We will have Bon Odori at Megumi next Friday. The students in our summer camp have been planning the Bon Odori since the beginning of this week. We are making lanterns and hanging them in the classroom. The excitement leading up to the festival is increasing! Japanese Preschool Seattle Washington Megumi Preschool

We cooked rice without using a rice cooker (stove-top, in pot). Tip for cooking rice: “at first begin with low heat, as the rice begins to expand boil...

They tried washing clothes by hand. A long time ago, everyone washed their clothes like this, a little troublesome right? But everyone had fun washing their clothes and enjoyed the experience. Japanese Preschool Seattle Washington Megumi Preschool

It was a perfect day yesterday on July 15 at The Golf Club at Redmond Ridge for the annual Seattle Executives Association Golf Tournament. 113 golfers enjoyed the challenging and beautiful 70 par course that included sweeping views of the Cascades, preserved native forests and wetlands. Here are the individual Hole Contes...

We started weaving “cloth waraji” since the beginning of this week. They are close to being completed. They are very cute! Japanese Preschool Seattle ...

This week’s theme is “clothing”. We will do various activities relating to the theme. We tried making “cloth waraji” today. Japanese Preschool Seattle...

“Invention” is the theme for the English class in our summer camp program. We learned about the invention of the ball point pen. We compared feather p...

Today we tried wood block printing with foam. Nagatomo sensei who majored in art was our instructor. The theme was “summer”. The students picked up va...

Mayumi Nakamura of Pacific Software Publishing addressed Seattle Execs on July 8 for the first time as President of the Association. “Pay It Forward” ...

The theme for our summer camp program is “life in the edo period”. We learned about “terakoya(school during edo era)” today. We tried the “soroban (ab...