English Land Update

Happy New Year! Well, there was an English Land this past Saturday at the Okinawa Kids Zoo in Okinawa City. I would like to thank all the volunteers for all of their support. The next English Land will take place in Naha and the date is still not set but it looks like it will take place on the forth Saturday of March. I will keep everyone posted! Stay Genki!

Halloween - English Land Wrap-Up!

Well, we all had a great time at Halloween English Land! Thanks to all the volunteers, interpreters, and kids! As always it was spooky fun! Here are soem pic of the volunteers. I will post more of the kids as soon as I get a chance.

Halloween - English Land Schedule

Following is the a brief outline and a list of the group activities for the Halloween - English Land on Oct. 25th, from 10AM to 12Noon at the Naha Board of Education Hall (3rd Floor) across the street from Yogi Park. As usual, we will sing a song and I have posted Richard of www.genkienglish.com teaching us how to do it. Have a look at the "Happy Halloween" Song. Let's have a great time!

Schedule of Activities

• 10:00~10:10 Greetings Stretch! / "What's your name? Song
• 10:10~10:15 Introduce Theme
• 10:15~10:20 Let's sing the "Happy Halloween" Song
• 10:20~10:30 Eyeball Relay
• 10:30~11:15 Group Activities
• 11:15~11:35 Mummy Wrap Relay
• 11:35~11:40 Announce the winner of the costume contest
• 11:40~11:45 Closing Remarks
• 11:45~11:55 "Trick-o-Treat" Candy Bag Give-a-Way
• 11:55~12:00 Good-bye Song

Group Activities:

• Apple Bobbing
• Grave Diggers (Fishing Game)
• Slam! (Karuta Game)
• Dr. Frankenstein (Make a Skeleton Game)
• Boo! (Crash Game)
• Ostrich Game

Please start selecting group leaders and if you want the instructions to the activities, leave me a comment with your e-mail addy! Boooooooooo!

English Land September 2008 - Under the Sea

We had a great time in September with the kids and volunteers! The theme was "Under the Sea." The Key words were: whale, squid, seahorse, jellyfish, crab, dolphin, shark and dolphin.

The key phrase and response was "What can you see?" "I can see a __." Once we got warmed up with the greeting stretch, we taught the kids the key words and phrases. A big hit was the "Sticky Fingers" game. Another big hit was the "Nemo" game. Kids also fished for cards and guessed the mystery card. We all had a blast playing "Sushi!" (also known as the "Crash" game)

I want to thank everyone for all their hard work and I look forward to my favorite "Halloween English Land" to be held on October 25th from 10AM-12noon. I hope to see everyone there! Keep checking back for upcoming schedule for that event. If you have any questions or would like a listing of the rules of the games please contact me at cesarinokinawa@yahoo.com Stay Genki!

English Land September 2008

Here is the schedule for the English Land "Under The Sea" Event on Saturday, September 27th 2008 from 9Am to 12noon. I you have any questions please leave me a comment or call me at 080-3844-7987.

10:00-10:10 Greeting stretch and "What's your name?" song
10:10-10:20 Introduce Theme "Under the Sea"
10:20-10:40 "Sticky Fingers" Game
10:40-10:50 "What can you See?" Song
10:50-11:45 Group Activities

1. "What do you have?" Fishing Game
2. "Missing Card" Game
3. "Nemo" Game
4. "This or That" Game
5. "Mystery Cards" Game
6. "Sushi" (Crash Game)

11:45-11:50 "Review" Theme
11:50-11:55 "Good-bye" Song
11:55-12:00 Closing Remarks

If you want the instructions for the games/activities or copy of the official program, please leave me a comment or email me at cesarinokinawa@yahoo.com

English Land September 2008

Hey everyone! The date for the next English Land has been set for September 27th from 10AM to 12Noon at the Naha Board of Education Hall. The theme will be "Under the Sea." I will update you soon on the schedule of the event (games and activities). If anyone wants to contribute an idea or head and activity please let me know! If you want to study the target English, New Vocabulary and song, please visit Richard's site at http://genkienglish.net/underthesea.htm For further information please send me a comment with you name and contact e-mail. Thanks and hope to see you there!

English Land Pics Sent in by Gordon

Hey everyone! Gordon has graciously sent in some pics of English Land July 2008, "Bugs!"
Click on the following sight to view! Thanks Gordon!

http://picasaweb.google.com/cesarinokinawa/GordonSEnglishLandPicsJuly2008

English Land July 2008

We did it again and English Land keeps getting bigger and bigger! There were about 90 or so kids that showed up to learn about bugs! The target was "What's that? It's a ~." There were eight stations for the kids to practice the new target and words. Everyone had a blast! Thank you to all the volunteers and as always the kids for coming out!