We enjoyed visiting Aichi Farm for our Fall Field Trip. The weather was sunny with a slight chill so it was the perfect day to explore outdoors. Hummingbirds, Parrots and Eaglets students caught the train and we met the Hatchlings and Ducklings parents and students at the farm. The flower maze was bright and colorful. It smelled lovely! All the students experienced feeding the animals in the petting zoo. We enjoyed meeting deer, rabbits, ducks, goats and sheep. After relaxing on the grass and eating our lunch picnic style it was time to catch the train and meet our parents at the train station. What a wonderful day!

The Red Parrots class painted with fruits and vegetables in class. They enjoyed using a variety of different produce such as kale, okra, kiwis and even onions! By painting with vegetables, they discovered that it was fun to make unusual patterns. Some fruits and vegetables were big and some were small but they were all interesting to touch and paint with. What kind of patterns and shapes can you see?

On Wednesdays at Kakuozan International Preschool, teachers and students are busy with Grammar, Reading and Creative Writing lessons. Currently the students are working hard to prepare for their upcoming speech contests by writing and memorizing their speeches as well as adding exciting gestures and props.

Even though the weather is too hot to go outside, we still find time to play and move our bodies! Under the guidance of Ryan and Miho, the Red Parrots class enjoy practicing maneuvering a soccer ball around cones. It helps to build up their coordination and they enjoy cheering their friends on. Who can score a goal against a teacher?!

Summer is over but the memories of our summer interns is still fresh! This year we were very lucky to have four interns at our school. Yuuma returned for a second year and many students remembered him from last year. New this year was Kai from Canada, Ms Arata from Kikuzato High School and Ami from New Zealand. All our wonderful interns and volunteers spent time with our students, assisted with extended care, helped with reading and writing lessons as well as supervising play time. We hope that we see them again soon!