Every school in Japan has a “Sports Day” (Undokai) once a year. The kids wear their athletic outfits and run races. At the Kindergarten it should be called “Extreme Sports Day” – the three, four and five year olds run races, do dances, and do gymnastics routines. It’s quite impressive! The kids are so cute so we have a lot of pictures…I kind of had a hard time picking some to share so here’s a few…
The Welcome Dance
Four year old race
Even the one and two year olds did a little race with their parents.
The five year old parent race...they were witches and cats on broomsticks.
Rebekah and Asher getting ready for the three year old dance.
The English Teachers were pirates in this race - the kids had to win Janken (rock, paper, scissors) in order to pass by.
The three year old parent race - rockets flying around the world.
Mariana doing the four year old dance.
Five year old dance to the "One Piece" song (a famous Japanese cartoon).
This is what the five year olds learn in gym class.
More from gym class...
Wow! That is some p.e. class exercise. When you get back, I can’t wait to hear about all of the underlying cultural beliefs…
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