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We would like to dedicate this post to all the mothers and grandmothers for Mother’s Day on Sunday. Happy Mother’s Day!   全てのお母さんやお婆ちゃんに日曜日の母の日のためのこのポストを奉げます。母の日おめでとうございます！   In English, there are several ways to say mother such as mom, mama, mommy and ma. When we were very young, we called our mothers mommy. As we age, we may call our…

The warmer temperatures, the blooming cherry blossoms and an elevated level of activity at Playday all point to one thing: a new school year.   気温が暖かくなってきて、桜が咲き、プレイデーでの活動のレベルを上げています。それら全てが意味することとは新学期です。   It was great to see several of our former Mom and Tots students move up to a first-year Kindergarten class without their mothers in the classroom. Not a…

This month, several of our students are learning the names of various foods like fruits and snacks. We have our own little classroom picnic with a picnic blanket and picnic basket to help teach the lesson.   今月、生徒さんたちは果物やお菓子など、いろいろな食べ物の名前を学習しています。私たちは、ピクニックブランケットやピクニックバスケットを教材に使って小さな教室ピクニックをしています。   We fill a picnic basket with real fruit – an orange, banana, grapes, strawberries, watermelon, a lemon…

We want to thank all the kids and parents who came to our Easter event on Saturday! We really wanted to have a picnic in the park and sit under the cherry blossoms at Tateyama Park but the possibility of rain put a damper on our plans. Thank you for still making the effort to…

Even though winter is almost over, we are using the recent cold weather to teach our students about winter clothes.   冬が終わろうとしているにもかかわらず、私たちは、最近の寒い天気を話題にして、冬服についての授業をしています。   We are teaching our young students the English vocabulary and phrases for putting on and taking off items of clothing such as shoes, pants, shirt, jacket and hat. The Super Simple Learning…

It is hard to believe that it is already March and the school year will soon be over. Plum blossoms are starting to bloom and the temperature is gradually warming throughout Nagasaki. もう３月で、今年度がもうすぐ終わるなんて信じられないですね！長崎では、梅の花が咲き始め、気温も徐々に暖かかくなってきています。   Spring and the cherry blossom-viewing season is almost here. In celebration of spring and Easter, Playday will have an Easter picnic…

After Valentine’s Day, we started a new, fun theme for our Mom & Tots classes: cooking.   バレンタインデーが終わると、mom&totsのクラスでは、新しい楽しいテーマを始めました！それはクッキングです！   Don’t worry we’re not actually cooking real food over a real heated stove. There is no space in our classroom for large cooking equipment, and our main purpose is to teach English, not cooking.   心配しないでください、実際に本物の食べ物を本物のコンロを使って料理をしているわけではありません！教室には、大きなクッキング道具を置くスペースなんてありません！そして、主な目的は英語を教えることで、料理を教えることではありません！   We…

Thank you again to everyone who came to our two Christmas parties last year. We played great games, sang our favorite Christmas songs and played with Santa! Even Santa said he had a blast!   去年のプレイデイのクリスマスパーティーに来てくださったみなさん、ありがとうございました。楽しいゲームをしたり、大好きなクリスマスの歌をうたったり、サンタさんと遊んだりしましたね。サンタさんもとても楽しかったと言っていました！   We apologize for the long wait, but at last, all of our Christmas party pictures and videos are…

    Happy Valentine’s Day!   Throughout the month of February, Playday will incorporate Valentine’s Day in its classes and we are not just talking about the heart decorations on our walls.   2月の間ずっと、プレイデイでは授業中に、バレンタインデーを取り入れ、壁のデコレーションのハートの話だけをしたわけではありません!   For our mom and tots classes, we created fun games with colored heart cards that students can match. We also…

February gave us a cold, wintry greeting that chilled the bones but created smiles on our students’ faces. This was the fourth time this year that we’ve seen snow in Nagasaki.   2月は私たちに寒さ、骨身にしみた冬の挨拶をもたらしましたが、プレイデイの生徒さんの顔には笑顔をつくりました。これで長崎では今年４回目の雪となりました。   The snow brings cold weather, it may make it harder for us to get around and it may even cancel school. However,…