What kind of Autumn will you have? Let’s enjoy the Autumn!
This past Monday was Labor Day. This is an American holiday on the 1 st Monday in September. It is a day to appreciate workers, and also considered as the end of summer. The new school year starts in September in United States, so people spend this holiday preparing for school, having a party with family and friends, or going out to the end of summer travel, etc. How about you? American football season starts around Labor Day. As Japanese say, “Fall is the best time for sports,” right? In Japanese, there are may sayings like “Fall is the best time for something” such as for sports, reading, harvest, appetite, art, and so on. Moon-watching and foliage-viewing are also seasonal events in Fall. I read a book after a long time. Not on a computer or smart phone, but a book with paper. The novel written by a popular writer in these days reminded me of the joy of reading with interesting expression or words, and thrill of getting into the unknown world. Autumn is a good season for physical activities and harvesting time of great food. How will you be spending this Autumn? Before a cold winter comes, I like to enjoy this season and make it “fruitful Autumn.”
Mindful writing (Japanese calligraphy class)
The 1 st season Japanese calligraphy class started on August 25 th and will have a total of 5 sessions (8/25, 9/22, 9/30, 10/6, 10/20).
Children learned “writing with entire body, not only with hand” from Master Mie Kawabata as the basic of Japanese calligraphy. Children who participated in the class concentrated on writing for 40 minutes to practice how to write each letter with mindfulness.
They were very much focused and appeared lively during the class.
Reading champions
We have many more new reading champions this week. I’m very happy to announce them. The best season for reading is coming as the weather gets cooler from now on. All the books in our library are waiting for you. Congratulations our new reading champions!
Rio Sasaki (Pre1-1); Kento Mangos (Pre1-1); Haruki Ato, 500 books (Pre2-2); Emiko Kuniyuki (G6); Owen Sato, 60 books (J1); Misha Kai (J2)
Announcement
Fall bazaar
We will have our first bazaar of this year next week! There are fun games, bakery (we always have a long line), our traditional homemade curry, fresh homemade Bento box, increased-volume special fried noodles, and those yogurt drinks all children love!
Also the used book market! We have not only Japanese books but magazines, Manga, and English books, too. Some companies will join us, too. They donate their sales to JLSP. Please check the attached file of Fubokai e-mail for more detail about sales products and games.
We will accept cash and checks. Don’t miss it!
Time: September 15 th (Sat) from 11 AM to 1:30 PM
Place: New cafeteria and outside of cafeteria entrance
Payment:cash or check
* There will be an announcement about our popular fresh produce sale from Suzuki Farm in the Fubokai e-mail on September 9 th (Sun).
From Library
Please donate your used books for the bazaar on 9/15. We accept books, paperbacks, photography books, magazines (issued in 2018), and stationery. Please bring them to the used books market section in the morning. We noticed some personal books mixed among the returned books the last few weeks.
These books are [100kai ittadesho!] [Easter no ohanashi] [Greg’s dame-nikki] [Hajimeteno otsukai][Shuppatsu] [Depart tankentai] [100mankai ikita neko] [Senro ha tsuzuku dokomade tsuzuku] [Tomatono himitsu] [Chikatetsudensha] [Boku no kyabetsu kun] [tomato] [hotaru] .
Please pick them up at the library. We will take them as donation to the library if the owners don’t show up in September.