どんぐりを食べる Newspaper! Newspaper!

韓国のお母さんがどんぐりのゼリーを作ってきてくれました。テーブルに乗るまで甘いお菓子のようなゼリーを創造していました。どんぐりのゼリーはこんにゃくのようでそれを薄くきり生野菜と韓国風ドレッシングを混ぜた惣菜の一品でした。口当たりもよくどんぐりの粉と作り方を教えてもらいましたが20分間も混ぜなくていけないので辞退しました。作ってくれたのを食べるのが一番いいです。今日の工作は新聞紙で遊ぼうでした。シンデレラ、スーパーマン、大きいな鳥、かわいいウサギなどに変身しました。発想はみんなさん豊かで写真をごらんください。来週はリズム遊びです。
Newspaper! Newspaper! Using newspaper, the kids were taught how to fold a hat. Then using shiny ribbons, papers and stickers, the kids and mother decorated the hat. Next, it is dressing up time. Cinderella, Superman, Rabbit and Bird. It is almost like a Halloween party. The mothers were very innovative and made costumes for the kids per the kids request. Next, paper gun. Using newspaper, we folded a paper gun. Well it does not look anything like a gun, or rather it looked like a simple triangle but when you quickly flip it down, BANG! explodes the paper gun. That too was a hit amongst the kids.

Day of the Bird. There is such a day in the Japanese calendar. On that day, there is a custom to decorate a rake like ornament which has some grains of rice and a face on it. This ornament is called "Kumade" which means 'Bears Hand'. Rice represents money in the olden times and the rake is for raking in all the wealth. Day of the Bird occurs twice or thrice in a year. For the year that it appears thrice, there is a saying that fire outbreak will happen easily so beware of fire.

For dancing time today, a mother requested for the song Ring a Ring of Roses so we sang that on top of the other songs. Kids and mothers alike enjoyed going round and falling to the ground. Last week, when we made autumn crafts using acorns, one of the Korean mothers mentioned that in Korea, they make acorn jelly during autumn. Today, she made the acorn jelly salad and brought for everyone to try. It is vegetarian so the vegetarians can also eat it. Next week we will be having a "Let's sing together" session. Come and join us.