Hello everyone!
Welcome to Meadow’s final blog of the month. Sports festival is around the corner now and Meadow class is doing their very best rehearsing for the big day!
皆さん、こんにちは！
今月最後のMeadowクラスのブログへようこそ。 スポーツフェスティバルが間近に迫り、本番に向けて一生懸命リハーサルを行っています！
It’s time to eat your peas
Two weeks ago I mentioned that the students like the “Do you like broccoli ice-cream” song. Another song that Meadow students like is about a mom encouraging her son to eat vegetables. She does this by pretending that the son’s favorite toys are also eating the veggies. For instance, “see, see Teddy likes the broccoli…” I’m sure every parent can relate to this. There are times when you just have to try every trick in the book to get your little ones to eat more greens!!
Do you like broccoli ice-cream？の歌に加えて、お気に入りの歌が増えました。タイトルは”Yes Yes vegetables song”、子どもに野菜を食べるように勧める歌です。保護者の方ならだれでも共感できると思います。小さな子に野菜をもっと食べてほしいと願い、あの手この手を使うのは親なら誰しも経験がありますよね！
Morning circle time
As part of our phonics study, this week we placed our focus on the letter “F”. The words we learnt are fox, fan, fire , frog, fish, flag, flower and faucet. As usual everyone is always eager to learn new words and imitate what the teacher says! Good job Meadow!
フォニックス学習の一環として、今週は “F “に焦点を当てました。学んだ単語は、fox、fan、fire、frog、fish、flag、flower、faucetです。いつもながら、みんな新しい単語を覚えることに熱心で、先生の言うことを真似しています！Good job Meadow！
Goodbye pool, see you again next year!
This week was our last to enjoy pool time. September 31st was the last day for us to use the portable swimming pools.We made sure to make the most of the little time we had left. On Thursday we officially said bye to our swimming pool. We have had a jolly time with you Yellow and Blue(the pools are yellow and blue so we nicknamed them this way). See you again next year!
今週は今年度最後のプールを楽しむ週でした。最後の1週間を最大限に楽しんで木曜日、別れを告げました。イエローさんとブルーさん（プールが黄色と青なので、このニックネームをつけました）と楽しい時間を過ごせました。また来年会おうね！
Craft
When you hear the word ‘airplane’ what comes to mind? For most people the thing that shots up in their mind is travel! Travelling around the world is our theme for this year’s sports festival . Of course 2 year olds don’t know the concept of different geographical locations and time zones but we have made effort to give them an idea of what the world is and what travel means. In that respect, we did an airplane craft on Friday in preparation for Sports festival. The teacher explained the concept of the “world” to the students and then asked them which color they wanted to use.They all enjoyed the activity.
「飛行機」と聞いて何を思い浮かべますか？多くの人が思い浮かべるのは旅行でしょう！今年のスポーツフェスティバルのテーマは「世界旅行」。もちろん、2歳児は地理的な場所や時差の概念を知りませんが、世界とは何か、旅とはどういうものかを知ってもらおうと、私たちの暮らしている日本とMs.Amandaの母国であるジンバブエが遠く離れていること、遠くの国に行くには飛行機を使うことを話しました。スポーツフェスティバルに向けて飛行機を作るクラフトをしました。何色を使いたいかはMeadowさんたちに選んでもらい３色を決めました。筆を使って楽しく色を付けることができました。
Hello to you September and enter FRUITS
Friday was the first day of the new month- September so the teacher briefly introduced a few fruit names to us through song and dance. It looks like we are in for another fun ride this month learning about fruit names. After all, 99.9% of all the desserts we are served at lunch time are fruits so we plan to be able to name them all by the end of the September!
９月がスタートしました。今月のテーマは果物です。金曜日、いくつかの果物の名前を紹介しました。今月も楽しく学べそうです！ランチのデザートはほぼ果物なので９月中にはすべての名前を言えるかもしれませんね！
Have a nice and restful weekend. Until next week, it’s goodbye for now.
それでは素敵な週末をお過ごしください♪
