Shanghai Utsukushigaoka Montessori Kindergarten assists in the growth of children by the educational idea of Montessori

We started our second term in winter. It's super cold! But the students were very happy to be back to school to see their friends and teachers again.

This term, we started a Spanish class with Blue, some Yellow, and some Red students. We let the students get to know the different cultures with different languages. Teacher Osborne is the Spanish teacher of our department, and also the sports teachers. Students now start to greet him by saying, "Hola," "Como estas?" "Gracias," and "Adios." It's not very easy to remember all the words and phrases. But all the students still really enjoyed this class.

January 12 was our school's Mochitsuki Day. All the parents and kids were pounding the rice while yelling, "Jia you! Jia you!" Then some moms helped us to divide the big dough to each family. We sat together eating the mochi with the soybean sauce, seaweed, and red bean paste. It was the celebration of the coming new year!