Japan in a Suitcase and Star Lab

We had two special events yesterday. Our first two speakers were from "Japan in a Suitcase". They brought a suitcase full of interesting Japanese items. They focused on teaching us about how things have changed over time. This was a nice compliment to our JCCH field trip last week. Here are some pics of what they showed us.

Children in Japan bow and greet their teachers to show respect.

Did you know that they have McDonald's in Japan?

Japanese money sure looks different from our money!

Japanese students have so many letters (characters) that they need to learn!

Their school day is longer than ours and they sometimes go to school on Saturday.

They use cute bento bako lunch boxes.

Yum! Their lunches look delicious!

They play fireworks for special occasions.

Elisa and Jayvis are wearing yukata (summer kimono).

They play Jan Ken Po in Japan.

We play that in Hawaii, too!

Here we are posing with the Japan in a Suitcase presenters.

 

 

 

 

 

The Star Lab was a fun experience. We crawled into the gigantic bubble and saw the night sky projected on the ceiling. Mr. Mike taught us a lot about what we could see in the night sky. It was so cool! Ask your child to tell you what he/she saw in the Star Lab.

The Star Lab was awesome!