Hello, Mother. 😊 Today we tried a play activity of giving our animal friends a bath.
First we put scrub mitts on our hands and splashed some water around~, then put soap on and scrubbed them nice and clean. When we waited and asked, “Which animal guest will come?”, HaRin welcomed an elephant guest.
After greeting it with “Welcome~”, she carefully and slowly washed the elephant here and there. She lathered it with soap with great care, rinsed the soapy water off cleanly with warm water, and had fun playing bath time. 🐘 🛁 After the play, we went for outdoor play.
Walking along a path with the autumn breeze gently blowing, holding a friend’s hand tightly, we happily learned an autumn song and also took a walk. 🍂 During the walk, we looked at the leaves turning colorful, and together we also explored how the blueberries change from green to purple.
We had a fun time feeling the cool autumn weather and meeting nature up close. 💕

Hello Mother 😊 Today we went to the animal hospital. 🐶🐱 Today I became a wonderful animal hospital doctor and checked on sick animal friends.
Asking kindly, “Where does it hurt?”, she carefully looked over the animal friend’s body, and checked its temperature too, saying “Here? Do you have a fever~”. Then she put the stethoscope to her ears and examined it, saying “Let me see~”. Saying “Oh my~ it has a fever!”, she gave it medicine, and when giving a shot she cared for it gently, saying “Press~ softly so it doesn’t hurt~” — she really looked like a wonderful animal hospital doctor. 🩺💕 If you talk about today’s animal hospital play at home too, and play animal hospital together using dolls or toys, I think she can continue the play even more joyfully. 🐾

Hello Mother 😊 Today we tried a play activity of exploring a crocodile’s mouth.
Recalling what crocodiles look like from the crocodile picture books we have been reading, we looked at the crocodile’s appearance and sharp teeth. After saying “The crocodile’s teeth are pointy pointy~”, she put her hand in the crocodile’s mouth and pressed the teeth down one by one.
Click~ click~ She seemed to find the sound fun and pressed it several times, and then the crocodile’s mouth snapped shut with a chomp~! and her hand got lightly bitten — her eyes went round~! and she looked at me with startled bunny eyes. 😳
Isn’t that so cute? 🥰 At first she was really startled, but the second time, seeming a little nervous, she tried again with a trembling hand.
She carefully pressed the crocodile’s teeth and happily explored the sound and movement. This time we also tried a play activity of building houses where animals live.
She fitted together the cross blocks she usually enjoys playing with, one after another, to make a house, and popped various animals like a puppy, a lion, and a tiger inside.
After stacking the blocks high to complete a wonderful animal apartment where the animals live, she stood in front of the apartment
and recalled the animals’ names and sounds one by one, saying “Tiger~ Bunny~ Moo~ Cow~”. 🐯🐰🐮 HaRin has now started to show interest in cross blocks. 😊
With my help, she fitted the cross blocks together one by one and completed it. At first she found it a little difficult, but the way she fitted them step by step to complete it was very admirable.
If you play with cross blocks together at home too, I think she will naturally learn how to fit them and become even more skillful at playing. 💕

Hello Mother~ Today we happily sang the children’s song “Little Zoo” and built our own zoo with blocks. While playing and excitedly singing “Peep peep~ chick~”, we gathered blocks one by one and made houses for our animal friends.
Saying “Oink oink~ pig house!” and “Moo~ cow house!”, she made houses that suited the animals and built a zoo together.
When I said “The animal friends say they’re hungry~”, she also showed a sweet and kind side, feeding them yummy food, nom nom~, and taking care of them. 🐷🐮🐥 Also, with HaRin, who loves the crocodile pack song, we listened to exciting music and had fun with physical play.
This time HaRin transformed into a crocodile herself~! 🐊
Wearing a bumpy backpack like a crocodile’s back, she crawled along to the music saying “Let’s go through the jungle forest~”. She went through a tunnel and crawled forward again,
becoming “HaRin the crocodile with a really big mouth~!” and played excitedly.
She wasn’t a scary crocodile but a cute and lovely HaRin crocodile. 😊 Today we made a zoo, became crocodiles and explored the jungle, and had a fun time with the animals. ❤️
The weather has suddenly gotten much colder.
Mother, please be careful not to catch a cold too, and have a warm and healthy day~ 🌷