We had our first Brilliant Crystals class of the year last Saturday. Since the kids will start learning phonics from April, for our classes until April we will be preparing them for that with different kinds of sounds. For starters we focused on environmental sounds today. Everybody’s biggest highlight of the day was without a doubt the toy bus, they just couldn’t get enough of it
Today we would like to introduce some photos that show how our kids from Sparkling Sapphires spend their day.
Remembering back when they first started, they had no idea h0w a day at LK went, they just sort of walked around. Now they automatically sit down nicely on the cushions without being told, after they’ve gone to the bathroom. They do this as they’re waiting for the teacher, they can’t wait to go to the park
We had three students today, not too many, but that didn’t stop them from singing songs in very loud voices.
Moving on to the picture showing their backs, this is when they’re waiting their turn before a game. Though they sometimes lose themselves to their excitement and cut in line (which is absolutely adorable from my eyes), most of the time the wait-your-turn rule is kept, we are all very proud of the kids for this.
At LK we have a helpers system where one kid is given the task of being a helper for certain tasks such as putting chairs away, handing out lunchboxes at lunchtime etc.
The lunch helper always picks the lunchboxes up and asks, “who’s is this?”
Despite being a bit heavy for them, they always try their hardest to do the same with our (teachers’) lunchboxes too. The sight just melts your heart
Finally the picture at the park. The kids decided to make lots of birthday cakes for us, we became so full lol
As you can see, they tend to suddenly get nervous when asked to smile for a picture.
Sparkling Sapphiresには「お手伝い当番」が存在します。水筒当番は各自の水筒を渡す役目。椅子を片付ける当番は先生やお友達が椅子を片付けるのを一緒に手伝ってあげるまど、様々な当番です。
３枚目の写真に写っているのは「お弁当当番」です。お弁当当番さんは” who’s is this??”「これは誰のですか？」と聞いてお弁当をお友達に渡してくれる役目です。
先生達の重いお弁当箱を持ち上げて一生懸命に”who’s is this?”と聞いている姿は本当に可愛らしいですよ！
Science and technology is Elementary’s theme for January, and today we focused on magnets.
They each had a tick off worksheet on what magnets stuck to and vice versa, they had fun trying the little magnets they had on all sorts of things that could be found in the room. Afterwards they made paper plate cars that can be pulled by magnets, we’ll race them next week
We hope you all have a great weekend!
Happy new year, we hope you all had a wonderful time with your families over the holidays.
For this month, speech class will be learning how to describe objects referring to characteristics such as size, weight, shape and color. This day we focused on color, and after learning the names of various shapes, everybody had fun with tan-grams, a new addition to our menu of activities.
Everybody in this class have started to become vocally more active, so we’ll be able to start more challenging word games starting this year
Let’s cook in English!
Here’s a rare chance for you to learn how to cook foreign cuisines at Lucky Kids.
Don’t cook much? Haven’t really been to an Eikaiwa school before? No worries, everything will be introductory, and aside from the cooking part, you’ll also be able to enjoy experiencing culture outside of Japan, plus learn English all at the same time
We’d love to see your kids too
The first lesson is:
Date & Time: 1/27 (Tue) 9:30-10:30
Menu: Turon (Philippines’ Deep fried banana spring roll)
Instructor: Chris Legaspi
Fee 1000 yen
Please Reserve: 042-207-8989 / kids@luckykids.jp
Trial Lessons and Orientation Meetings for all the classes for elementary students and kindergarten students will be held on Saturday, January 24th.
Trial Lessons and Orientation Meetings for Weekday Kindergarten Class and Baby and Parent Class will be held on Friday, January 30th as below.
Please don’t forget to reserve!!
Happy New Year!
Our first Sparkling Sapphires class of the year started off as a bright sunny day, and their smiles were equally as radiant
After a long break, some of the kids understandably had teary eyes, but the moment they managed to wave their hands goodbye to their moms, they started laughing and playing with friends and teachers.
…not to mention a wonderful opportunity for us teachers to get some exercise, especially after all that food from New Years.
そしてお正月太りをした先生達も久しぶりにダイナミックな遊びを沢山して体を動かしました:)
We’ll continue to do our best to bring out the smiles of your kids, as well as coming up with fun activities for their benefit.
Here’s to another great year for all of us
We had our last class for the year at Lucky Kids today. Action packed as usual, but for arts and crafts we did something special; osechi origami craft! Everybody had fun rearranging everything the way they liked, especially the girls. It’s been a great year for Brilliant Crystals, and we’re really looking forward to another great year with the kids next year.
Happy Holidays from Lucky Kids!
Today was the last day for the Sparkling Sapphire class students to come to LK before we welcome the new year of 2015. All this week, the students have been working on Christmas craft and reviewing Christmas and winter words, which was their main topics for this month. For the craft activity, Sparkling Sapphires made their own wreaths and took them home so they can hang the wreath on Christmas tree at home. Please take a look how well they have done!
今日はSparkling Sapphiresにとって、新年を迎える前の最後のクラスでした！ 今週一週間はクリスマスと冬にちなんだ活動を沢山してきました。クラフトではリース作りを楽しみおうちへ持って帰りましたよ！ とても可愛らしく出来上がりました！おうちのクリスマスツリーに飾ってもらえたでしょうか。 A day before Christmas, the students made very cute Christmas cards for their parents. On the card, it says “Dear Mom and Dad. Merry Christmas. I love you. Love…” The older students were able to write by themselves, and the small friends had some help from the teacher.
クリスマス前日にはお父さんやお母さんにクリスマスのカードも書きました。カードの後ろには「メリークリスマス！大好きだよ！〇〇より」と書いてあり、大きい生徒は自分で書き、小さいお友達は先生に手伝ってもらいました。喜んでもらえたでしょうか！
Sapphires enjoyed listening to winter stories as well. This week, we had chances to hear so many new stories:) Please see how serious their faces get, when they are listening to the story!!
Sapphiresは絵本を読んでもらうのが大好きです！今週はいつもより沢山絵本を読んでもらう機会がありました。 この真剣なまなざしをみてください！！
Great job Sparkling Sapphires! I hope you have a happy and great time welcoming the new year!! Looking forward Seeing you all in the year 2015!!
今週も楽しかったですね！新年を楽しく迎えられるように願っています！ それでは、２０１５年に会えることを楽しみにしています！！！
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小平のインターナショナルアカデミー
「ラッキー」を子供たちに！
We had our last class of the year for one of our Elementary classes last Monday. After reviewing the topics we did this year, we had fun making Osechi craft with origami! Our student this day was pretty stoked about it all, he told us that he really looks forward to the Osechi that his mother makes every year
We look forward to seeing everybody from Elementary class starting next year! Happy Holidays!!
