Today, a new exceptional video: I'll spend a day in a Japanese kindergarten!
After the girls high school video that was interesting because it reminded Japanese Anime and Manga, this time we'll discover how children are educated since very young
Of couse this video will be more "Kawaii", cuter than usually
That's why I'm wearing my cutest T-shirt (lol)
Like last time, I won't make a comparaison between France and Japan because education is a deep topic and I don't pretend to master this subject
I'm just gonna spend a day to discover how it can be in a Japanese kindergarten. Of course it's just an example, it doesn't mean that all Japanese kindergartens are same as the one I'm gonna visit
The idea is just to have an overview of something that we aren't normally able to see
The school is located in Yamato, in Kanagawa prefecture. It's only 1 hour from Tokyo. And I'm going there with Mutsumi.
It's thanks to her that I can visit the kindergarten because she is the one who introduced me there.
- Mutsumi, are you happy to go back to school? - Yeah, that's nice!
Welcome to Yamato Kindergarten!
We are in the school, in the teachers'place, so let's start the visit!
In the school, kids take off their shoes and walk barefoot or with slippers that go perfectly with my shirt!
- Oh, it started to rain! - Yeah, it's raining!
It's raining so we shouldn't stay here, let's go back inside!
The school bus is arriving! Actually it's the second and last bus, the first one already came 1 hour ago.
They don't look happy!
They must think that there are 2 strange guys staring at them!
Let's wave our hands to them! Go!
Nobody cares!
This bus is the second and last bus. The first one came at 9am, this one at 10am. There are 2 groups.
Now we are in the school playground, kids are playing here before classes start.
- So, all the people here are teachers? - Yes but there are also some traineeship teachers.
I see, futur teachers that are now studying in university and here for a traineeship.
Here is an inside playground. Kids can play here when it's raining. Under the tree!
The school has 2 floors and there are many different classes for kids aged from 3 to 5 years old.
Some classes start from 9am whereas the others start from 10am. I'm gonna watch a class from the second group. It's a 3rd year class so kids are 5 years old.
A morning in our kindergarten always start by welcoming our 2 groups who come by 2 different schedules.
We propose 2 schedules: from 9am and from 10am.
As soon as the kids arrive, they prepare themselves by changing their uniforms and tidying their stuff.
After that, they go outside to play freely.
Then they come back to the classroom and the class starts with music, roll call and greetings.
Then, we start the main activity of the day which change everyday: creations, English lessons or sport.
The class is starting now! They have just played piano and now they are gonna sing.
Japanese schools often start with music, it was same in high school even if it was because that was a Buddhist high school.
Kids have all a small piano and they play with it while the teacher is playing for real.
Now they are tidying everything and they are gonna sing.
Tick Tac! Tick Tac! Mr. Clock.
Tick Tac! Tick Tac! He's moving.
Hello! Good bye!
Tick Tac! Tick Tac! Good bye!
I love your voice!
I love the way you talk and sing!
More than any other, your voice is the one I love the most!
I think it's very difficult to be a kindergarten teacher.
I'm saying that because, as you can see, she's playing piano, isn't it?
So she has to play piano and sing but also watch over the kids in the same time.
It's difficult, isn't it?
- Is it possible to become a teacher if I can't play piano? - No, it's impossible!
It's difficult!
Actually my sister wanted to become a teacher but she's so bad to play piano so she had to give up...
Elbows and heels!
Up and down!
Forward and backward!
Now, we're ready!
Good morning!
You can sit down.
It's roll call time!
Let's go!
We feel good!
Always good!
That's what nice kids say!
(Kids are saying "Yes, I feel good!". I added a music to hide their names)
After the roll call, the teacher is checking every kid's notebook.
On these notebooks, parents write information about their kid: how long he slept last night, if he is ill or if there's anything particular to know.
Yesterday, this class went to the Enoshima aquarium so today's lesson is about underwater world: they draw and color fish.
