Kayo's Japanese Classes / Pono Maui

Happy New Year! May this be a happy and fruitful year.

The other day, my Japanese students enjoyed making "Hina ningyo". It is a special doll wearing a traditional Japanese costume for Doll's festival. In Japan, March 3 is Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival or Girls' Festival), Hinamatsuri is a festival when we display Hina dolls and pray for young girls' growth and happiness. The custom began during the Heian period and the dolls were dressed in gorgeous ancient court attire.... Families with young daughters mark this day by setting up a display of dolls inside the house. They offer rice crackers and other food to the dolls. All the students took a long time to make the dolls. So I forgot to take a group photo along with their works.

Japanese Tutoring/ Japanese Child Care Let's enjoy learning Japanese ... Tutoring : Private Lessons (For Ages; 0-Senior) Start: Anytime Please ask about the day and the time! Nanny/Japanese tutor For more info please email me! [email protected] ________________________________________________________ Kayo Yoshida Japanese instructor, Tutor Native Japanese speaker, Japanese Language instructor in Maui and DC for 10 years. Presently Japanese instructor for 4 years in Maui's public elementary school after school program and Japanese tutor, Japanese child care Former: TV and Radio Announcer for 20 years in Japan (Tokyo and Nagoya). Nursery school teacher for 3 years in Japan. Child care for 13 years. For more info please email me! [email protected]

March 3rd is "Hinamatsuri" in Japan. It's "Girl's Day ". The children of Japanese class were overjoyed to make the work

The students enjoy Japanese culture

September: Moon Viewing Festival August: Japanese summer festival

November is the most beautiful season for autumn leaves in Japan

Japanese Classes(small group) for kids (During the summer break) Let's enjoy learning Japanese and Japanese culture with crafts, games, and singing! The date: June 26, 27, July 3, 10 and 11 (5 times)... The time: 8:00 am - 8:45 am Age: 6 -11 Place: Kula Elementary School, room P7 Contact; [email protected]

Let's learning Japanese together Tutoring : Private Lessons (For Ages; 0-Senior) Start: Anytime Please ask about the day and the time!... Nanny/Japanese tutor For more info please email me! [email protected] ________________________________________________________ Kayo Yoshida Japanese instructor, Tutor Native Japanese speaker, Japanese Language instructor in Maui and DC for 10 years. Presently Japanese instructor for 4 years in Maui's public elementary school after school program and Japanese tutor, Japanese child care Former: TV and Radio Announcer for 20 years in Japan (Tokyo and Nagoya). Nursery school teacher for 3 years in Japan. Child care for 13 years. For more info please email me! [email protected]

The other day, my Japanese students enjoyed making "Koinobori" and "Kabuto". Japanese Children’s Day is a national holiday that is celebrated annually across Japan on May 5th. The purpose of this holiday is to celebrate and wish for the happiness and well-being of all children. Japanese families display warrior helmets (Samurai helmets) called kabuto in Japanese, as well as samurai dolls, are known as gogatsu ningyo or May dolls.... The doll symbolizes strength and courage, especially for boys, during the time when Japanese Children's Day was still known as Boys' Day. During the days leading up to May 5th, or Children’s Day, families with boys in their family would raise colorful banners shaped in the form of carp. One carp would represent each boy in the family, beginning with the eldest at the top of the banner. In the wind, these carp would appear to be swimming in the sky, symbolizing the boys’ strength.

The other day, my Japanese students, aged 6 and 7, enjoyed playing "Fukuwarai". Fukuwarai, (a game similar to pin the tail on the donkey) is a traditional game played on New Year's Day in Japan. The result was very interesting. A is the boy. B is the girl. The girl's sensitivity was much higher than the boy's. It is said that a female is a right-brained person and a male is a left-brained person. Even at their ages, that has started. ... 67AB