Front page: Craft Christmas tree wall decoration
Our children created some wonderful Christmas collages.
We can almost hear festive music leaping out of them!
The children feel excited every day learning new things.
The Christmas Concert is the biggest event of the year and it s coming soon so
we are all working hard to make it a success!
It is lovely to see the children s excitement and enthusiasm growing around this time of the year.

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Developing Self-Expression from Early Childhood Vol.2
English in my future Vol.2

Staﬀ Spotlight

Successful Examinees File002

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Japanese Spirit with an International Future. Kinder Kids inc.

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SELF EXPRESSION
Par t. 2
Continuing to talk about Self-Expression .
We covered the importance of self-expression
and how we can foster it in the last volume ofHiraku.

The relationship between
vocabulary and expressive skills.
Children with a larger vocabulary can express a wider variety offeelings for their facial expressions. It is important to link their
feelings to the correct words. When children are enjoying an activity,
they say this is fun! and when they feel unhappy, they say I am
sad . As the children grow they gain more control and understandingof their feelings and can also describe the nuances more accurately.
In addition to encouraging children to link their feelings and words,
we encourage children to use body language in order to eﬀectively
improve their vocabulary. We teach new words through readingbooks with exaggerated body language or facial expressions so that
it is easier to remember the vocabulary and the situation in which itapplies.
Consequently, children are able to memorize many new words byunderstanding the context both at school and at home.

Fostering expressive skills by age.
Children express their feelings, will and determination in arange of ways and these change as they get older. Infants
express their feelings in a simple way, by crying, smiling, ormoving their hands and feet. Then they start babbling andforming words as they develop their language. Their ﬁne
motor skills advance and they become able to draw, write, or
begin playing music as they acquire diﬀerent skills andtechniques to express their ideas.

Enjoy helping yourchild to express
themselvesclearly!
FingerExcersizes

ImaginaryPlayBody
Excersizes

Pre

Hands-onLearning

Drawing

ReadingBooks

Craf tDanceKinder

JournalShow&Tell

MusicClassChildren who can clearly express themselves
12TopicHalloween Party

How can we show Self-Expression
Even if children learn the meaning of new expressive words, they won t fully understandthem or make use of their knowledge unless we encourage and support them to explainand demonstrate their thoughts, feelings and opinions.
Kinder Kids curriculum contains a lot of hands-on learning to provide opportunities forchildren to express themselves.
There is a range of ways that children can express themselves in their lessons. For
example, through making craft, playing music, dancing, creating art and writing journal
entries. Additionally, there are many opportunities to express their thoughts and experiences through Show and Tell or having discussions with their classmates.
There are opportunities for parents to see what the children have learnt, at Open Days,
Sports Festivals, and the spectacular Christmas Concert. The most important thing is tohave fun! We deliver a curriculum that provides lots of hands-on experience to support
children to be expressive.

●Sports Festivalby Higashi Osaka
Dark Sticky Zone
A candy box wherea zombie’s hand popsout to grab yourhands...

HauntedHouse!
TrickorTreat!

● Christmas Concert

Pinata!

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We held our annual Halloween Party at Kinder
Kids and it was a blast!
Higashi Osaka School had a wonderful haunted
house constructed by one of their staﬀ! So wewent to interview them!
Children dressed up in fabulous Halloween outﬁts
for the day so we took a picture with them in frontof the spooky Halloween wall painted by the staﬀ!
During the Halloween activity, we enjoyed a
Mummy making race , hitting the pinata , andeven a Haunted House exclusively for Kinder
students. The kids wanted to sneak a peek inside
so badly to see what was going on inside! They
were so excited to discover the thrilling and sometimes hilarious tricks they found in it. The children also went trick or treating in the neighbourhood. Thanks to our Higashi Osaka School
neighbours! Our students had a blast at Halloween!

FeatureStoryChildren
designed theirtrick or treatbag!

The highlightｓ
Fashion Show
For the fashion show, theexciting music and the audience s hand clapping
added to the atmosphere as the children walked
down the runway waving their hands and looking
like models!
Some older students were discussing with theirclassmates what pose they should make in frontof the camera. When their turn came, they
performed really well! Good job everybody!

What poseshould westrike?

We would like to thank the parents for preparing
the children s costumes.
We sincerely appreciate your cooperation.

