The Advanced Yellow class did a Kid’s Box lesson called “Beastly Animals”. They learned how to use the future tense of the phrase “going to”.The Yellow class played “Headbandz” between lessons to help them build their English communication skills. They practiced describing objects so that their friends could guess the object on the card.The Red class used animal toys to help them learn prepositions. They each chose a toy and practiced placing it in different positions.After reviewing this week’s flashcards, the children played flashcard games. The Orange class played a hiding game, where they had to remember the vocabulary and guess who was hiding each card.The Word Time lesson today focus on the words: sleep and dream. The children pretended to sleep and were encouraged to use their imagination and talk about their dreams.Part of the circle time lesson for the preschool classes included lower case alphabet review. The children identified each card and sang the alphabet song.During gym time with Shota, the children used the gymnastics bar to help build their fine motor and gross motor skills.In music class with Eri, the children sang this month’s themed song “Happy Mother’s Day”.The children enjoyed playing educational reading and spelling games during computer time.The Takatsuki students used food toys to practice their prepositions. They used cups, plates and other materials to explain where the toys had been placed.To build their communication skills, the children did phonics using this week’s ditty sheet. It focused on phonics and sound blending.The children spent some of their outside play time using the ride-on toys and bicycles. They really enjoyed interacting with their friends and engaging in pretend play.The Yellow class chose their favorite sentence from this week’s story “Hairy Fairy” and wrote it in their journals.This week, one of the key grammar targets included teaching the children about introducing themselves and how they feel. The children went around the circle and practiced with their peers.During circle time, some of the classes talked about the cloudy weather. They spun the weather wheel and tried to get it to land on cloudy.
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