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March 31, 2011

Today we practiced American Sign Language to a Owl City song called "Fireflies". We marched and clapped to songs in 8 count and played "the uh-oh song". A friend served kiwi for grace and courtesy and we made a rain gage for the garden.

This afternoon we spent a day in Japan.  Activities included a Japanese photo story, Japanese ink painting,  making and tasting cream cheese sushi, and making origami.

Round Robin Brainstorm
My favorite part of a day in Japan was:
sushi
soybeans
masks
painting
bird pictures
paper boats

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