Ashton's turn to visit a local Misawa elementary school.
The goal was to have a cultural exchange and have fun building relationships through
teaching the American kids some traditional Japanese games.
Ashton and his best friend Donicus
Changing into our indoor shoes.
We were welcomed to the school and each of the kids were given a buddy.
Our kids don't speak Japanese and they didn't speak English. It is amazing to me that even though kids can't communicate through words they still have a good time together and it all worked amazingly!
Jump Rope
The Japanese kids were fantastic jumpers!
Daruma Drop
Spinning Tops
Goal is to have your top out last everyone else.
Fukuwarai
Roughly translated as lucky laugh. It is a game played during the New Years's celebration. It's a lot like the game, pin the tail on the donkey. You place all the parts of a face on the head and when you take off the blindfold you see the crazy face you created.
It was so fun watching these American boys get blindfolded, not knowing what was going on or what they should do. But they quickly got the idea and had a ton of fun playing this game.
Imagine just meeting someone that you can't understand and they start to blindfold you...I think I would have put my arms in an X (which means no in Japan). I'm just kidding, I would have loved to play all these games with the kids.
Origami Sumo Wrestling
You take turns competing against each other and have your sumo outlast all the rest.
Origami
Making a box
Cup and Ball
Ashton and his buddy
Love spending time with this cute little guy.
Every time there is a field trip to a Japanese school, I will be signing up!
~ December 3, 2015 ~
2 comments:
What an awesome field trip! The Japanese school was so organized with all of those games. Looked fun.
What an awesome field trip! The Japanese school was so organized with all of those games. Looked fun.
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