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Interview

Kobe SeasideSpotlight

SchoolKobe Seaside School Manager
Machiko Ioroi

SchoolFAlso, we regularly organize staﬀ meetings anddisaster drills or lockdown drills to ensure that
we are prepared for an emergency. We maintaina large property so we make sure that all areas
are safe for the children.
I ensure that we maintain our school to be aplace where the children and parents can lookforward to coming every day.
HPFacebook

2-1-31 Sumauradori,
Sumaku, Kobe-shi,Hyogo

5Fukuoka
Fukuoka School ManagerShiori Kawahara

Kobe Seaside School is located next to Suma
beach and surrounded by nature. The playground has views over the sea to be enjoyedacross the seasons.
The children love the space they have to play
freely, and our school staﬀ have a lot of energy
and lots of smiles and believe it or not, they cankeep up with children!
I feel that each and every day, the children learnsomething new and grow up just a little bit more,and I think it is so amazing that I can share thisfeeling with my staﬀ and parents.I believe that
our students, parents, and staﬀ have a very trusting relationship with each other so each of themseems very happy in school. Also, parents areactively engaged in school events or seminars as
they are very enthusiastic about education. We
all strive to learn from each other and improve
which makes our school very lively.

Interviewukuoka School is bright, airy and newly
built. Recently we expanded, creating a new
spacious gym, plus there is a beach and numerous parks within walking distance so children
can exercise a lot every day.
It has been three years since this school opened,
and the school has become very lively as thenumber of students and classes has increased.
It s heartwarming to see how the older children
gently teach the younger children how to play
cooperatively together. Our children have varied
cultural and linguistic backgrounds but throughlearning in English together the children become
great friends as they grow up. They ask what isyour name? to any child who is visiting theschool to ﬁnd out about Kinder Kids. That reallydemonstrates how conﬁdent and friendly ourchildren are!
It s not only the students but this friendlinessand collegiality is reﬂected through our staﬀ. Ourstaﬀ room is always ﬁlled with laughter and they
are very professional in the classroom.

There is an emphasis on the importance of communication. We communicate well so that weknow our children well and it enables us to interact eﬀectively with each child according to theirdevelopment or circumstances. I am genuinely
happy when I can share news about children s
growth and when parents tell me how nice it is tosee their children speaking English at home!
HPFacebook

Fukuoka AI 1F, 2-4-27
Momochihama, Sawaraku,Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka

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She studies Economics
at her college.
She has a broad
perspective of theworld and always thinks
globally. In Grad Club,her students look up toher as a role model!

Interview

Englishin my Future2

The 2nd Graduating Class from Kinder Kids Osaka School - M.Y.
Currently studying at college, she works part-time at ourGrad Club. We interviewed her about her wonderfulexperiences and the people she s met through learning English.

I want to work using English
internationally and want to
be of help to those in need.
7Memories of Kinder KidsWhat I remember the most is that there were so many events such as theChristmas Concert, Easter and of course Halloween!
Everything I experienced there was new and fun!
I was a student at Grad Club when I was G2 and G3. Currently, I am apart of the Grad Club staﬀ who take care of and support the students. I
am so happy that now I can see other students that enjoy learning. I also
enjoy helping the annual Summer School.

What does she think?

It is fun to watch overseas dramas or movies without subtitles and talking
to strangers I meet on trips. It makes me want to challenge myself tobecome more ﬂuent.
I had the opportunity to undertake a simultaneous interpretation job, andI met a number of important people that I could not otherwise have meteasily. I really appreciated the opportunity to learn a lot and I am still
proud of that experience.
I will keep working hard to be able to serve as a bridge between Japanand overseas and connect with various kinds of people. In the future, I
hope I can have a job where I can introduce Kinder Kids to the world orintroduce the world to Japan and help someone in their journey studying
English.
In K3, my class teacher had a class motto which was If you do goodthings good things will come back to you and that sentiment still means
a lot to me. Even though I was very young, I remember it really inspired
me. Sometimes those words give me the courage to make good decisions.

