School Observation

I finally got a chance to go see William at school. They wear aprons to protect their clothes while doing art and other projects.
They are working on a tanabata tree picture where they cut out stuff, and glue them on.
Then, they drew on stars and a picture of themselves.
Like a good child, he is wiping off his hands.
This is William's picture. He has drawn himself with blue eyes. Notice he's made one of the stars a comet. He is so into space and what happens there. Often he draws spirals that are the milky way, but not this time. In Japanese school, you do what the teacher tells you to do. If you compare to the picture below (the example) it is even in the correct color order, which they tell them to do. William's natural art is far more abstract. His natural art is more like his Grandma Sue's (a real artist, we display her artwork in our house). The good news is, even though his creativity and perspective has been squelched, we now know what his art is supposed to be!
Teacher's example.
They also had a presentation on wearing sunscreen. They had it translated in English. I was 'representing.' I was the only native English speaker there. I DID NOT laugh when the interpreter said you'd look like you had 'shagging skin.' Usually there is no interpreter, so I understood why nobody else showed up. Maybe they were at home, 'shagging skin.' :)

The following is what the beginning of their day is like, saying 'Good morning,' and singing their morning songs.