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Even though it’s warm in Los Angeles, we’ve been thinking about our friends in other parts of the world where it’s still cold. We had a fun time making it snow using newspaper. Then, we used our newspaper to make a snowman!

It's a bird! It's a plane! NO! It's Miss Gloria and her Super Pre Class! Never fear, the Super Pre Class is here on the lookout for ways to save the day!

Ice Cream can be delicious...but not this kind of ice cream! We learned to combine shaving cream, glue, and food coloring to create a wonderful soft, fluffy new art material. We waited for it to dry over night and the next morning we discovered it had dried into delicious looking fluffy ice cream cones!

Happy New Year! We've already been having fun this January making Taki using recycled materials and flying them all through our yard!

We had a wonderful time reading the book "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss. We decided to try and make green eggs and ham ourselves! It was so exciting to discover that just like in the book, we DID like Green Eggs and Ham, we did like them, just like like Sam I Am!

１月の保育活動に鏡開きがあります。園では子供たちが食べやすいように、からからに干した餅をおせんべいにしていただきます。紙の袋にいれて干し餅をいれ、電子レンジで数分。するとおせんべいになります。
昨年までは、園長先生のお母さんが暇を見て作り置きをしてくださった乾燥餅を使用。餅を細かく切るのは一苦労。でもその乾燥お餅は今年で終わり。今年からは、園長先生が干し餅を作って保存します。手が痛くなるほどですが、子供たちの喜ぶ顔を思い浮かべたら、何でもない仕事。子供は、整った食から愛を感じます、それは遠いいつの日か、いろんな形で、大切に育てられたという思い出として。園長先生も、年老いたお母様を思い浮かべ、感謝の気持ちで幸せになったそうです
The Kagami Mochi preparation process can be quite difficult and taking time. If the mochi is made too hard, it is difficult to break. If it is too soft, it is difficult to chew. In the past, our children ate mochi that had been previously prepared by my mother. This year, I prepared the mochi for next year by myself so that I could share my family's tradition with our students. This was also my way of showing our school's appreciation for the joy our students bring us every year. I have also already begun preparing mochi for the next New Year. My hope is that by sharing food with our students made by my own hands, they will begin to develop an appreciation for the work and effort that goes into preparing traditional homemade food.