A Busy Thursday


Hello everyone!

Today Preschool A had a very busy day:

In the morning, Takuma's mother came to tell us about her job as a dancer. We did some core strengthening exercises, watched a video of her performing with Ayu and, of course, danced together:




It was great having her visit. If anyone else would like to come and tell the class about their jobs, you are more than welcome. I think the next guest will be Louis's father, who is a surfer.


Next we went to the park. We ran three laps around the central circle to start, then kicked the soccer ball around, played on the playground and swings, and practiced being risk takers by jumping off the tree stump:



It can be a little bit scary, but everyone wanted to give it a try.

After lunch we did some math activities, watched Number Blocks and then painted some of the characters from that show:



We are mainly focusing on washing our brushes and not mixing our paints at the moment.

To finish off the day, we had one of our two weekly Japanese lessons. Andy and I swapped roles, with her leading the class and me acting as the assistant. I'm sorry for how bad my Japanese is; the kids are helping me to practice and improve:




It was a busy day, but lots of fun. Tomorrow we will do it all again, but then it will be time for a rest.

Have a great golden week everyone!

I look forward to seeing you back in a week or so.

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