Ken's progress

*****Baby to Toddler*****
毎日、英語の歌を歌ったり話しかけ。日本語よりも英語優位の頃。

*****4 years old******
友人にプライベートで週に一度レッスンをしてもらう。
家庭では、英語で。　幼稚園では日本語での生活。

*****5 years old*****
プライベートレッスンは主に作文に。読みもかなりできるようになる。
家庭では、English Timeとして毎日30分ほどの会話の時間を持つ。
そのほかは、母国語強化のため日本語に。
アメリカ人のミッショナリーが行っているRanger Kidsという男の子のための活動に週1回90分参加。（共通言語英語）

児童英検Silver合格。

*****6 years old*****
幼稚園卒園直前にGUAMに短期留学。誕生日の都合で、現地の小学1年生のクラスを経験。(St.John School in GUAM, USA)

小学1年に入学を機に、プライベートレッスンは友人の子供が学校（インターナショナルスクール）で使っているものと同じものを使って文法や作文をする。そのほか毎週Spelling testと Book reportと作文。

児童英検Gold合格。

その頃書いた作文（原文）
I wanna go to the camp with Gonzalez Pastor and my friends.
I hope I will go there again.
I want to play in the park.
I will have fun.

*****7 years old*****
レッスン内容は前年と同じ。4月にはGrade 2ndの教材へ。
自宅においては、Scholasticの"100 wards for 2nd grade"と"100 math for 2nd grade"を平行しながら。
お気に入りの作家は、Arnold Lobel。
作文がある程度書けるようになったので"Ken-kun's Jurnal"をオープンさせる。http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/ken1997　参照
Ranger Kidsつながりで、バイリンガルチャーチにも親子で毎週日曜日参加。
英語劇や歌の発表を経験。

英検5級・4級合格

その頃書いたBook report （原文）
Title: Spring
Auther: Arnold Lobel
Story about:
Frog went to Toad's house.
But Toad did not wake up.
Frog went to inside and looked at the sky.
But Toad couldn't wake up.
So Frog brought a calender, and he said
"It is May, Toad!!"
Toad woke up and went walking.

*****8 years old*****
英語教育は昨年同様の内容。
お気に入りの作家はRobert MunschやArnold Lobel。
PokemonやNarniaなどは、ChapterBookも読めるようになる。

英検3級合格

その頃書いた作文（原文）　by Ken-kun's Jurnal
"Digging Fossils"
On August fifth, I went to 120,000,000,000 years ago on the time machine trip.
I was going to digging fossils. There was lots of mountains and the rock wall have a fossil of dinosar's footprints.
It likes climbing up a mountain.
But I thought the dinosars couldn't climb up a mauntain.
First, the leader told us
"120,000,000,000 years ago, here was a sea. But now here was only lots of mauntains and no sea."
I was unbelievable.
Next the leader told us about fossiles of dinosar's footprints.
That fossil is on the rock wall now, but 120,000,000,000,000 years ago here was a ground.
Then hundreds years ago, this ground was getting change and now it become to wall.
I thought it was time machine trip.
Last, leader gave us some hummers. And he said
"find a black rock like this, and breake the rock and it has lines,can you see? If you will find fossiles, let me see."
I was getting exciting.
I thought I want to find fossils.
I started digging, there was lots of rocks. But which one is a fossil in . I didn't know.
Finally, I found black rocks but it was no fossil.
That too bad. I thought I should change a place.
There was a lot of black rocks.
I broke a rock with my hummer. Then I saw a something brightning.
I showed leader it.
It was a plant fossil I was so happy.
Next, I saw a rock with 3 lines. I showed it leader.
It was shell fossils.
This mountain was really sea long time ago.
The time was very fast !!
It was veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery fun time machine trip.
I thought I want to study more and more about fossils and dinosars.