【Kodomoen】 Hanbunko
To make our wishes come true, we're doing our best to make our Tanabata decorations stand out from anywhere else.
I don't know the name of today's productive playstyle! Please teach me?
Blowing soap mixed with paint, and making it foamy. Foam erupted from the cup, and was covered with washi paper, and the result was this notes banner picture!!
If you put a straw in your mouth, its normal to want to start sucking, but blowing is fun!
For example, if you do it with water handed out at a family restaurant, you will surely get in trouble.
But it's not just "No!", they need to learn such experiences through playing too. Am I the only one who thinks this makes "behaviour" better?
Today, the mobile library has arrived from Tomioka!
That's right, it was held at Tomioka's Nikoniko children centre before, that book market like the ones in France. It will be held every month in Okuma as well!
I'm impressed by the childrens selection of books. It doesn't matter what they picked, they just opened the picture books and decided "This is it!" I want to cherish their reading time.
Once upon a time, I received a letter from a family, and thanks to the "Hanbunko" dance at the Kodomoen, he makes everything hanbunko!
I would like to touch on "hanbunko" again now.
About 12 years ago, Okuma was evacuated to Aizuwakamatsu after suffering from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Living in a harsh evacuation centre and in a closed environment, the anxiety of the adults propagated, and before I knew it, there were children who couldn't smile well. Kindergartens and schools have reopened in Aizuwakamatsu, and you can meet your friends again! It should have been the greatest joy, but the children's smiles were awkward. At the joint entrance ceremony, a music group called ET-KING gave a surprise live performance to encourage the children. There was no childish reaction even when the song was upbeat and uptempo. Seeing this, the leader, Itokin, said "Music may not be necessary for everyone now!" The children's hearts were shaken by the soulful singing voice, and their expressions gradually softened.
As the kindergartens reopened, Ohno Kindergarten and Kumamachi Kindergarten reopened together, of course there will be songs for both kindergartens, but I hope that we will overcome this situation with one heart, and I am desperate. Not knowing where to send it from the inn where I was evacuated, I wrote a letter to the company that was written on the CD, but I assumed it wouldn't reach the record company. The children weren't the only ones who felt a spark in their sad hearts as they were moved by the soul-stirring voice. I brazenly requested that the children who had been separated should sing together and deliver a song that would connect them wherever they were. After a while, one day the garden's phone rang. It was from ET-KING's manager. He said, "A letter has arrived to ET-KING. The members want to respond to that letter. When the song is ready, we will come to deliver it in-person." This is how "Hanbunko" was born, and it is the spirit of ET-KING, which is full of love for the children of Okuma. In this way, it is now popularly sung in kindergartens all over the country.
From the thoughts contained in "Hanbunko", I gave my child a "name", the first gift I gave to them. However, Itokin, who would be pleased with the news, is no longer in this world. But even now, I think that he is still watching over the children of Okuma from the sky.
Even if the format changes from that of a certified nursery school, there is no change in the fact that it is a song I want to cherish.