Friday, December 18, 2009

Celebration for the end of the school day

Thank you for all your supports in 2009.

TIS is the first school in US for me. So I've fumbled my way to have better classroom in TIS style. All your supports encouraged me at any time and helped me to make the distance toward kids closed.

Thank you so much.

Today was the day for celebrating the end of the school day. So we had a small party with games.


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1. Genga
Parents team did a great job. But I guess I trained children's team better.

Kids won!
Carol

Renee

Ryan

Tonya finished the game.


2. Puzzle
Parents team worked on World map. Kids worked on Japanese map.
The pieces for Africa and Europe seemed a little complicated for parents. Japan puzzle has only 46 pieces, which means Japan is divided into 46 prefectures.

Kids won!

3. Battle ship
This is the game that my wife showed me in Japan. I tested kids' reaction in Japan and they all loved this game. Today's game was also so tense and excited. We all enjoyed this game, especially winners.

Kids won!
Serious look

Serious look #2

Please try these games during the holiday with you kids.


I wish you have a wonderful holiday.



Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Winter Festival 2009

It was a wonderful performance last night.

Even though we had a difficult time to practice, kids made a great effort to achieve their goals.

At first I thought it might have been a little odd to perform Irish Melody as Japanese track.

But when the melody flowed in the theater, I forgot all my concerns right way.

I hope you enjoyed the show.

Kilian's parents gave me some photos to me. Thank you.



Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Children's Wishes in Japan

Children in Japan (age 0-12) also have lots of wishes for Santa just like our children.

This is the summary of a questionnaire survey which was conducted by Japanese toy company.

"Things I want at the Christmas"

1. Game software
2. Character goods (Pretty Cure)
3. Character goods (Anpanman)
4. Books, Picture books
5. Character goods (Kamen Rider)
6. Bicycle
7. Car toys
8. Cloth
9. Doll
10. Game hardware (Wii, PS3...)


What is waiting for your child?