{"id":286361,"date":"2025-08-01T22:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isnedu.org\/?post_type=shimauchi-campus&p=286361"},"modified":"2025-08-01T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:44:10","slug":"being-a-good-communicator-july-25-aug-1","status":"publish","type":"shimauchi-campus","link":"https:\/\/isnedu.org\/en\/shimauchi-campus\/being-a-good-communicator-july-25-aug-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a good communicator – July 25-Aug. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week, Ms. Ann spent time with the Rainforest. We also celebrated the birthday party together with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In our UOI lessons this week, we continued exploring the theme of teamwork through a variety of engaging activities. To think about how to become a good communicator, we started with a game of \u201cWhisper game.\u201d In this game, short sentences like \u201cI like oranges and apples.\u201d<\/em> are whispered into a friend\u2019s ear, then passed along to the next person. Sometimes, even if the message was delivered, the content would change along the way! Through this, the children realized the importance of speaking clearly when conveying a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, we divided into four groups and played a game where each team had to build the tallest pyramid possible using paper cups within a time limit. At first, many teams struggled\u2014towers would collapse midway, and some disagreements even broke out within groups. However, after taking time to reflect and discuss as a team before trying again, most groups were able to build taller and more stable towers much more quickly!They were able to communicate well within their teams, using phrases like \u201cThis one goes here,\u201d \u201cNo need to add more,\u201d and \u201cWe\u2019re done, please sit properly!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Friday, we had a special guest speaker\u2014one of the Rainforest parents\u2014who came to talk to us about \u201cteamwork\u201d in basketball. The children were delighted to see a familiar dad walk in wearing his basketball uniform\u2014everyone was all smiles!
He shared three key things with us: the rules of basketball, what players should avoid doing, and how to win a game. He explained that to win, it’s important to practice a lot and improve your skills, get plenty of sleep to build a strong body, and most importantly\u2014work together as a team. The children thought carefully about what it means to win and were able to share their ideas within their groups and present them to others. It was a wonderful opportunity that also gave us some meaningful lessons we can apply during our Sports Festival practice as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also enjoyed lots of delicious treats this week!<\/strong>
We had some watermelon that was kindly donated by one of our parents. Using a big watermelon, we even tried suikawari<\/em> (the traditional Japanese watermelon-splitting game)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though the Rainforest children gave it their best swings, the watermelon just wouldn\u2019t break. They started wondering, \u201cWhat should we do? How can we eat it?\u201d
Thankfully, the office staff helped cut it up nicely, and we enjoyed it during snack time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The edamame we carefully grew from seeds have finally reached the perfect size to eat!
Although the strong sunlight made some of them turn a little yellow, the pods grew plump and looked delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each child harvested their own edamame, and we enjoyed tasting them together after cooking.
Many children asked for seconds, happily saying things like \u201cIt\u2019s so sweet!\u201d and \u201cYummy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even some children who didn\u2019t like edamame before were able to say, \u201cI like it!\u201d\u2014a big step in overcoming their dislikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something truly special about eating something you\u2019ve grown yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a great weekend! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":287054,"template":"","shimauchi-category":[179,28],"class_list":["post-286361","shimauchi-campus","type-shimauchi-campus","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","shimauchi-category-rainforest-blog","shimauchi-category-shimauchi-preschool","en-US"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t