September 1, 2025
Happy Monday! It’s the first full day, and the first full week of the school year! We have many friends in our class today, and we’re having fun playing together and getting to know each other.
CIRCLE TIME
We began our circle time with some of us sharing what we did during summer.
M: I went to Tochigi. I went to a hotel three times! It was so fun!
R: I go to Kyushu and I saw the trains. It was blue. The Nozomi train.
L: I went to Japan. I slept over till morning for two days.
E: I went to a hotel. Inside the hotel there was so many toys and the bed was so soft! So many shells and crabs. I went fishing with two sticks!
J: I went to a hotel. Swimming and mommy liked it.
E: My friends came to my house. We played with my stuff.
K: I played with grandma.
Today, we learned about our Question of the Day, Letter and Number of the Week, and Japanese Word of the Day! This weeks letter is A! Who can think of a word that starts with A?
L: Avacado!
S: Apple!
M: Ant!
The number of the week is 1.
The Japanese word of the day is からだ (karada).
K: Body!
QUESTION OF THE DAY
M read the question of the day!
M: Are you tall?
Most of us answered yes and some answered no. What do we think about being tall?
E: C is tall!
E: It’s good to be tall cause you can see better!
M: I want to be tall as mommy and daddy!
We tested whether being tall is an advantage or not. We rolled our trash bin to the middle of the circle and put a bucket on top. K got a ball for us and guessed what we will do.
K: Basketball!
We took turns trying to shoot the ball into the bucket while sitting down, but nobody could do it. Then we stood up, and M and S made it! Then we tried getting closer to the bucket and J, S, E, K, R, and L made it!
Which way was the hardest?
E: Sitting down, because we are too low.
M: It was easier for teachers.
E: They are taller!
Some things seem to be easier if you’re tall, but maybe there are some not so good things about being tall too. Besides people, what are some other things that are tall?
M: Tokyo Tower! Mount Fuji!
K: Skytree!
E: A building!
P: Tree! My house is tall.
R: Eiffel Tower.
L: Train tower.
S: Train.
S: Brachiosaurus.
Let’s keep looking for things that are tall and ways being tall can be helpful.
Have a wonderful evening! See you tomorrow!
Love,
Flowers XOXO