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Front Page!
Surprised to make the front page of the Shinjuku local community newspaper last week.
It was in connection with the annual Shinjuku Kosodate Messe event, held last weekend.
Funny thing is, that this year, englishpool wasn't involved...
テキストのご紹介
新学期が始まって、2か月が経ちました。新入生の皆さんもイングリッシュプールの教室に慣れてきた頃でしょうか？
ベテラン（笑）の生徒さん達は、新しいクラスメイトと仲良くなれましたか？
今日はイングリッシュプールで使っているテキストのご紹介をしたいと思います。
まずは年中・年長さんの通うキンダークラス。
さすがナショジオから出版されているだけあって、とても素敵な写真を使っています。
まるで図鑑のようなので、それを見るだけでも価値があり！です。
あ！そうそう！
テキストの表紙裏にはパスワードがついているのをご存知でしょうか？
インターネットに接続して、パスワードを入れると
テキストのUnitごとの音声・ビデオ映像を見ることができます。
レッスンの復習はもちろん、本当は見せたくないのに、つい見せてしまっているYouTubeの代わりに
活用できること間違いなし！です
是非！是非！ご活用ください！！
テキストにはセットのワークブックがついていて、主にレッスン中に使用します。
色を塗る、線をなぞる、クラフトワークなどは一見、単純作業のように思えますが、
手を使うトレーニングも兼ねています。こういったトレーニングは、文字を書く作業に大変役に立つので、
しっかりやっていきます。
読む、書く、聞く、話すの4技能をバランスよく備えたテキストです。
お父さん、お母さんも是非！お子さんと一緒にテキストを開いてみてください。
その中に書かれてあること、なんでも良いです。話し合ってみてください。
一緒に興味を持つことが、子供たちの学習のモチベーションんをUPさせてくれることでしょう。
Friends in South America
As part of the Penfriends from Cambridge programme we are involved in, englishpool now has friends in Argentina. Time to get creating some new cards!
At the Shops
Over on the gallery page I've uploaded some of our upper-elementary students work on the theme of 'At the Shops'.
Can you find your child's work?
Eiken Tests
The Summer Session EIKEN tests will be held from June 2nd. While we don't explicitly teach EIKEN in our regular Elementary and Junior High School classes I do sometimes use past tests as part of our classes. The children are normally surprised at how many questions they can answer, despite having never studied for the test (Although it doesn't surprise me at all, after all learning is not just about studying to pass a particular test!)
If I've heard they passed the first test then we will spend a bit of time practising the interviews to remove some of the fears they have about speaking English in front of a stranger.
And remember if your child is taking an EIKEN test please tell me and I can maybe offer some practice in class.
More info about EIKEN in English.
Clearwater Beach
A big thank you to one of our English Cafe Class students who brought back this gift from her recent visit to Clearwater Beach in Florida.
We also enjoyed munching through the Dove PROMISES chocolates she brought back and reading the messages inside each individually wrapped chocolate.
Toyama Kindergarten
Today we were asked if we could display this poster for Toyama Kindergarten, and as we have every year we said, 'yes'. Especially as many of our own students at englishpool attend, will attend or have attended.
The poster looks great, and is a departure from their usual hand made and cut posters.
And to be fair to other child-care facilities/kindergartens in the Wakamatsu-cho, Kawada-cho, Okubo and Toyama areas here's a list:
Chacha Higashi-toyama Kodomo-en
Comming Soon... (???)
Advertising poster for the new udon shop that will open soon in the same building as englishpool.
Can you spot the mistake?
Maybe there's an opportunity to offer English classes for the staff!
English Joke
The word 'chores' came up in our English Cafe class yesterday, and none of the class members knew the meaning.
After teaching them that it referred to household jobs such as washing dishes, doing laundry etc I took the opportunity to teach them a joke:
Dad: Have you finished your chores?
Son: What chores?
Dad: Thank you very much I'll have another pint!
Do you get? Maybe I can put it to good use at the forthcoming Craft Beer festival in Takadanobaba
Oh, by the way. Mines a glass (or two) of beer!
That's Chopin
These pamphets found their way to us last week from Chiiku Lab and look a little interesting.
A classical concert will be held at the Roppomgi K concert Salon on June 2nd, featuringYoshihiro Kondo on piano, Hajime Otomo on cello, Yuko Higuchi dancing and of NHK children's English fame, Eric Jacobsen.
Apparently when Eric isn't busy performing at English events (see his Hi Eric site) he also has a grown up band The Eric Jacobsen Band.
More details of the classical concert can be found on the Confetti website: English Here, Japanese here.
More...
生徒募集中
新しい年度の始まり。
イングリッシュプールでは、子どもたちが、もっともっと英語に興味をもってくれるよう
仕掛けをしています！
テキストも、よりカラフルで、より美しい写真を使ったものに変更しました。
小学生クラスでは、英語で世界中の人とコンタクトできることを、
リアルに体験してもらえるよう、
某サイトを使って、”ペンフレンド”と交流してもらっています。
書くこと、読むこと、話すこと、、面白くなければ続かないもの。
新しいことに触れることに、ワクワクしてほしい。
少しずつでも英語に触れて、少しずつ吸収できていることを
しっかり体感してほしい。
好奇心いっぱいの子どもたちのキラキラを大切に、レッスンしています。
生徒募集中。
無料体験できます。
お気軽にご連絡ください。
No Phones or Smartphones in the Class
Made this sign to remind our younger elementary students not to use their mamorino or kidsphone during class time! Not only does it disturb the lesson but they are more than likely calling mum; who then wonders why her child is calling her during their English lesson. Double trouble!!
Shopping Mall
This was part of a project bringing time expressions, actions and shop vocabulary together as part of the MacMillan English coursebook.
I was impressed with how the children who took part in this project used the language they had studied over several months to come up with their own ideas. We'll definitely be doing more of this kind of work during 2018.
Unfortunately I forgot to give this particular work back before the boy and his family relocated to the north of Japan. Sorry!
Papabubble
Recevied these brightly coloured candies as a thank you present from two of my students, K & R.
I was intrigued to find out more about them as I hadn't seen anything like them before, turns out they are from a Spanish company called papabubble.
Will have to take a trip to one of their Tokyo shops soon!
