もうすぐお正月 Christmas and New Year Party

今日は今年最後のポテトでした。5月から始まりあっという間の年の暮れです。色々な人にめぐり合い色々な考え方に触れました。ポテトでのめぐり合いは私の財産になると思います。今日は日本の伝統的な正月遊びをしました。福笑いとすごろくです。福笑いはいろいろな顔になりすごろくは真剣勝負でした。私が一番負けました。紙芝居はおみそかの話でした。英語の本とダンスはみんなすごく上手に踊れました。これも毎週踊っているからでしょう。みんな様も良い年をお過ごしください。1月は休みです。2月12日からスタートです。

New Year is just around the corner. POTATO members are introduced to some indoor games that Japanese play during the New Year. There is a game similar to snake and ladder but instead of snakes it is elephant and mice. There is another game with has the pictures of a traditional Japanese lady and man. The kids are blindfolded and they are given the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth of the characters and they are supposed to guess where is the parts of the face and place it on the picture. The face will end up distorted and everyone will burst out in laughter and there is a saying that laughter brings blessings. Musical intruments were passed out and the kids sang to Anpanman songs with the instruments. As usual, we have Japanese and English story telling and today a primary 2 Korean girl read the story in English for everyone. Everyone was amazed that she can read a second language so well at such a young age. Next, party time. One of the mothers suggested to have a pot luck party today so today we have many different dishes. Delicious. Korean seaweed roll, authentic Indian food, cakes, Korean glutinous rice, sandwiches, Japanese chirashi sushi, roast pork, Chinese steamed pork and others. I will be going back to Malaysia in January so there will be no gathering for POTATO playgroup in January. We will gather again on Feburary 12th so do come and join us then.