Yesterday, kids went to visit the Enoshima aquarium.
With the bus, we often go out, for example to visit a zoo or a science museum.
We also go out on foot, for example to collect acorns. We adapt the activities according to the seasons.
And every Summer, the oldest section of the kindergarten goes to Mount Fuji to spend a night. Of course we don't climb up until the top but we enjoy it.
Now we're going to watch another class with younger kids.
What are you doing here?
We are creating a gift for Fathers Day.
- What is it? - A plane!
So cool!
- I'm so popular! - Yes, very popular!
Kids love you because of your skirt with flowers but nobody cares about my tee shirt! NOBODY!
I was just hoping a compliment... Even just one... Or just a glance...
My life is a way that goes nowhere... I'm waiting for a train which will never come...
Fortunately, that's in the hard moments that I can count on my bros...
See, I told you! Somebody will find you!
Then, his sister came and said "OMG, he's talking to his pooh!"
- It was a pooh story! - Interesting!
Now we're watching the first sport lesson of these young kids!
It's the really first sport lesson of these kids who just entered the kindergarten. They are only 3 years old so the teachers makes it very cute and funny for them.
- Are they doing a sandwich? - Exactly!
And we add lettuce!
And mayonnaise!
And tomato!
We are doing a rice bowl!
We add the salt plum (Umeboshi)!
Let's form the bowl!
Yes, we did it!
We just became helicopters: let's rotate!
One, two, three: jump!
Now we are on the school terrace. Kids can also come here to play.
So what's your first impression, Mutsumi? What do you think about what we saw until now?
Too cute!
Yeah, it's so cute! But it's a bit difficult to shoot because I don't want to disturb the lessons
Even if I'm here to shoot, I also don't want to disturb the teachers and the kids so I try to shoot very discreetly.
What is at first very impressive here is the cuteness .
I'm not talking about the kids but about the way teachers and adults behave with the kids: how they allow or don't allow things.
It's always with the smile in a cute way. They seems to never yell or punish them.
Moreover, there are so many toys and games for kids everywhere! It's impressive!
We can also watch Sumo fights!
Now we are in the school library, just above the hall where sport lessons take place.
What is very impressive is the number of books! They have so much books for a kindergarten!
Now, it's gonna be lunch time! I can feel that the kids are getting impatient!
Here are the Bento boxes: every kid will get one.
The teacher is preparing the plates while kids are cleaning the tables and going to toilet.
You can choose how much you want to eat depending on your appetite!
Those who want a small portion, come on!
Kids can choose how much they eat. Here is the small portion team.
Here is the average portion team!
And here is the big portion team!
Everybody, let's start!
Itadakimasu (enjoy your meal)!
Normally, the kids have to serve themselves. Today is exceptional because it's curry so it takes time to serve but usually kids do all the service.
That's why they also serve themselves when they want an extra portion.
The music played during the lunchtime is Anime music, One Piece music actually.
So I'm gonna eat with the kids!
- What's your favorite food? - Curry!
- Me too, curry! - Yeah, me too!
- Is it everybody's favorite food? - Yes!
And what do you hate?
Broccoli!
Me, I hate spicy food!
Have you ever seen magic? I'm gonna show you...
Look, this thing is in my right hand!
And I've nothing in my left hand, have I?
Check it!
Just earlier, you passed it in the other hand when you moved!
I saw you when you did it!
Ok, then check it again now!
It's in this one, isn't it?
- So, where is it? - I don't know...
It must have fallen!
Actually it was just here...
How come?
It was behind your ear!
That's magic!
Magician Guigui
The best birthday party magician/clown
How is decided the canteen menu?
First, the nutritionists from a specialized center send us a proposition.
They propose a monthly menu and send it to us.
Then, we give a feedback and say if we want to adapt something depending on our activities.
And then, they make the final menu. That's the normal process.
The kids favorite menus are of course curry, Hanbagu (Japanese chopped steak) or Karaage (fried chicken).
