October and November are traditionally a time of harvest. In simple words, it’s the time of year when FOOD is important!

So we spent the last two months learning about food – we learned the names of all sorts of different kinds of foods and did a lot of fun food-related activities!

One thing we did that the kids really enjoyed was this:

Flowers? But…they’re not food!

No….but the fun part was that the kids made these paintings using food!!

We used cut-up pieces of lotus root (レンコン), Japanese radish(ダイコン), and broccoli (ブロッコリ).

The kids were really fascinated as they listened to Andrew giving instructions for the activity…

    
And they were even more excited to try for themselves!

I was really touched by the kids’ creativity and to see them having so much fun – the teachers commented a lot on what the little ones were doing:
Wow! Very nice flowers!
You’re making spiral flowers – they look cute!
Looks good! Do you want to make another one?

And it was nice to hear the kids responding and even repeating what the teachers were saying!
Interacting using art is fun and a great way to encourage communication!

Very proud of our little ones - I think these should be displayed in The Louvre, haha!