厚木北児童館にお散歩 Stroll to Community Center

とても良い秋晴れの中、厚木北児童館まで歩いて散歩に行きました。児童館ではポテトの部屋にはないおもちゃが山のようにあり、子供たちは目を輝かせて遊びました。塗り絵がいっぱいあり、お母さんが集中していろ塗っていました。大人の塗り絵がはやっています。塗り終わった達成感はすがすがしいです。お母さんもすっきりしたようでした。帰り道は裏道を通り金木犀の花や柿の実、セージなどを見ながら帰りました。いい香りの道でした。来週はデンデンダイコを作ります。お待ちしています。
Perfect weather for a stroll today. A new friend from Korean joined us today with a 4 month old baby. As we were leaving for the community center, we met a new friend from Argentina with 3 kids. Previously we met 2 of the kids before with a baby sitter but it is our first time to meet the mother and the brother. We greeted each other and left together for the Atsugi Kita Community Center. The stroll there was not very pleasant as we were walking on the main road. Finally, when we reached our destination, we first progressed to the Atsugi Kita Kids Community Center, which is next door, and ended up playing there. The person in charge and one Japanese mother there was very friendly and the kids enjoyed themselves so much that we did not have time to proceed to the community center to check out the facilities there. We shall plan a trip there again in the future. On the way back, we were told of a new road which goes through the housing area. The stroll back was really nice. We passed through a shrine, saw some persimmon trees, saw butterfly, flowers and introduced everyone to the fragrant olive plant (Kinmokusei), a plant with small orange flowers and blooms for about a week during autumn and gives out a really nice fragrance. After lunch, we had story telling using boards about Hide and Seek. The kids have to guess what is hidden behind the stone, leave, flowers, etc. For next week, we will be making hand drums in room 403. Do come and join us.