Now back in the teachers room. So Mutsumi, what do you think about the school, is it same as the one you went?
But you told me, in Japan there are 2 different kind of kindergarten: one which is a school, like here, where kids learn things with teachers. And one which is a nursery, where kids just play while the parents are at work.
Yes, and the biggest difference is the teachers qualifications.
I see. It's logic because here is more about education.
In order to teach in kindergarten, we have to graduate in a specialized school but there are different kinds of.
Either 2 years in a specialized school, either 4 years at the university.
Everybody choose depending on what goes the most to himself.
We study, pass the exams and as soon as we graduate, we can start to work!
- And everybody has to be able to play piano ? - Yes, it's necessary!
Now it's 2pm and it's the end of the school day: kids start from 9am or 10am and finish at noon or 1pm.
But if parents are still at work, kids can stay here until 6:30pm. However, it's only a nursery service, there is no more lesson.
Bye bye!
Me too, gimmie high five!
When kids are at school, they were these sport clothes. Maybe because it's comfortable.
But when they arrive at school and when they go back home, they wear an uniform.
I see, so they wear an uniform only on the way to school and the way back to home but they wear sport clothes at school because they play a lot and it can become dirty.
Now it's time to go back for kids. It was a very interesting day!
Bye bye! Take care!
Comparing to this morning, it's so different!
- This morning, they were like that! "Who are you?" - It's completely different!
For the kids who can't go back home at 2pm because their parents are working, here is the Kids Club, a nursery service where kids can stay until 6:30pm.
So kids are playing here waiting for their parents who come by a backdoor.
A new customer is coming at the shop!
Hello!
- I would like a cake, please! - Ok!
Chocolate cake!
He has so much beard!
Hello!
What do you have?
Strawberries and Onigiri (rice bowls)!
I'm gonna do some magic!
Wait, not yet!
Wait a bit!
I have a strawberry in my right hand...
Check now!
Look, I think I can do magic also!
Look, I put this in here!
- I don't have anymore! - That's true! Where has it gone?
I don't know!
It was tiring but very interesting: I did show my magician skills! Magician Guigui!
Now it's time to tidy the room because it's 3pm and it's sweet time! In France, we do it at 4pm but in Japan it's 3pm.
As always, the kids are cleaning the tables.
They don't say "Itadakimasu"?
Itadakimasu!
Bye bye!
Thank you!
It's the end of this incredible day in a Japanese kindergarten! Thank you Mutsumi, you made it possible!
Did you enjoy it? Very tired I guess... Me too!
Let's conclude this video tonight in order to give my impressions of that very interesting day.
Here is the conclusion of this day in a Japanese kindergarten...
Firstly, the cat tee shirt: totally inefficient, forget it!
You have to know that there are 2 types of kindergarten in Japan: the Youchi-en, which is a school, and the Hoiku-en, which is a nursery.
What shows the different is that the Youchi-en depends on the Ministry of Education while the Hoiku-en depends on the Ministry of Health.
Moreover, the Yamato Youchi-en is a highly rated school with a very good reputation. It's not an average school.
So the kids that we saw today were all very respectful and kind. And the teachers were talking to them in a very cute way. They didn't yell or threaten when kids were acting bad. Anyway I didn't see any kid acting bad...
Furthermore, something that impressed me is the number of adults. There is a teacher for every class but also many other adults playing and watching over the kids.
In the school playground, they are not sitting and watching the kids but participating and making the kids play.
And the last thing is the empowerment of kids and the life in community.
For example, the kids clean themselves the tables, choose the amount of food they want to eat, serve themselves...
It's something interesting, above all from that very young age.
So that was a very interesting and amazing experience who complete perfectly my video about Japanese high school.
I also visited a Japanese middle school in my video about Japanese martial arts because that school was the only one in Japan teaching Naginata, a traditional martial art. Go check it!
See you soon for the next video!
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