2019年1月29日（火）～1月31（木）『1月29日（火）～1月31日（木）　『Let’s Make A Dutch Snack! （オランダのおやつを作ろう！）』　を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

We’ve all had those moments where we’ve lost our keys, our wallets, phones or other items. Sometimes someoene around you knows where you’ve put it and can help you find it by saying, for example: ”It’s on the table.”  This week we had a look at the words ‘on’ and ‘under’. Is the magnet on or under the table? Is it on or under the chair? How about the spiders that we read about, where were they? Spiders are so small they can be in all sorts of places! There were spiders on the floor, under the bed, in the window, but fear not, there were none in our classroom. What we did have was equipment to make poffertjes! What’s that, you ask? Poffertjes are really small pancakes often enjoyed as a snack in the Netherlands. Telling each other what to do our students made some lovely, little pancakes. Enjoy!

2019年1月15日（火）～1月17日（木）　『Experiment : Blowing Up Balloons!（実験：膨らむ風船！）　』　を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

     Is there a party going on at Hop!?  What are all those balloons for?  This week we experimented with baking soda, vinegar and balloons.
What happens when you add baking soda to vinegar? We’ve seen it before in our experiment with colours, haven’t we? What a fizzy, foamy, colourful week!
This week we took not one balloon, but three balloons (don’t forget to add the ‘s’ when it’s plural!), three bottles, two spoons, a funnel some vinegar and baking soda.
Putting baking soda in each balloon with the help of our funnel and pouring vinegar in each bottle our experiment was not finished.
”What’s next?”
This next part was a bit tricky, because you need two hands to stretch the balloon and place it over the opening of the bottle. Since no one has three hands we needed a second person to hold the bottle.
”(Can you) hold the bottle.”
”Ok!”
Our experiment had not yet come to an end. It was time to lift up the balloons and let the baking soda fall into the vinegar. Immediately we heard great fizzing.
”Sounds like rain.” One student noted.
And as the mixture was fizzing and bubbling it blew up our balloons, some bigger than others!
Having learnt ‘long, longer, longest’ and ‘big, bigger, biggest’ shortly before, I could ask them: ”Which one is the biggest?”
”This one!”
Who would have thought you could blow up a balloon with vinegar and baking soda, but unless you like a sour smell hanging around your house, I would not recommend this method for your next party.

2019年1月8日（火）～1月10日（木）　『Pretend to be a hairdresser! （ 美容師になりきり！ ）　』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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Most of us go to the hairdresser every once in a while, be it to change the way we look or just to trim off split ends. Sometimes, however, we come home, look in the mirror and feel disappointed. This is especially true for those among us who travel. Why? Maybe it’s because we couldn’t communicate exactly what we wanted to our hairdresser. We thought it would be a good idea to practice going to the hairdresser in English!
What can we expect to hear and what should we reply? Perhaps it’s a good idea to bring a photo and show what it is you want. Let’s practice, but remember to be polite and finish your sentences with: please.
We hope your next experience at the hairdresser will be a pleasant one.

【次回の予告】2018年12月11日（火）～12月13日（木）　『Have A Holly, Jolly Christmas!（楽しいクリスマスを！）　』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

If you ask what someones favourite thing about the holidays is the answer may vary from: ”Presents!” and ”Cake!” to ”Being with family and friends.”. Trying to combine these three things we had a little Christmas party here at Hop!. Personally one of my favourite things is making a nice chocolate cake and sharing it with everyone and that’s exactly what we did this week. There was only one little problem: the only one who knew the recipe was the teacher. The children were left with no other option but to ask for instructions.
”How much do we need?” Asks a student holding a packet of pancake mix.
”We need 100 grams of pancake mix.”
100 grams of pancake mix doesn’t make a cake. We all know that.
”What’s next?” Asks another student.
When finally the cake was done and cooling down, we had time to play a game of pin the tail on the reindeer, after which we piped some cream on our cake, put strawberries on top and enjoyed our cake.
”Delicious!”

2018年12月4日（火）～12月6日（木）　『Let’s Make A Christmas Ornament!   （クリスマスの飾りを作ろう！）　』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】)
     We were in the presence of an angel this week.  But not just any angel, it was a pasta angel!  Sounds confusing?  Let me explain.  In the spirit of this holiday season we decided to make some Christmas decorations to hang in the tree, by the window or anywhere else.  What we made was an Angel out of different kinds of pasta.  Farfalle to serve as wings, penne to make the body and macaroni to make a glowing halo, all glued together to a starry night sky.  But to make these different pasta look like an angel we can’t just glue them in any random manner, now can we?
”Put it this way.” I instructed.
Any student who was still unsure needed simply ask: ”This way?” or ”Like this?”
We also had a look at the word they.  What’s the difference between ‘they’, ‘it’, ‘he’ or ‘she’?  I think most students understood the difference.  But we need a bit more practice.  Let’s try again next week!

