2017年01月：東京・杉並区（荻窪、三鷹、吉祥寺）の幼児・子ども向けの英語教育・英会話教室：ソフィー・インターナショナル・プリスクール

Today we had a very busy day of practicing songs for the graduation show, making origami boxes for mamemaki coming up soon, and learning a new word with our new song.

We have incorporated a new style of vocabulary building for the Sophie kids. We sing the "Word of the Day" song! Today was our first time, but we sang it more than 5 times AT LEAST so, the kids must have memorized it by now. The words go like this...

There was a word of the day and REACH was the word, R-E-A-C-H, R-E-A-C-H ,R-E-A-C-H, & REACH was the word♪

Today's word was reach. Some kids
were asking me, "Teacher, how do you say 届かない？". I thought it was a perfect new vocabulary word to learn. 届かないis said, "I can't reach" in English. Now the kids can have a conversation such as...
I can't reach. Can you pass me the eraser?
Sure. I can reach. Here you go.

We practiced acting out these kinds of dialogues to not only understand the meaning but also be able to USE these words. & Thanks to our new song, they know the spelling (๑･̑◡･̑๑)Please ask your kids for "the word of the day" to make sure they still remember when they are home. From now on, we will have a "word of the day" every day in a fun song!! ♪

The origami boxes we made for the setsubun holiday are not fuuully finished so we'll leave it a surprise for when they're fully decorated and done!

Now, some funfilled pictures for your enjoyment. For lunch time, the kids have been playing a game... "who likes??" without me saying anything!! They take turns saying things like "who likes mickey mouse", "who likes hello kitty" and
raise their hands. It's
great to see them practicing their English on their own so naturalcy. Here are some pictures!Goodbye for now!
　　

The weather's been quite nice so a trip to the park or a short walk outside can make us healthy and happy. Unfortunately, I have heard lots of news of the flu picking up the pace and spreading. Fortunately, we haven't had any cases yet at Sophie... But let's all be extra careful with keeping our hands clean and wearing masks if there's even a slight sign of coughing/fever/runny nose/headaches. 

Also, extremely sorry for the late post but this is an update for our day on Wednesday! The teachers have been preparing long and hard for a graduation play!! Yay! The kids accustomed themselves to some new songs for the play by dancing with eachother. How sweet! 

For world studies, we covered Italy! The children should all be able to tell you about the capital, money, how many hours the plane ride is from Japan, famous foods, and a famous painting! That's because we had a test. Some of the questions may have been difficult but all the kids ended up doing very well. After everyone got a good score, we made pizzas to celebrate!! Well, paperpizzas haha. The kids loved making the pizzas with papercheese, papercrust, paperpepporoni, and ofcourse to make it healthy, paperveggies! A great review of the vocabulary we learned would be to make real pizzas at home o(^-^)o The kids would probably say "Mama mia!! (oh my gosh in Italian) "the whole process. 

Good evening to all!! ☺︎
Today we learned new
classroom rules...Please go over them with your children. Especially no japanese!! We try to make the classroom an all
English environment for the kids, but parents too must tell your kids the same! Practicing at home is just as important as learning in school. Ask them about our 7 new rules,  including SHARING is CARING!
We make sure playing outside is in English too!
Games like tag, touch, hero, monster are our favorites!
　　　

Lastly, we used class TIME to learn about RHYME! Words that rhyme are words with the same ending sounds like cat, hat, rat, sat, mat, pat, fat! That's why we read the book, "Cat in the Hat" together out loud to practice pronunciation and rhyming ♪ We also worked on challenging worksheets to review and strengthen the new knowledge. Look at all our children making HATS, after reading a book about funny CATS! (ending with a rhyme that's not so GOOD, but i did the very best that I COULD)
　　

Hello everybody!! How are you on this sunny & bright January day? The Sophie kids are absolutely obsessed with playing "monster" outside on the playground which is obviously a game where the teachermonster pretends to eat up the kids and chase them... I
tell them it's not halloween season anymore, but they just won't listen! Take a look at our senseimonster and the kids scuttling away helplessly. Wow! They are actually very quick to get away.

It's cold outside but please don't worry. At Sophie, we make sure they are warm in their coats and also ventilate the classrooms often. We neeeever forget washing our hands & mouths out ☆ We strive to teach the kid good habits.

Today was one of our funnest and challenging topics-WORLD STUDIES♡Today, we focused on California, 1 out of the 50 states in U.S.A. We learned the dangers of hunting and destroying our environment. One species that went extinct and no longer lives in California is the grizzly
bear. We talked about what WE can
do to help animals, environments, and
earth be healthy! To end the lesson we made grizzly bear masks "arrrghhh!!"(they are too cute to be scary bears but oh well ☺︎)

今日は、たくさんvocabularyのお勉強をしましたよ(^-^)
新しい単語をフレーズにあてはめて、みんなで発表しあったり、発表会・卒園式で歌うお歌をしっかり大きな声で歌ったり、今日はみんな楽しみながらもしっかりと頑張りました☆

それでは、今日のみんなの様子をどうぞ(^-^)/
　　

Today at Sophie, we learned about France, made our own Eiffel towers, and sang a new
song! :)

Bonjour! ♡
That's French for "hello" as we learned today in world studies. World studies is a class where we learn and compare other countries while learning new vocabulary to understand our own.