EnglishI had learnt English pronunciation and grammar in a natural English environment so it was diﬃcult to get used to learning English in Japanese at my Japanese elementary school. I even felt itwas hard to learn English at that time.
However, I didn t need to study to get the highest score on English tests, I was always the best
student in English Class. I even participated in the Osaka Junior High School speech contest as arepresentative of the school and took ﬁrst place!
Overseas Activity

I am a vice representative of the Student International Association which is oﬃcially approved by
Wakayama University, Wakayama ASEAN Project (WAP) and we are often doing volunteer work.
One of our volunteering activities is to support kids with disabilities in Thailand. Each of us presents an idea and we plan how we can support them.
So far, we have introduced a craft using the picture book Swimmy or a Ninja themed Japanesetraditional play. We also cooperate with a local association in Thailand to support in making
wheelchairs. We assemble and adapt the wheelchairs to suit the kids individual condition. Moreover, we meet with other supporters of the disabled children and ask them if there are any issues
that can be improved. We narrow it down and focus on what needs to be tackled which informs
the next support action we will take. Also, I am a member and leader of the Japanese Red Cross
Society and support interpretation for members that are comingfrom foreign countries. I am also a part of the teamdelivering education about WAP x Red Cross toa Wakayama Elementary School.

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受験年月OsakaSchool
Test date

Interact with local students and experience the rich Australian culture

Grade
受験年月Pre-2

Christmas Party 2019 -KantoDate

December 8th (Sun) 3:30 pm - 6 pm

Venue

PIZZA SALVATORE CUOMO & GRILL Kawasaki

Christmas Party 2019 -Kansai & Nagoya-We only get
together once a year!
Let’s enjoy
the party!

Date

December 14th (Sat) 15th (Sun) 10 am - 1:30 pm

Venue

Hard Rock Cafe (Universal Citywalk Osaka)

Orientation Cambodia Volunteer Program 2020
Daily Activity: Kinder Kids Charity School and a Japanese School in the city centre
Date
Destination

January 19th, 2020 (Sun)

Venue

Head Oﬃce Gym

February 2nd, 2020 (Sun)Venue

Nishinomiya School

Phnom Penh, Pursat Province,
Cambodia

M.Y

Entr ant

Orientation Australia Program 2020
Osaka School
Nov. 23rd, 15:45 pm - 16:45 pm
Current
Participants G3-G5 Venue
Nov. 24ｔｈ, 10:00 am - 11:00 amNagoya School
Current
Nov. 24ｔｈ, 15:00 pm - 16:00 pm Participants G6-JH
Head OﬃceVenue
Gym (Pulala 2F)
Nov. 27ｔｈ, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Current
DateParticipants
OsakaSchool
Nov. 30ｔ
ｈ, 15:45 pm - 16:45 pm
G3-G5
Dec. 7ｔｈ, 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Head Oﬃce Gym
Current
Dec. 8ｔｈ, 9:30 am - 10:30 am Participants G6-JH
Shinagawa
Venue
SchoolDec. 8ｔｈ, 11:00 am - 12:00 am Participants Current
G3-G5
Destination Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

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Fi l e0 0 2

SuccessfulExaminee

Grade at the exam

G3

2019 January （the third exam in 2018）

How I studied vocabulary

受験年月● 旺文社 『7日間完成 英検予想問題ドリル』● 一ツ橋書店 『ENGLISH for FUN!』● I worked on Eiken problems using workbooks
from Kinder Kids Eiken class repeatedly.
Studying

WordStudying
勉強法

Writing

I think writing a journal
in English was an effective
way to practice.

I memorized 3 vocabulary words
that I learned from Eiken classevery day.
How I understood the questions

Family support

I learned that some questions are related tosocial issues so I tried to learn from somethingfamiliar to me such as garbage problems.
It was also helpful listening about my friend’s
experience studying abroad and also throughmy own experience, it was helpful to learn
about different cultures.

When she was studying for Grade 3&4,
I (a family member) tried to make studying
fun like a game. For example, making wordcards that she can shuffle around tocreate sentences or creating
fill-in-the-blank questions.

What do you like about Kinder Kids

Message for peers who are studying forWhen the teacher explained the Eiken
question to me in English it was easy enoughfor me to understand, and it was better
for me than it being explained in Japanese.

I really recommend memorizing new words
every day; even just one word a day.
In a question with a long sentence, if you
can understand even one word, you canfigure out the rest!

Our overall results

Ki nde r Ki ds

Test year

2018

Passing rate ofGrade 374％

Test takers
Passing rate ofGrade pre-2

K3
11 students

Grade 3 is aimed at Japanese junior high school middle to graduates.

Go check the website for updates!
9w w w. g r a d - c l u b . c o m

Questionnaire conducted by: General Research Ltd. Survey period: February 22-25, 2019
Survey method: Internet Survey summary: Comparison of services oﬀered by 10 English focused pre-schools
Survey participants:1048 Japanese adults M/F aged 20-50

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