Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes! Let’s practice counting!　あたま、かた、ひざ、あしのゆび！数える練習をしましょう！

執筆者 | 2015年11月20日 | Happy Valley, Kids, News

Enjoy this twist on “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”, adding in numbers. 数字を使って別バージョンの「Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes」も楽しみましょう。 Classroom Tip Dance and sing with Pinka. Students can use their fingers and toes to count 1 to 10. This is a great...

Trivia of the Week: Hopscotch

執筆者 | 2015年11月19日 | Trivia

To play hopscotch, you need some rectangles drawn on the ground, usually with chalk. Toss a stone onto the ground. Now, jump along the squares using either one foot (where there is only one square) or two feet (where two squares are next to each other). However, you...

Idiom of the Week: Safe as Houses

執筆者 | 2015年11月18日 | Idioms

“Are you sure this thing is safe?” “Safe as houses!” We usually feel safe in our own house. That may not be the real origin of this idiom, however. Some say it came from investing in houses, which were a safe investment compared to railways. It...

Word of the Week: Knot

執筆者 | 2015年11月17日 | Words

A knot is what we create when we tie two strings together. Knots are so important that there are names for many different kinds of knots, and they often appear in metaphors. A problem that’s difficult to solve is “knotty”. When two people get married...