Today was Claire's first day at her Japanese preschool, called Yochien. The name of her yochien is Kawashimo and the free Japanese to English translator online says it means "downstream."
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| But I think it means "Down this path." |
When you walk up to Kawashimo, you are greeted by a playground that doesn't scream "American preschool playground", but is very exciting, in a non-OSHA approved way!
Are you ready for us, Kawashimo?????
Our friends, the Razvillas', brought two of their four children here (2004 - 2007) and their favorite teachers, or Senseis, are still here!
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| This is Sensei Ai. Kristen tells me she loves Dr. Pepper. ☺ |
The kids wear uniforms every day and we were there to try them on to get the correct size.
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| A bit blurry, but this is her summer hat. This picture makes me laugh because Claire gets herself dressed in the morning and her shirt was on backwards. I mentioned it to her and she said, "That's okay." ☺ Then she tried on her summer hat and it's on backwards (tag in front) too! |
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| This is her winter hat. |
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| We told Claire to take off her clothes and she did and then started taking her panties off too! This is her winter uniform bottoms. |
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| And this is her winter uniform top. With her panties on. ☺ |
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| After the fashion show, Claire went over and started playing with the toys. |
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| These are her school supplies. They even gave her some scissors! |
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| There's a birdie at the entrance. Not sure her name yet, but Claire says it's a "Mommy bird." Probably because she's so pretty. ☺ |
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| Claire is in the Tamago class which means "Egg". She then becomes a chicken. Cute, huh? Can't remember the Japanese name for that. | |
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We then went exploring on the playground. Claire loved it!
Gigi was ready to go home.
We're not sure what the spiral slide is for, but maybe a fire escape?
We'll see you tomorrow (well, actually, it was today, but I'll get to that blog in a bit)!!!
