Christmas Fun

We chopped down the Christmas tree.
And then we carried it to the cabin and decorated it with our homemade dried lemons and popcorn garlands.

Merry Christmas everyone.
See you next year!

tNt

Old Oak Tree

Racing down the hill.

Walking through the bamboo.


Finding and admiring the old oak tree.

tNt

I is for Ice

E is for egg
F is for feather
G is for grass
and H is for horse.

I is for ice. Why are these rocks not sinking to the bottom of the pond?




That's right! It is because there is a thin layer of ice on the pond holding them up.

J is for jacket
K is for kindling
and L is for leaf.

See you next time for more ABC nature hunting!

tNt

ABCD Nature Hunt

For our last class we walked up the small mountain to the cabin.
It was a beautiful day!
We played the game "Follow the Leader" while we walked.
At the cabin we ate raisin bread and learned some new nature words.

A - Acorn
B - Bug
C - Cloud
D - Dirt

We found all of these things on our ABCD Nature Hunt.





See you next week!

tNt

Walking in the Pony Country

We followed the pony trails. We found the field where the ponies eat grass.

We found the creek where the ponies drink water.

The ponies are our friends!

tNt

今日はポニーを探して、森と牧場を歩きました！

丘の上にはポニーたちが寝ていましたよ。

彼らはいつもフレンドリー。

そっと触らせてくれました。

Happy Halloween

To celebrate Halloween we carved pumpkins into Jack 'o lanterns, played bingo in the cabin, lit fireworks from the fire, and went trick-or-treating!







Happy Halloween!

Picking Hardy Kiwi Fruit

This is hardy kiwi fruit (kokuwa).



This is how you pick hardy kiwi berries.
1. Find the vines.
2. Climb the tree.
3. Shake the branches.
4. Gather the fruit.
5. Eat the hardy kiwi berries.

Minori-chan and her mother drew pictures of their hardy kiwi fruit picking experience. The last picture asks, "How do they taste?" Minori-chan smiles and says, "good!"