【次回の予告】2018年11月27日（火）～11月29日（木）『Let’s Try To Speak One On One! （一対一で話してみよう！）　』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

      November has been a colourful month here at Hop!, and in order not to forget the students had some time to play a game all about shapes and colours. One game was played with the whole class.
Sometimes when we’re in a shop we can find those ideal shoes or pants, but what if it’s not the right colour or size? This game was to practice asking for a certain product in a certain colour. The students took turns being the shop assistant/customers. The customer -having found red shoes, but wanting another colour- had to take a card and look at the colour and then ask for the shoes in that same colour.
”Do you have these shoes in blue?” He or she would ask.
The assistant in turn would turn around one of the cards that were laying upside-down on the table.
”Yes, we do.” The assistant would answer if the card she turned around showed blue shoes. ”Here you go.”
”No, we don’t.” He or she would say if the colour would turn out to be different.
How many shoes did they collect at the end of this game? Some students quite many!
Now it was time to play a simple ball game with only the teacher, focusing more on what they had learned this month.

【次回の予告】2018年11月20日（火）～11月22日（木）　『Let’s Make Warm And Hearty Soup! ! （温かくて栄養たっぷりのスープを作ろう！）　』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

It’s no longer warm as we step out our door. As we walk outside we can enjoy the warm autumn colours that the trees have blessed us with. Yet, with all that refreshing air and those magnificent views we find ourselves longing for something warm. What’s better than a wholesome vegetable soup to keep us healthy this time of year? This time rather than having had the teacher giving them intstructions, students had to ask for them themselves. ”What’s next?” They’d ask, but some children must be great cooks at home, for they could instruct their fellow students on the next steps quite easily. ”Next, we’re going to chop the onion.” Add carrot, onion, garlic and leek to a pot with some tomato and herbs and you’ll have a fantastically hearty soup, but be careful, it’s hot! Enjoy!

【次回の予告】2018年11月13日（火）～11月15日（木）『Let’s Play Games With Your Favorite Color! （あなたの好きな色をつかって、ゲームをしよう！) 』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

     Last week we learnt all about colours. We learnt which two colours to blend to make another colour.  This week we learnt even more colours and all about shapes.  Can they ask about the colour or the shape of an object?  We turned it into a game.  One student had to take a card with a colour, look at it without the other students being able to see.
”What colour is it?” The other students ask. ”It’s green!”  The students then got the chance to look around the classroom and find one green object.  One student found a chair that was green another pointed at the wall.  ”A green chair.” ”A green wall.”  On to shapes!  Again the students got to take a card in turns.  ”What shape is it?” ”It’s a triangle!”  This time there were six boxes with pictures of shapes ready for them. The student who asked the question had to throw a ball in the box with the correct shape.  Aim and throw! ”Awesome!”  The ball had ended up in the correct box.

【次回の予告】2018年11月6日（火）～11月8日（木）　『Let’s Have Fun With Colors ! 　（色で楽しもう！）　』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

     Winter is slowly coming closer and with each leaf that falls the world seems to lose a bit of colour. Though here in this classroom there certainly was no lack of colour this week, as we decided to make some ourselves. We mixed our 3 primary colours (red, blue and yellow) and made the three secondary colours. Which colours do we need to make purlple? ”Red and blue” And for orange? ”Red and yellow.” What if we want to make green? ”Blue and yellow.” Now there were six glasses with six colours. It already looked quite fancy to me, but to make it even more interesting we added in a spoon of baking soda, a bit of washing up liquid and to top it off a quarter cup of vinegar. Like magic the mixture started to bubble and rise up until the glasses just couldn’t contain it anymore. Now, colouring our trays and tables, was a foamy rainbow.

2018年10月30日（火）～11月1日（木）『Let’s Try To Speak One On One!　（一対一で話してみよう！）　』を開催。

どんな英語が聞けるかな？話せるかな？お楽しみに！！

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【From Teacher’s Eye　～授業後の先生から一言～】

What do you do when you’re with a group of friends?  Maybe you’ll be talking, watching films or maybe you’d like to play games. But do you play games in silence? Perhaps, but it’s more fun if you could express yourself. This week we the students played a game of memory with just the teacher. It’s a fun way to review some of the vocabulary we learnt this month. We had a deck of cards with pictures of halloween creatures (two each). One cat, two cats, one mummy, two mummies and so on. ”Let’s shuffle!” With the cards upside down and shuffled well we had no idea where which monster was. Find two of the same and you can take the cards. The students took their their turn and turned two cards around. ”It’s your turn.” They said after they finished. After all the cards were taken it was time to count how many cards we got. Everyone is very good at this game. Unfortunately I can’t say the same for me. ”Congratulations, you won!”