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SAVE THE DATE

CDC Barnyard Dance 10/26 (Fri) 9:30-11:30

CDC Courtyard/Playground (Rain day - Classrooms)

＊Barnyard Dance Volunteer wanted For

stations Please let us(Ayumi, Kiho, Koichi)know if you are

interested.

Winter Concert 12/15 (Sat) AM

Kukuru Class

9/28（Fri）14:30-15:00

Above Toddler

9/21（Fri）14:50~15:30

We will celebrate all children with

September birthdays. We plan to have a

special story time too!

All family members and friends are welcomed

to join!

Shinka, Kugani 9/12 (Wed) Tancha no Oka

（Respect for Aged Ceremony）

EventsBirthday Parties

The bus driver availability is limited so we will not

have field trips for a while.

CDC2 OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH

The building for CDC Phase 2 was completed in Mid-

July, and the building has undergone health and safety

testing and inspection from that time.

It was officially handed over to OIST on August 22. It

has had over one month to air out and get rid

of those new construction smells, and we will be

operating the Office, Shinka Classroom and the After

School Room in the new building from September 10.

There will be no change to the other classes, however

the back door of the CDC will remain locked from

that day, so please use the CDC main Entrance or the

playground entrance for drop off and pick up.

Please park your car in the designated parking lots on

campus and DO NOT PULL YOUR CAR UP TO

THE FRONT OF THE CDC OR AUDITORIUM

to drop off or pick up.

WELCOME RINA!!

More importantly,

I am thrilled and

cannot wait to meet

all the children in my

class!

I am looking forward

to spending time with

children and watching

them grow.

My name is Rina Kinjo and I am

excited to join the CDC team here

at OIST.

I was born and raised in Okinawa

and I plan on graduating from my

university this September.

I have experience in teaching English

to young children that come from

diverse backgrounds.

KUKURU CLASS TUMMY TIME FUN and WATER PLAYTummy Time Fun

Our littlest ones in the Kukuru class are enjoying their tummy

time every day. Exercising to strengthen one’s arm and neck

muscles are a big part of a baby’s daily routine. We will put

toys around them and encourage them to retrieve them or

place a mirror in front of them. Some babies do not like

tummy time, so we suggest parents use mom’s tummy or

chest to practice at home. We’re sure that they will learn to

enjoy tummy time! The muscles that the babies are training

are strong and essential in allowing babies to roll, sit and crawl.

Please enjoy tummy time with your child.

Water play

The children in Kukuru class love playing with water. They

enjoy water play with toys and moving their hands and

legs. The children can’t stop smiling while doing this!

When the little ones interact with natural things through their

five senses, they are able to deepen their recognition of

various things.

Through water play they can feel the changing water

temperature, sound of water, moving of water, and reflection

of light on the water.

These are all unique experiences that are sure to polish the

children’s senses.

TODDLER’S TOILET TRAININGToilet training initially begins when the toddlers are able to pull up and take off their own pants. There

are some necessary physical developments that enable the toddlers to start toilet training. As the

cerebral cortex matures, toddlers begin to become aware of the sensations of a full bladder. Typically,

toddlers are able wait approximately two hours between urinations. It is also essential that they have

acquired minimal verbal communication skills to convey the message of wanting to use the bathroom.

It is important to remember that each toddler matures at various rates, and therefore the progression

of the training will vary according to each toddler. In the toddler classes, we create a relaxing and

enjoyable environment for the toddler by reading books with pictures of the bathroom and by posting

pictures of their favorite characters in the bathroom.

When the toddlers successfully use the bathroom on their own, they proudly report to their teachers;

they are always very pleased when they receive words of complement from the teachers.

CALLIGRAPHY ACTIVITYHandwriting is an important part of literacy and an essential skill for

life. In our three years old classes we believe it’s very important to

support the development of handwriting skills from early childhood,

so that children are ready to learn formal handwriting at school.

Even though many children and adults use computers, tablets and

phones at home, school and work, handwriting is still an essential

life skill to do many tasks later in life like writing birthday cards,

filling in forms and signing important documents.

This month we prepared a calligraphy exercise for both, Kafuu and

Nuuji classes integrating both art and language. The children created

elegant Japanese characters and English letters using brushes on

paper and then displayed them around our classrooms.

This was an important experience to learn handwriting, combining

fine motor skills, language, memory and concentration. As an

additional benefit, we discovered that this activity helped our

children to be calm; They enjoyed feeling the brushes, observing the

character and practicing calligraphy. We noticed they acquired

peaceful concentration and eliminated impatience and irritation.

Every stroke they made, they stayed focused and became very

relaxed using their hands and writing their favorite characters.

TIE-DYE FABRIC EXPERIENCEThe Kugani Class August field trip was a tie dye experience at the Murasaki-Mura in Yomitan.

