONTIME!!! So, today they got a “Perori” sticker for their attendance. Thank you families for talking with your child about it and supporting them. They could become Earth Savers TOGETHER!!
K1の子どもたちは、SDGsの絵本を読んだことをきっかけに地球や環境への関心が高まり、「地球を守る！Earth Saver」というオリジナルのスーパーヒーローを生み出しました。子どもたち一人ひとりが好きな色の「Earth Saver（アースセイバー）」になりきり、地球のために自分たちができることについて話し合いました。
During the last two weeks we have been reading these books during Circle Time. K1s became interested in learning about how to save our Earth. They made their original Earth Saver picture (deciding their favorite pose and colors) to help them work to save our Earth. We posted them in our classroom.
今月は、SDGsの掲げる１２番目のテーマ「つくる責任、つかう責任」の中から、『フードロス』に焦点を当て、身近にできることとして、まずは毎日のお弁当を３０分間で完食する「30分ペロリチャレンジ」に取んでいます。クラス全員がお弁当を完食すると、コミュニケーションブックのシールが「ペロリ」になり、全員が完食できなければ「クライ(泣き顔)」になります。
This month we will focus on SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). They chose to focus their Earth Saver powers on #12 “Food Loss”. So they started the “Perori Challenge” where they will challenge and try to finish ALL of their lunch within Lunch Time (30minutes). When K1s work together and finish all their lunch they are rewarded with a “Perori face” (happy face) on their communication book attendance sticker. They they are unable to work as a team and focus and finish their lunch during Lunch Time then they get a sad face sticker.
子どもたちは、日々「ペロリ」を目指して頑張っています。
They are working hard to reach their goals every day.
ご家庭でも、応援よろしくお願いいたします。Please encourage your child at home!
For one month we have been taking care of our rare yellow praying mantis. We learned how praying mantis’ grow, what they eat, and what they like. On Friday we said good-bye to Lucky and returned her to the forest. Thank you, Lucky, for teaching us so much about praying mantis’ and other insects and bugs.