The kids learned EUROPE, EURO, CLIMATE, EIFFEL TOWER, MACARON, CAPITAL, BAGUETTE, STATUE and much much much more! They are always so interested in other countries :) Please ask them what they learned about Spain, Thailand, France so far. Hopefully, they will
tell you a ton of information. Please review
and ask the kids what they have learned every day so they don't forget.

We also learned a new song and dance ♪
We are going into town with our friends!
We are riding the red bus with our friends!
Also, we are practicing many other songs. Practicing at home is also very important, so try to make them sing at home too :)

Lyrics♪
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/264604-sing-and-learn-into-town-part-one-lyrics.pdf

Video!
http://http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/parents-and-children/activities-for-children/a1-level/sing-and-learn-into-town-part-1/

今日は、みんなが大好きな「World　Study」をやりました。世界の国について深く掘り下げ、お勉強していくレッスンです。英語だけでなく、それぞれの国の言葉（挨拶）を使ってみたり、英語との音の違いを楽しんだりしながら、先生のお話しにしっかりと耳を傾けていましたよ☆
今日の国は「THAILAND」です。
タイの国の文化・お祭り・食事・動物などなど・・・いろいろな側面からお勉強していきました。
タイといったらみんな大好きなElephantですね(^-^)！
ぞうさんも、住む地域によって身体の色が違うんです(@-@)　大人が聞いても本当に楽しいレッスンでした♪

それでは、みんなの様子をどうぞ(^-^)/
　　

　　
「Slow」「Fast」「Stop」のカードを使って、「だるまさんが転んだ」のゲームをしました。
Please step like penguins! Please hop like rabbits!というようにそれぞれでオーダーを出しました☆
　　

週末から本当に寒い日が続いていますね。　インフルエンザも流行しているようですので、お気を付けください☆（Sophieでは幸い、インフルエンザは出ておりません）
園内では、「手洗い」・「うがい」・「換気」を徹底して、風邪の予防に努めています(^-^)

毎日先生との会話の中で「〇〇は英語で何というの？」というフレーズがよく出てくるのですが、残念ながら今まで、その質問がそれぞれでバラバラでした。、そこで今日は、「正しい質問のしかた」を先生とお勉強しましたよ。

〇　How do you say 〇〇〇 in English?
〇　I don't understand.
〇　Please speak slower

などなど、いろんなフレーズを先生と一緒に、いろんなシチュエーションで覚えていましたよ(^-^)

その他に、「速い」「遅い」という言葉を使って、いろんな動物に当てはめて、発表してくれたりと、とっても楽しい時間を過ごしました(^-^)　

ランチの後は、お外遊び♪　みんなでおにごっこをして、いっぱい身体を動かしましたよ！
お外は寒かったけど、みんな息を切らしながら先生達から必死に逃げていました（笑）

それでは、みんなの様子をどうぞ(^-^)/☆
　　

新年、あけましておめでとうございます(^-^)/
早いもので、今月もすでに半分が経過しましたね、年長さんと一緒に過ごせる時間も、あとわずかです。考えるだけでとっても寂しい気持ちになってしまいますが、今はみんなとの楽しい時間を大切に、たくさんの思い出を作ってほしいと思います☆

今年も、1人ひとり目標を作り、それを達成できるよう、私たちも一生懸命サポートしてまいりますので、どうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。

そして昨年同様、今年も園内外問わずいろいろなイベント・企画を予定しております！みんなと楽しい時間を共有して、たくさんの「笑顔の花」を咲かせられるよう頑張ります(^-^)/☆

それでは、今週のみんなの様子をどうぞ(^-^)/
　　

本年も、どうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます(^-^)/☆

明けましておめでとうございます(^-^)　

今週から、Sophieも新学期（3学期）がスタートし、毎日子ども達の笑顔で溢れています(^-^)

昨年は、みんながそれぞれのステップをあがり、しっかりと目標を達成することができました☆

Bid　Kidsのみんなは、「表現すること（Speaking,Singing,）」を一番に意識してきました。
日常生活や発表会などのShowにおいても、しっかりと成果を出せるように日ごろから先生と会話を楽しんだり、覚えたセンテンスを実際に使ってみたりと、毎日を楽しみながら、充実した時間に変えていきました。
今年もその目標を継続して、さらに上を目指して頑張っていってほしいと思います☆

Small　KidsもVocabularyを増やしながら大きい声で先生の問いに答えることができるようになりました。毎日元気いっぱいに走り回っています(笑）
今年は、覚えたVocabralyを使ってたくさんのセンテンスでアウトプットできるようになることが目標です！

「楽しい」のなかにも、しっかりと結果が出せるような指導を心がけています。今後とも親御さまとの連携を密にとっていきたいと考えていますので、どうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。

4月から新しいお友達も増え、一層賑やかに、楽しい思い出をたくさん作っていきたいと思います(^-^)/

本年も、どうぞよろしくお願い致します。

Hello , guys ! the wether changes randomly as well . just feeling like that is spring coming ? or is it still winter ? :)
but kids have been great same as always ! and We made handprint flower crafts . Hand print flower crafts are a great way to celebrate spring with kids . and I'm just feeling that they're growing up so fast . finally the lesson of singing for graduate ceremony and show already started . so looking forward to seeing them then see you next time ! have a wonderful day !