Reading is great to prolong healthy life?!
As fall deepens, the fallen leaves we step on are making good sounds. As mentioned from the last volume of Smile, new reading award “yokozunas” has been awarded each week, and it is great to see children loving books. Between everyday studying and clubs, it is hard for people to make time for reading. Last week, I watched a NHK show called “Asking AI (artificial intelligence)” that featured the theme “healthy life.” Health life is a numerical value that shows how old you can be active till. According to the AI, “to prolong healthy life, more than exercising or eating healthy, it is important to read.” You exercise to find a book, your mind receives intellectual stimulation, your mind recalls the past events—reading books seems to bring together all these effective features to prolong healthy life.
When my child was little, I remember reading a storybook with him on my lap. Even after he’s grown up, he still remembers that one page from the book and talks about it. His body also remembers that warm feeling on my lap. It is such a blessing to be able to reflect back on those precious family time.
What is “your family’s storybook”?
Second “nominoichi” a success!
On October 27th, as part of facilitating interaction between parents and fundraising, Parents Association held the “nominoichi” in the multi-purpose room. It was crowded with lots of people. Special thanks to those who sold various stuff, to Suzuki Farm for coming from far and selling their fresh veggies, and to all parents, teachers, and adult class students who bought the goods. Thank you also to the workers and volunteers who ran the event. We will announce the fundraised amount next week.
Reading award “YOKOZUNA”
Congratulation for achieving the yokozuna award!
Kindergarten
Nenchu-2 Kento Wanga
Elementary School
Riku Saito
4-1 Haruto Abe
Middle School
3 Ayami Miyake
Keisho
1 Kotoko Pfau *60 books
Announcements
Elementary School “Aki no manabi no saiten”
Time: November 10 (Sat) 2nd period 10:05-11:05
Place: cafeteria
Content: Each class will present what they have been learning in class. 1st grade to 6th grade will each be given 7 minutes to perform.
Announcement from the Library
Forgotten items in the library in October: book and keychain
“Mori no oku no ochakai”, “Nakama wo mitsuketa tentoumushi”, “Zoku—kotowaza ehon”, “Kaiketsu zorori dragon taiji”, “Tokei book”, and blue star keychain
*If these books and keychain belong to you, please come to the library. If we cannot find the owner by mid-November, we will register the books as donated books.
Announcement of new books Subaru bunko
Thank you to Subaru again for donating books this year.
As some of you may already know, Subaru new books have the katakana “su” sticker on their covers. Please check out some of the new series added to the library.