July 7th was Tanabata. The kitchen staff’s Tanabata wish was that “all the children at Megumi can eat well and have lots of energy to play,” and with that in mind they made a special Tanabata dessert of jelly with mango inside cut into the shape of stars. What did everyone else wish for?

During the first week of July, the summer camp class and Zo class students went hiking at Saint Edward State Park. Despite the bad weather, they managed to get by without rain and enjoy hiking in the park. Perhaps it was because of the rain, but there were many slugs out and about. Everyone tried th...

Today at the Megumi Summer Camp we held a Tanabata (Japanese Star Festival) Party. Everyone made their own mitarashi dango and yomogi daifuku (Japanese traditional sweet rice treats). Many of the children dressed in jinbei and yukata (traditional Japanese summer clothes) and enjoyed the fruits and s...

I founded there are more Japanese people posting Blog, Facebook, Twitter and Linked In than English speaking people. Not that I have more Japanese friends, but more posts are coming from Japanese speaking people.

I slept all day today.

Megumi Summer Camp has started from June 25. At the camp, children will not only learn Japanese but also experience Japanese culture and activities. This camp is for kindergarten through elementary school students.

Last weekend we held the 20th Megumi Preschool Graduation Ceremony. The graduating children have all learned so much and grown a lot during their time at Megumi, and we are so excited to see what the future holds for these bright and creative children as they continue to grow. We'll be cheering them...

Today was a last activity lunch for this school year. In Kujira (Kindergarten) class, students made their own bento lunch box. Kitchen staff prepared some rice, two kinds of checken dishes to choose from, vegetables, fried eggs, and furikake to sprinkle on top of rice. Everybody made well-balance lu...

Kujira class (Kinergarten)went to the zoo for their final field trip. Everyone was so excited when we all assembled, laughing and jumping about. In the zoo, they went in order to go see all the animals they had written reports about in class. It was cloudy and fairly cold outside, but in exchange it...

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