At the beginning, the children were given a white handkerchief, and then watched and

carefully listened to the instructions that were given by the staff of Murasaki-Mura.

The children were eager to work on their own projects, making various patterns by using

marbles and chopsticks. Depending on the way the children tied the handkerchiefs, the

patterns that appeared were different, and each one had its own rich personality. The

children were able to watch the dyeing process from beginning to end and were excited to

open the handkerchiefs to see all the different patterns created from the tie dye. Their first

tie dye experience was fun and an invaluable experience for all the children. The

handkerchiefs that the children created are displayed in the classroom for you to enjoy.

KUGANI CLASS FOOD AND NUTRITIONThis month, one of the themes in the Kugani Class,

was learning about the connection between 'food and

nutrition'.At Circle Time, each child talked about their

favorite food and what they had recently eaten, the

variety of food that they have seen at home and in the

supermarkets, food that everyone is familiar with.The

conversations were very lively among the children.We

talked about three of the major nutrients such as red

group (protein) = strong body such as teeth and

bones, yellow group (carbohydrates) = It becomes a

source of energy that moves your body energetically,

green group (fiber) found in vegetables / fruits = a

source of energy to mobilize the body, and this helped

the children deepen their mutual understanding.They

were commenting to each other that "All the food

groups are important!" In the activity, we separated

various kinds of toy food into vegetables, fruits, dairy

products, grains, proteins etc., and the children

worked together with their classmates, and enjoyed a

food bingo game learning about the connection

between food and health.

SHINKA CLASS MUSIC"No Music, No Life" is our motto on the Shinka class! If you walk

into the Shinka classroom at any time of the day, there will almost

always be music playing. The kids love listening to slow café music

during lunch, Starbucks music at snack time, funny fast-paced songs at

clean-up time, and they love listening to and dancing to the latest pop

hits during their center and activity times.

The children also love creating their own music through the use of

long cardboard tubes, bongo drums, bells, and boom whackers. We

use the boom whackers at circle time every day to countdown, or

just play around with rhythm and clapping games. Some of the kids

are also starting to understand a little bit about solfége because the

boom whackers are clearly labeled with their musical notes on

them. One of the songs that children have just started learning to

play on the boom whackers is "Row, Row, RowYour Boat".

Aside from listening to, and creating music, the kids also love singing and dancing! Some of

their favorite songs/singing games right now are "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" and "Bump

Up Tomato". The latter is also a wonderful syncopation game in which the end goal is for one

child to choose a friend and make them laugh! The love this one right now.

The Shinka class are also learning how to play Eisa. Eisa is an Okinawa traditional dance with

drums (called Pa-ranku). The children have been practicing for about a month, and they are

getting used to it. When we turn on the music during center time, the children suddenly start

to sing and do the dance. They are really enjoying Eisa, and will perform at Tanchano-oka when

we have Keirou no hi, which is Seniors' Day!! We also plan to perform at the winter concert!!

DO YOU HAVE A BABY AGED 0 –12 MONTHS?DO YOU WANT TO LEARN AND TRY ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR BABY TO STIMULATE THEIR SENSES AND HELP THEM DISCOVER WHAT THEY CAN DO?DO YOU WANT TO MEET OTHER PARENTS WITH BABIES OF A SIMILAR AGE?

COME JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY FROM 3-4PM FOR A NEW BABY SENSORY CLASS. STARTING THURSDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER IN THE GANJUUWELLBEING SERVICE, WEST COURT #128.EVERYONE WELCOME, NO NEED TO BOOK, JUST TURN UP.

New

Baby Sensory Class

POSITIVE PARENTING WORKSHOPDate: Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 15:00 – 18:00pmLocation: Conference Center, Meeting room 1 Description:An invitation for all parents to come and join us to learn more about child behavior, building stronger parent-child relationships, and ways to approach parenting challenges in a more positive, child-focused way.

This workshop is open to all parents and particularly relevant to parents of young children.

This workshop is for you parents, so please come and enjoy child-free time!

Facilitated by:Dr Loretta White Dr Kelly Carrasco Ph.D.(Chartered Clinical Psychologist (UK) (Licensed Psychologist (USA) and Chair ofwith the GanjuuWellbeing Service) Parent Association for Tedako Preschool, PATO)

Please pre-register for this event from the Ganjuu website – https://groups.oist.jp/ganjuu/event/positive-parenting-workshop or email us if you do not have a Tida login.

If you have any questions about this workshop please email either:kelly.carrasco@oist.jp or loretta.white@oist.jp

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Staff Scientist

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34%

Post Doc

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Researcher

32%

Preschool Children:121

Families:102

Both Parents work @ OIST:34

A MORE ECO HEALTH CHILDCARE

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The OIST Child Development Center is working to reduce environmental hazards for the children of Tedako

and the School Age Program one small step at a time.

