Last Saturday we had our biggest class yet, with a total of 14 students. They say the more the merrier, and I couldn’t have put it better myself. Everybody was excited to be part of the crowd, and all the activities we did throughout the day seemed livelier. We are so glad that the kids had fun, we did too! They can be seen practicing for their Xmas performance in the picture below.
先週土曜は、過去最多の人数を迎えてクラスを行いました。沢山のお友達が参加してくれました♪英語の言い回しでthe more the merrier、人数は多い方が楽しい という諺がありますが、まさにその通りですね♪ ゲームも歌も、サークルタイムもいつもと迫力が違いました。子供たちがワクワク楽しく過ごしてくれて本当に嬉しいです。僕たちも負けないぐらい楽しめました。写真は皆でクリスマス会の練習をしている様子です！
Lucky Kids ラッキーキッズ
International academy in Kodaira
小平のインターナショナルアカデミー
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Even though the weather was somewhat depressing, that didn’t stop the kids of Dazzling Rubies from having lots of fun! We had a total of seven kids today, almost as big as our Brilliant Crystals classes on Saturdays!
The current theme is winter, we’ve started teaching them winter related activities and vocab. The picture below is them singing our new hello song.
December haｓ started and we welcomed two new friends from today, and we are having another new friend coming from next week!! How exciting!!!
We were able to see some smiles on our new students’ faces as we played at the park.
So the new topic has started from this week in Sparkling Sapphire class, and the new topic is Christmas and winter. I bet the kids must be very excited for Christmas.(^^) The students made some Christmas ornaments and hung them on the Christmas tree. We are taking this tree to our Christmas party, which will be held on December 14th.
Last Saturday the kids of Brilliant Crystals class had fun with arts and crafts, designing a horse over the letter H. Although some of the younger ones still experience difficulty cutting and pasting with glue by themselves, it was very nice to see the older ones offering to help them. Next week for Brilliant Crystals we’ll have a total of 14 kids, guaranteed to be an action packed class
As you may know, for this month’s speech class we’ve been mainly practicing the songs 12 days of Christmas (shortened to 6 days of Christmas) and Little drummer boy.
Despite being very difficult songs to memorize, especially for Japanese children with no English background, our Elementary students have mastered all of the lyrics through days of practice, and we just cannot help but feel very proud.
今月Lucky GemsとSpeech classでは主に12 days of ChristmasとLittle drummer boyという曲を練習してきました。覚えるにはとても難しい曲でありながら、皆練習を重ねに重ねて今となってはほぼ完ぺきな状態です♪♪スタッフ一同、とても誇らしく思っています（＾＾）
Lucky Kids International Children’s Academy in Kodaira
ラッキーキッズ インターナショナル チルドレンズ アカデミー
Let’s learn English together! 小平で一緒に英語(英会話）を学ぼう！
Last Saturday for Brilliant Crystals class, the kids had fun trying to spell their names out with our alphabet stamps. Although some of them needed help, most of the kids were able to spell out their own names with the alphabet.
We have been practicing for the Christmas presentation a lot these days, most of the students know the songs and the dance moves by heart.
This is a photo of the students singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
クリスマス会に向けて沢山練習をしている成果がみえてきました！何度も何度も歌って踊って。すっかり上手になってきたサファイたちです。
In the afternoon at the park, Sapphires played with the cans pretending to be elephants. This is a Japanese traditional outdoor play, which most of the children now a days don’t have the chance to experience. It was very tricky using hand and eye coordination but they got the hang of it after practicing for few times!
戸外遊びでは缶ぽっくりを像さんの足に見立てて遊びました。日本の伝承遊びのひとつである缶ぽっくりですが、最近ではなかなか遊ぶ機会がなくなりましたよね。 とてもコツのいる遊びなのですが、そこは子どもたち！飲み込みの早さに私たちのびっくりしました！！
Great job done Sapphires! We will have more fun time again! 今日も楽しかったですね。また次回も楽しみましょうね！ Lucky Kids International Children’s Academy in Kodaira ラッキーキッズ インターナショナル チルドレンズ アカデミー Let’s learn English together! 小平で一緒に英語(英会話）を学ぼう！
For this week, using the directions we learned the previous week (go straight, turn left/right, stop), we took our kids on an imaginary trip to Tokyo Disneyland. We had an enlarged English map of the theme park printed out, and the kids chose where they wanted to go. The kids would then try and verbally give directions from the entrance to their desired destination.
今週は、先週覚えた道案内のフレーズを使い夢の国で一騒動を起こしました（笑） ディズニーランドの英語地図上で、現在地から行きたいアトラクションまでどうやって行くのか英語で説明し、実際に地図上で人形を誘導するというゲームをしましたが、障害物にぶつかってばかりでした。途中から面白がってRun fast! Jump! Flyなどいささか無茶な指示も出てきたものですが、楽しみながらもしっかりと趣旨を理解してくれていました♪
Lucky Kids International Children’s Academy in Kodaira
ラッキーキッズ インターナショナル チルドレンズ アカデミー
Let’s learn English together! 小平で一緒に英語(英会話）を学ぼう！
Today, all the classes learned about animals again!
今日も全てのクラスで動物について学習しました！
In the Little Diamonds Class, the students were so excited to knock on the door of the farm house box and see what kind of animals would come out of the door! What do you know, out came theElephant, Tiger, Pig, and Duck
Little Diamondsクラスでは、ファームハウスの扉からどんな動物が出てくるの、とってもかわくわくしながらドアをノックしました！象やトラ、ブタやアヒルが飛び出しました～！
In the Brilliant Crystals class, the students reviewed the names and cries of animals. They did perfectly on this topic!!
Brilliant Crystalsクラスでも、動物の名前やその鳴き声を再度勉強しました。皆、全部覚えてましたね！！
After we did music and movement, bowling games and rubber band chain making, we reviewed the Food Chain in the natural world. The students completed the Food Chain worksheets with stickers and learned which animals eat which animals or plants.
歌にあわせて体を動かしたり、ボーリングゲームや輪ゴムつなぎをした後、食物連鎖について復習しました。そしてワークシートを完成させながら、どんな動物がどんな植物や動物を食べるのか学びました！
Lucky Kids International Children’s Academy in Kodaira
ラッキーキッズ インターナショナル チルドレンズ アカデミー
Let’s learn English together! 小平で一緒に英語(英会話）を学ぼう！
The animal themed month has started for everybody at Sparkling Sapphires, and they are having so much fun!
We’ve started making animal crafts (rabbits for today) and learning new songs focusing on many different animals. Everybody’s highlight for today was learning “Old Mcdonald had a farm”
Everybody was laughing, clapping and dancing around. It seems everybody is able to enjoy this song, no matter what generation you’re from
