Freya's Graduation (part 9: Freya & Friends)

As a token of great memories. ...and gratitude...간직하고 싶죠.

자랑하는. ....

Each student had a chance to be photographed in her/his own pose.

여기는 프레야이다.

프레야의 반친구. 강반 친구들과 찍은 졸업 사진.

Freya...once again...congrats.축하해.

Freya's Graduation (part 8: Happy Freya)

2년이 지났는데 즐거웠던 추억이 가득!!

엄마.아빠와 함께 졸업식을 마무리했다. 

우리 사랑스러운 프레야를 위해 와야 했다.

유치원에서 졸업 사진까지 찍다니 참 신기하다.

프레야....축하해요^^ 사랑해요.

Freya's Graduation (part 7)

In front of the kindergarten that Freya had been attending to for the past 2 years.

The banner. Winter. Graduation. Bouquet. With Mom.

선생님,  감사합니다. 

항상 즐거운 미소를 갖게 되길....

Pics & Videos of Freya's Graduation Show (part 2)

A Musical Ensemble presented by these little angels^^

When they started to open their mouth and sing...^^

Thanks to Auntie Ulfa and Uncle Wawan for coming to the show....

Here is another video of Freya and her friends...playing along with some musical instruments

Being a kindergarten kids looked so fun after all. 

It has been a wonderful 2-year school time for Freya @ Hwigyeong Kindergarten.

Pictures and Videos of Freya's Graduation Show

Yes..it's been 2 years since Freya got enrolled at a Korean Government sponsored Kindergarten.

And..the time has come for the final show of kids' achievement or fun during the 2-year school year.

This is a video showing Freya and her friends' performance.

What a great night indeed.

I was not able to attend the whole procession since I was in Indonesia back then. 

But..judging from the pictures and the video...boy oh boy...^^ 

They sure did have a great time. 

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I think the teachers did a great job of .......training patiently...^^ all of these cute little kids.. 

But...hey..the kids themselves do have some talents...^^ 

The best part of it all..is the fact that they learned a great deal of having to collaborate with others. 

The perfect harmony...

and the efforts put into it..is enormously beautiful.

Freya begins her summer vacation

It's the last day of school for Freya. Finally she officially begins her summer vacation. On the last day of school, lots of parents came to school to pick their kids up. As for me, it's my turn to meet her. I think I was among the veryyy few men or daddies who were there.

Well...then, Freya. Are you ready to have fun during the whole summer? 

Bye bye for now Hwigyeong Kindergarten..till we meet again at the end of Auguts.

*the funny thing was that....just as we stepped out of the school complex, Freya blurted out that she'd missed her friends already.*-*

Bubble Show @ Freya's Kindergarten

Summer vacation has finally arrived. But, before that...the school prepared pre-summer activities that included 'bubble show' at the school's auditorium. The invited performer did a good job of entertaining the kids and their parents. 

here is the link to the video I shot during the show.

Oh, Freya was granted a stand-inside-bubble gift for being 'nice' during the show.

Right after the show, the kids and their moms were ushered into the classroom to start 'making' their lunch. Yup..that's what they did.

A morning well-spent with Freya.

Ready for 63 Building Trip

Thursday, July 10 was the day that Freya had been waiting for, for she and her friends were going on a trip to 63 Building for an Aquarium and other activities for the whole day.

Early in the morning, she was excited to be on the trip since she knew that she'd be able to see the fish and the show she'd been talking about prior to her departure.

Clad in her green t-shirt...with a white hat....she's ready. 

When she got home, she bombarded me with unstoppable stories of what she experienced during the whole day trip to 63 Building. 

A Visit to Freya's Kindergarten (part 2): Golden Bell Game

  

Golden Bell: For Koreans, it's a famous quiz-based game in which participants are usually high-school students competing to answer 100 (?) questions ranging from various subjects they learn. But, since it's a kindergarten-level,..what kind of questions that we encountered? It's hilariously funny. 

The kids had to sit on the floor with one parent sitting behind them. And, as the real Golden Bell game, they were equipped with one grab-able whiteboard and an erasable pen to write the answers down. 

Oh, did I mention that I WAS the ONLY Dad coming to school? Of course, most of the Das must have been working in the morning and for me..being a student has its own privilege. I was free since I had no class on Fridays. So, it's a surreal feeling to be surrounded by other kids' Moms while I was--againn--the ONLY Dad present. 

Kids had to write down the answer by themselves. As for me, it was also a good chance to see Freya write all of the answers in Korean alphabets (Hangeul).  

She was enthusiastically following each question and answering them in a timely manner. And..boy oh boy..what a crowd. It looked like a real Golden Bell game. 

Freya..way to go, girl.^^

The question was shown on the TV screen while the teacher was reading them out loud.  

As soon as the question was read, Freya took no time to answer it. She seemed to know what the answer'd be.   

Here's an example of 'funny' question that cracked me up..but surely enough to entertain and make us learn one or two about the school as well. 

"Who's among these people is someone's working at our kindergarten?"

(1) Tobot  (2) Pororo (3) Elsa (from 'Frozen), and Mrs. Song, the director of school. 

See what I mean?

And..this was what happened...they were excited..and getting more and more excited as they were eager to know what's coming up next... 

(1) Robocar Polli is fire fighter (True or False)  & (2) What is medicine (약) that we consume at home on a daily basis? *Answer: 치약 (tooth paste). 

Yes, the question and answer sound to be so illogical in English but it DOES sound sensible in Korean language. ^^ 

Or a question like where to call when there is a fire? Is it 911 or 199 or 114. Hmm..^^

it's one of the must-know basic survival number in Korea that even kids have to know. 

All kids managed to get through right up to the final round and that meant...each of them got three vouchers of free time at the school.

Oh, well, whatever it was...this parent-kid day at Freya's kindergarten really showed me an insider's access into what my kid has been doing in the class.

Simply love it.

A Visit To Freya's Kindergarten (part 1)

It's parents-participatory-class day. We left home early so as to reach the school earlier. There was something different we saw on the street as we exited ourselves from the subway. It's a sight of women clad in blue and others in red which seemed to be 'working' for someone's vying for the upcoming regional election in Korea.  Ok, anyway...let's resort to the kindergarten...

As soon as she entered the class and put her bag and stuff at her locker, she picked up something..and started making something.  

So, today's goal was to invite parents to experience and see what their kids do on a daily basis at school. First, it's a morning greeting session where kids took turn to introduce themselves. 

Then..came up the freely-choose-your-own-activity. Kids asked their Moms (or Dad) to see and aid them do what they wished to do. 

They all grouped themselves into corners or tables designed up for 5 kids and began their select activities. 

As for Freya, she decided to make a book of her own. A dummy one, of course. But, in the eyes of the kids, the books they made out of paper and scraps did manage to get them absorbed into what they'd chosen. 

Then...off she went to draw something... 

,,playing with bricks with her Mom. 

and making 4-D ball made of plastic and paper. 

*let's go...