Certain plastics are know to contain toxic chemicals which have negative impacts on human health. 99% of the

children at the CDC have plastic cups for snack time.

To be as safe and healthy as possible, the CDC has purchased stainless steel cups for children to use instead.

We are sending your child’s cup home and will use the school’s cup from now on.

Additionally, encourage parents not to heat or microwave food

or drink in any plastic containers. Heating plastics causes it to

leach chemicals including BPA and Pthalates into food and

liquids. These chemicals have negative health effects on our

rapidly growing children.

Parents often send children’s lunch in plastic and ask us to heat

it in the microwave. Teachers have safety concerns about heavy

and breakable containers such as glass and plastic. For parents

who wish to transition away from plastics, we recommend to

heat the food at home and send it in a stainless steel container

in an insulated bag.

SEPTEMBER SNACK MENUMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AM Edamame

えだまめ

Cottage Cheese/

Blueberries

カッテージチーズ/ブルーベリー

Brown Rice Cereal/

Milk

玄米フレーク/牛乳

Carrots/ Raisins*Cooked for young toddlers

にんじん/レーズン＊小さなお子さんにはゆでた人参をあげます。

Apple

りんご

PM Wheat Crackers/

Cheese

五穀クラッカー/チーズ

Banana/

Soy Milk

バナナ/豆乳

Baked Sweet Potato

焼き芋

Orange/

Haiga Bread

オレンジ/胚芽パン

Rice/ Furikake

ごはん/ふりかけ

SUBSISTUTIONS:

Due to availability or ripeness of fresh fruits or vegetables, substitutions may occur. 果物の入荷状況や熟度によってはメニューを変更することがあります。

Young toddlers will not be fed Senbei or Crackers. Special senbeis for babies will be substituted.小さなお子さんには硬いせんべいなどの代わりに赤ちゃんせんべいをあげます。

We will celebrate all September Birthdays and the children will enjoy cake and Soy Milk with their friends on 9/219/21（金）には９月のお誕生会をします。ケーキと豆乳でお祝いします。

SEPTEMBER LUNCH CALENDARMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Rice

Grilled Red Fish w Ume Sauce

Stir Fried Hijiki

Nanohana Salad

Fried Tofu Miso Soup

４

Rice

Pork w Oyster Sauce

Braised Radish & Tofu cake

Konnyaku Salad

Onion Miso Soup

５

Rice

Grilled Red Fish w Tomato Sauce

Five Vegetable Chop Suey

Go-ya SaladEgg Soup

６

Rice

Grilled Chicken In Kyoto Style

Meat and Potato Stew

Kuzukiri SaladFu(Wheat Bran) Miso Soup

７

Rice

Broiled Flat Fish

Egg Plant w Oyster Sauce

Carrots Salad

Wakame Miso Soup

10

Rice

Chicken Nanban

Green Veg. & Mushroom Sauté

Chinese Cabbage Salad

Dumpling Soup

11

Rice

Red Fish w Shiokoji

Taro &Fish Cake w Sesame

Nanohana Salad w Ume Sauce

Shiitake Mushroom Miso Soup

12

Curry Rice

Cauliflower Salad

Jelly

13

Rice

Hoki Fish w Ume Sauce

Stir Fried Dried Radish Strips

Macaroni Salad

Winter Melon Miso Soup

14

Rice

Green & Yellow Veg. w Tofu

Cake

Stir Fried Chicken

Radish Salad

Egg Miso Soup

HOLIDAY

18

Rice

Grilled Hoki Fish w Ume

Stir Fried Cabbage

Green Veg. Salad

Onion Miso Soup

19

Jushii (Mixed Pilaf)

Omelet

Stir Fried Dried Radish Strips

Nanohana Salad

Pumpkin Miso Soup

20 Rice

Red Fish w Garlic Chive Soy Sauce Braised Dried Gourd

Shavings and Fried Tofu Kuzukiri

Salad

Ko-ya Tofu Miso Soup

21

Rice

Yakitori

Stir Fried Go-ya (Bitter Melon)

Chinese Cabbage Salad

Taro Miso Soup

HOLIDAY

25

Rice

Pork w Tomato Dressing

Stir Fried Rice Vamicelli

Seaweed Salad

Pumpkin Miso Soup

26

Rice

Fried Fish w Veg. Sauce

Stir Fried Bean Sprouts

Chinese Cabbage Salad

Radish Miso Soup

27

Rice

Chicken Meat Ball

Spinach Sauté

Okura Salad

Ko-ya Tofu Miso Soup

28

Rice

Grilled Hoki Fish w Ginger

Braised Vegetable

Cabbage Salad w Ume Sauce

Egg Miso Soup