◆Sensory Play
Children enjoy touching all kinds of textures such as playing with agar,
starch, water balloons, wheaten clay, or playing in a sandbox. This is
very important play to develop their senses. |
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◆Physical Play
There are always big mats and exercise equipment built in various shapes
in the playroom. Children try to climb up by themselves and sometimes
receive help from adults such as holding hand and being carried. They love
the playroom.
We set the goal: developing the ability to balance, build strength, and twist the body based on their growing state. We support children so that they can challenge theｍselves with goals and interests and feel a sense of confidence and achievement.
（From our Occupational Therapist） |
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◆Finger Play
Tearing paper, playing with clothes pins, dropping sticks, playing with
clay, threading big and small beads, playing with blocks and puzzles. Children
can develop the power of grabbing with the flat of their hand into the
dexterity of holding between the tips of their first two fingers. It’s
very important for children to acquire the ability to control things with
their wrists in order to develop their communication skills. |
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◆Sandbox
Playing in a sandbox helps children develop their senses-such as touching
and feeling different textures of the sand: smooth, mushy, and sticky.
Then children start to share and play with friends by making their image
unfold. For example, using a pastry cutter, shovel, and pot to resemble
something, playing restaurant using braches and leaves, building a mountain,
making a river, and starting constructions everywhere in a sandbox. |
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◆Ride
Everyone loves playing train pulled by the staff. They tried a baby car,
a tricycle, and finally could ride a bicycle! They move from doing solo
play and parallel play (*) to having a wider circle of friends.
*Parallel play: The child plays by watching another child play, but continues to play independently. |
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◆AKOT is an abbreviation for “Awaji Kodomoen Ongakuwo Tanoshimou!”(Let’s
enjoy music at Awaji Kodomoen!)
The staff improvise songs and play impromptu piano as the children move. The
children enjoy communicating with the staff through music when they are
alone or with a group.
（From our Music Therapist） |
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◆Art Therapy
When small children hold a crayon and paint, they create a “picture”
with their thoughts, various images in different colors and shapes. “Art
Therapy” is the time when they interact with their mind through drawing
a picture.
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◆Walking
Children go to play in a nearby park or go to see their favorite train
and bullet train. We place value on children experiencing nature, so they
look for flowers and bugs in season and touch the soil while walking with
their mother and the staff. |
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◆Cooking
Children cook together with their mother and the staff, even though they usually eat what their parent has provided. It’s a good opportunity to expose them to a variety of food. They make Ume (Plum) juice, sweet dumplings, pan cakes and muffins. They sometimes grill potatoes and sausage with an electric hot plate for lunch. |
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◆Pretend Play
Children play ‘Mother and a Shop Clerk’ who they always see, “Welcome～”
and “Here you go.”. They play with ramen noodle made by wool yarn and
takoyaki (octopus fried balls) made by rumpled colored paper. |
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