Swedish Embassy Children's Day
The Swedish Embassy has kindly invited us to their Children's Day celebration. We played some Swedish games and enjoy Swedish toys and literature.
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Project Sumo Art and Project North Korea Abduction Issue
We had a very special event in March where we combined two projects. Mr. Ki Nimori, a veteran art teacher and artist, perhaps best know for his sumo sculpture, visited GKA and showed the Anything Can Happen crew how to make sumo sculptures out of terracotta clay. Later, the team made a presentation to the other GKA children about how to make the sculptures. The children were delighted to learn not only sculpture techniques but also stories about sumo from Mr. Nimori. The second project was a special presentation by Shino, a fourth grader who attends a Japanese school. She had researched the issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents by interviewing a newspaper reporter. She summarized her findings of this very difficult topic and gave an easy-to-understand quiz show so that the younger children may be exposed to the issues. Shino created certificates and thank you notes for all attendees. As the group pictures show, all the children from age 3 to 12 had fun this evening!
Posted by gka at 13:56
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Project Art Appreciation - Artscape 2004
The children of Global Kids Academy went to see Artscape 2004 at Children's Castle. It is wonderful when children see and appreciate artwork created by other children. The GKA kids had the task of picking their favorite pieces and explain why they chose those pieces in their target language.
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Project Construction - Tokyo Prince Park Tower
Date：Nov. 28, 2003
Place：Tokyo Prince Park Tower
The Anything Can Happen crew had a very special opportunity to visit the Tokyo Prince Park Tower, still under construction. Led by the architects of Tange Associates and the construction crew of Kajima Kensetsu, the Anything Can Happen Day crew got to go all the way to the top in the cage-like elevator in full construction gear. We then visited hotel guest rooms being built. Next, we went to the gigantic ball room in the basement which was the size of a football field. Later, we returned to the architects' office and studied the models for a better idea of the finished product. We cannot wait to go back and see the building when it is completed. The children were inspired to make their own model building, made of recycled products, and sent the model with a thank you poster to the people of Tange Associates.
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Project Paperless Office - visit to IBM Consulting Services
We were very privileged to be invited by Leona's mother and father to visit the offices of IBM Consulting Services in Maru Biru (Marunouchi Building). We learned about how communication takes place in this state-of-the-art paperless office. The children were fascinated to hear how meeting discussions can be instantly summarized and distributed on-line. One feature of the office the children liked was the "fish bowl", a circular area where executives can call a meeting, swivel in their chairs and start the discussion.
Posted by gka at 13:45
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Halloween Play 2003
On October 31, 2003, the Anything Can Happen crew made up of Leona, Kaitlyn, Aya and Michael produced and performed a fantastic Halloween play in four parts. Using themes from Japanese and wester folk tales, the children gave a very unique performance, using props and sets created by themselves. In the climax scene, the children bounced to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
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