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Hello,

I'd like to share what we have been studying with our 4th- 6th grade elementary school students recently.

In recent lessons we have been focusing on describing physical features. For example, eye color, hair color and length. We also learned some more specific vocabulary for desribing facial features such as "freckles, dimples, glasses, a moustache, long eyelashes."

We practiced changing these sentences for I, he and she. We also practiced how to list many features together to make a long sentence. When we use many adjectives we have a specific order to use. That basically means NUMBER, OPINION, SIZE, SHAPE, COLOR. For example;

"She has two beautiful, big, round, brown eyes."
OR
"He has cool, short, curly, black hair."

What do you look like?

Kindly, Alex.

Hello,

I'd like to share what we have been studying with our 1st to 3rd grade students recently.

In recent lessons, we have been focusing on introducing past tense sentences. We used past tense to explain where we were yesterday.

"I was at the park."

And present tense to explain where we are now.

"I am at home."

We also used past and present tense to explain how our interests have changed since we were younger.
For example, when I was young "I used to like playing with lego", but now "I like playing video games."
Or in Lily sensei's case. "She used to like playing with dolls, but now she likes playing board games."

How have your interests changed since you were young?

Kindly, Alex.

Hello, I'd like to share with you what we have been studying with our kindergarten ages students recently.

In recent lessons, our focus has been on the house.

We learned different rooms in the house like bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. We also learned different home items like bed, tree-house and sofa. We focused on using the question word, where, to ask questions about the house.

We have also been studying about different house chores such as cleaning, cooking and washing dishes. We practiced using these verbs in both root and -ing forms.

If you want to practice more on this topic, try using this additional vocabulary.
Rooms: Dining room, Study, Entryway,
Home items: sink, TV, shoe closet, desk, bookshelf.
Chores: Sweeping, Mopping, Setting the table, Putting away toys.

Warm Regards, Alex.

11日（日）はお休みをいただいております。
お問合せは、WEBより24時間受付中！
4月スタートをお考えの方、まだ間に合います。
各クラス残席わずかとなっておりますので、お急ぎくださいませ。

4月から外国語活動が始まる新小3生、英語が教科になる新小5生の方に多くお問合せを頂いています。
今なら3月スタートor4月スタートをお選び頂けます♪
新学期前に英語をはじめて周りのみんなに差をつけましょう！

ただ今アミティーでは３月スタート生を受け付けています。
【今月のキャンペーン】
・入学金０円
・３月の月謝無料
・オリジナルスクールバックプレゼント（他校から乗換の方）

４月以降の開講クラスは最終調整中です。
ご希望の方はお早目にご相談下さい！

Good Afternoon,

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th. It is a day where we give chocolate to our loved ones, confess our feelings and celebrate love.

Do you know the origins of valentine's day? It's about saint Valentine. There are a couple of stories about why he was martyred. One says he was a priest who secretly married couples during a time of war as married men were less likely to be conscribed into the army. ANother story says that Valentine was a bishop who helped christian prisoners escape by befriending the jailors daughter, sending her notes signed "from your valentine".

While in Japan chocolate seems to be the primary purpose of valentines day, in other cultures the tradition of confessing feelings and writing love letters still holds.

Will you be sending any valentine's this year?

Good Afternoon,

It's strawberry season now! According to the net, February is the best time for going strawberry picking in Japan.

Do you have any plans to go strawberry picking? In the US strawberry picking is also popular, however in the US the strawberry picking season is much later; from mid May to early July. California and Florida are the top two strawberry producing states in the US. Oxnard, California is the strawberry capital of the world. It ships about 16 million trays of fruit annually. They grow well here because the weather is moderate all year round and they have sunny days and cool, humid nights.

Let us know if you go strawberry picking this spring!

Good afternoon,

This year pancake tuesday is on February 13th. In other countries it might be called shrove tuesday, or mardi gras.

Traditionally this is a day where we use up many of the supplies in our pantry in preparation for lent, a religious fasting period. Nowadays, even if our family is not religious we still celebrate pancake tuesday, especially for children. We make pancakes for breakfast or dinner and enjoy them with our favorite toppings, for example chocolate, lemon, sugar, strawberries or other fruit.

Will you make pancakes on this pancake Tuesday?

以前アミティーで学習いただいていた皆さまへ
アミティーでは、皆様の復学を大歓迎しております。慣れた環境でもう一度英語学習をしてみませんか？
お久しぶりの方も、体験レッスンで一歩を踏み出しましょう！
精一杯応援させていただきますので、まずはどうぞお気軽にご連絡ください♬