Today in Okuma. Clear skies. The temperature exceeded 26 degrees.

The staff is a little tired of the midsummer heat. On the other hand, the children are running around energetically under the blue sky, ignoring the hot temperature. A gust of wind blows through each time the children run part the staff sitting on the lawn. Once again, we are keenly aware of the power children have.

The birds droppings were falling next to the pavilion in the park. The 6th grade students are watching them. "Wow, thats purple!"
"What did he eat?" So they went to go find what it could be, and they found small trees with berries on them.

"Oh, I know! This is a juneberry!" "You can eat them!" 

Yes, if you read these Yumenomori notes, you should know this by now. This is the Juneberry that we wrote about a few days ago. Juneberry plants produce white flowers before the leaves grow thick. In addition to fruit and flowers, in recent years it has become a popular flowering tree, as it grows into beautiful shapes, and it can be enjoyed throughout the year, in all four seasons. "Are these edible?" "Sour?"

The 6th grade students try it first, everyone picks up one piece, and puts it into their mouths. "Oh, its delicious!" "It looks like a cherry." "Lets wash them before eating them."
"Don't eat too many, let's keep some for the birds."
It was a big discovery we found in a small tree, during our lunch break.

At Yumenomori, there is a teacher from Australia, Benjamin. 
In 6th period, the 5th grade students had their English lesson with Mr. Benjamin. As its the last class of the day, the children were already tired, but they had a lot of fun with Mr. Benjamin!
"Ben, come quickly!" was said as he was led to the classroom.
Today, we presented the information we obtained from our interview challenge last week.

Everyone spoke so well, saying sentences such as "His birthday is…" or "He likes…". As a thank you for the teachers who were interviewed, we made them gifts in origami. Origami is not common in Mr. Benjamin's country, so we taught him how to make origami that everyone knows how to make. For anything that couldn't be explained in words, we used gestures, and videos on our tablets. We made them together while planning what we were making.

In addition to classes, we chat, and enjoy sports with Mr. Ben, he has become good friends with everyone. Cross-cultural communication in everyday places.

That's great! That's so wonderful!!!