A rainy Monday to everyone! Petals started our busy week by preparing for Mother’s Day. We started crafting our decorations, props and gifts for the celebration.
S: I want to do another one.
J: Wow! (after he finished making the gift)
P: I want to take home
For our circle time, we sang and danced to, London Bridge Is Falling Down. Some friends enjoyed it a lot, and they asked if we could do it again. After settling down, we discussed Mom’s Day. Petals shared the things our mom’s do for all of us.
Morning Jobs
R: It’s rainy
M: me too (rainy)
M: Monday
D: March
M: March!
D: 3. (It’s March) 3rd
J: L, Y
M: M!
J: I, S, M
Y: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
E: It’s mom’s day ( 20th of March). Mom is going to come back
M: I like my mom
J: My mom is 20 years old
D: My birthday is April 20
M: I have 1, 2,3,4 happy birthday
M: 1 ( Mommy’s age)
M: I like my mom
D: My mommy get some paper
Evita: Why do we celebrate Mom’s day?
R: Because it’s a new day.
D: Because of my birthday cake
E: We need to put heart on this wall because we need to make mommy happy
M: because it’s mommy’s day
Evita: Why do we need to make mommy happy?
R: (mom keeps us) safe
E: Shoo the oni away
R: (my mom gives me) hugs and kisses
M: my mom kisses and hugs me
J: (is like a) teacher
E: (my mom cooks for me) Eat
R: Daddy (cooks)
J: mommy makes food
S: kiss (tickle)
P: ( mommy) cooks
W: hug
J: (gives me) snack
Y: Taberu ( feeds me)
M: mommy hug
M: mommy (gives me) snack in the car
D: eat!
Evita: What do we need to do for Mom’s day?
M: ( we sing)I love my dad
E: dancing!
M: I like bridge ( London Bridge)
Once we sat down, Evita revisited the lessons we have been learning this past few weeks. And she shared things about the Philippines. We learned that it is warm here all year round (it’s a tropical country), saw the smallest monkey and the perfect cone shaped active volcano that can only be seen in the Philippines. To continue our learning of different languages, we tried counting in Filipino (Tagalog).
P: China
J: E!
R: Mexico(Esmi)
Eddie: I saw US and Mexico
R: I want to go to Mexico
E: Lucy ( teacher from UK)
J: (I am) me is so tired
M: Me too!
R: Philippines
Evita : What do you see in Japan?
R: Kimono
D: Shinkansen
R: sushi
E: Mt. Fuji
J: Tokyo Tower
Evita : What do you see in China?
M: dumpling
R: long wall ( the great wall)
M: dragon
E: Taichi, Kung fu
Evita : In the Philippines we have Mt. Mayon.
E: I want to see.
J: It goes boom! ( mimics an eruption)
Evita : Our traditional wear is Baro’t saya.
R: Hat! green!
M: they have shirt
Evita : The traditional game is Sungka.
Petals: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
E: ichi,ni, san, shi, go, roku, sichi, hatchi, kyu, juu
M: yi, er,san, si,wu,liu,qi,ba, jiu,shi
Petals: Isa, dalawa, tatlo, apat lima, anim, pito, walo, siyam, sampu
To make this day extra special, we crafted our own jeepney ( common mode of transportation in the Philippines) using old shoe boxes. Our teacher cut out the boxes, and we glued some construction paper to finish off our jeepney craft. We also attached a string so we can drag our jeepneys to different places, just like the real ones.
Evita: How do we go from place to place here in Japan?
R: Helicopter
M: shinkansen
R: Airplane. Too many airplanes!
J: bus!
R: Bus in Japan too,right?
While making the Jeepney, we discussed why is the way it is.
Evita: Why is there an opening here?
E: because people go inside
Evita: Who sits here? ( driver’s side)
M: teachers
E: driver!
Evita: Why do we need windows here?
R: because we cannot see
M: I am going to Disney Sea (driving her jeepney around the class)
E: I am going to Disney Sea too
R: broom, broom
D: I’ll go back to Korea
It was a fun day here at Petals! See you all tomorrow.
Love,
Petals.