Fine Kids International collection of questions Click on the question. Q1. How are days spent at Fine Kids International? Q2. At Fine Kids International what type of staff are there? Q3. What Nationality are the children? Are Japanese children able to join? Q4. The language at the Day Care is all English? Q5. What are the requirements for entrance into the Day Care? Q6. How are the class divided and the teachers assigned? Q7. Is the Day Care hours flexible? Q8. What are the procedures in entering the Day Care? Q9. Is there a school lunch? Q10. What kinds of contest can be put into a homemade lunch box? Q11. Is there extended time and outside the regular time Day Care? Q12. Is the Day Care open on Saturday? Q13. Can one join at the middle of the term? Q14. Are there things that we need to purchase before the entrance into the Day Care? Q15. Is there a observation and trial lesson? Q16. Is there a make up class? Q17. Can one use the facility after kindergarten or elementary school? Q18. During school time what is the dress code (shoes)? Q19. Is there extracurricular activities? Q20. My child is under 1 years old: can he/she enter the Day Care? Q21. How do you deal with accidents or illness? ------------------------ Q1. How are days spent at Fine Kids International? Look at the attached one day schedule for details. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q2. At Fine Kids International what type of staff are there? Basically we have 2 native teachers, Japanese assistant and native assistant put together we do Day Care with 1〜3 staff to about 3〜5 staff. However, in the morning 8:15〜8:45 and in the evening 17:30 on will be Day Care with 1〜2 Japanese staff. Again, if there are extremely few children at the Day Care at certain times, we will adjust that time for the staff's break time. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q3. What Nationality are the children? Are Japanese children able to join? 2/3 of the children are Japanese, and the rest of the children are Indian; others are American child that is half where father/mother is from Singapore and mother/father is Japanese. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q4. The language at the Day Care is all English? At our Day Care rather than English education, but also most important is a lifestyle of trust building with the children. And when we guide the children in English and there is a child who does not understand, there will be Japanese staff speaking some Japanese from time to time. If a guardian wants the staff to speak all in English to the child, then before entering the Day Care the child needs to understand a little Basic English or it is going to be difficult for the child. For Fine Kids International members we will given a separate sheet with day to day conversation written on it to practice at home. For example: "Do you want to Pee-pee?" "Go and Use the bathroom." "Wash your hands." "Take off your shoes." "Don't hit your friends!" Like such as these, even though the staff speaks English directly to the children, then if the children do not understand, a child that knows how to use the restroom and can not make up his mind will wet his/her pants, or children get in a fight and are blamed they become confused and there is no answer from them, so without basic English it will be difficult for the child to understand. For that reason for those children that completely do not understand English, in the beginning stage we try to speak English to the children with a Japanese staff assistance to speak Japanese and we establish the children's understanding of the native teachers instructions. Even children who do not understand English, in about 2 month they start to understand a few vocabularies very quickly, like "Wash your face!", "Go to the bathroom!", "Take out the crayon!", "Sit on the chair!", are a few basic phrases they will start understanding. Again, for those children that have not grown-up around a English speaking family or for a long period of time, an English speaking environment can get stressful for them. It is still extremely difficult for the children to express themselves in English, so the staff will adjust English and Japanese depending on the child's condition. Since the child is going to enter our Day Care, English can be learned at the Day Care. We urge you to speak little hours of English and practice what your child has learned at the Day Care, and please give your child confidence to practice English with you at home. For long hours we try not to give too much stress on the children and make a fun English speaking environment, and putting English lessons, so for the full time course students they can spend the whole day with 100% English speaking environment, so think how difficult it is for the child. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q5. What are the requirements for entrance into the Day Care? Can one child enter without knowing English? If the child meets the age requirement for each course he/she can basically enter. If one fails to do the following below, there may be a possibility that we may ask you to leave our facility. Not turning in important application forms. Not have any intention in purchasing school supplies. Continuous late payments. After entering the Day Care and we observe your child's progress and we see the child is violent and disrupting to the class and see that the guardian does not try and improve the child we may ask one to leave our Day Care immediately. Causing harm to the Day Care's pride. When one can not abide by Fine Kids International rules. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q6. How are the classes divided and the teachers assigned? There are 2 classrooms and the morning meeting and exercise is done together. When the English lessons start, then it is divided into 2 classes; we divide the ages by 2 1/2 years 〜3 years old. For difficult group work classes such as phonics, writing or craft, we include the Japanese teacher to support the children and divide the class into 3 groups. To make classes better the teachers and staff exchange ideas and discuss about how to improve the children's ability and how they can precede the classes. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q7. Are the Day Care hours flexible? The hours are flexible; however, if one can not make it during roll call, we will tell you about what time to come in advance. At 9:00 a.m. activities will start, so if one is late we will count it as a tardy. Coming after 9:00 a.m. when activities already started, we will count that as tardy. Also, when activities start and when a child comes in at the middle of an activity, it can distract other children, so without calling us in advance and one coming into class after 10:00 a.m. can not enter. Morning course or Half Time course children hold a greeting and play time from 9:00 a.m. 〜 1:00 a.m., so for those who missed the time and suddenly sit down in the desk, you child or other children can not focus well. If you want your child to study well you have to a custom your child to a neat rhythm lifestyle. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q8. What are the procedures for entering the Day Care? Pre school children come with their guardians. After getting to the Day Care guardians help with children's washing hands, preparing bags, and going to the bathroom. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q9. Is there a school lunch? Ishikawa Lunch Box Company cooperates with us, and brings the school lunches to us. One lunch costs \350 and monthly it costs \7,000. Upon applying to the Day Care please pay for the meal fee with the school fee. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q10. What kinds of contents can be put into a homemade lunch box? Lets avoid one item, or centered on one nutritional item eating as much as possible, and choosing things with color balanced is a good idea. And the amount to put in is according to how much your child can eat. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q11. Is there extended time and outside the regular time of Day Care? Yes there is. For those children in the monthly Day Care, for their pick-up they can get a 30 minute extended Day Care. However, without advanced notice about late pick-up for every 10 minutes extended we will charge. If Morning Course members have a late pick-up, the Full Time Course member's regular schedule time will be interrupted, so if possible please avoid it as much as possible. Concerning Day Care outside the regular hours, the hours after 18:30 will be a different price plan, for only Full Time Course and After School Course members. For those who wish to have a extended hour course, and once you know that is necessary, please tell us ahead of time. If there is no previous warning there is going to be a extra charge. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q12. Is the Day Care open on Saturday? Almost 1 Saturday in each month we have a Open House (observation). Saturday Day Care will be run by Japanese staff. Only when it is an emergency we can give Saturday Day Care so please consult with us. And on Saturdays we are basically closed. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q13. Can one join at the middle of the term? It is possible; however the only lowering of price is for school supply and monthly fee; (only if entering at the middle of the entering month). Yearly fees have to be paid by everyone (it is a fee including maintenance). Go back to questions ------------------------ Q14. Are there things that we need to purchase before the entrance into the Day Care? Please prepare your child now for good lifestyle customs, how to put on/ take off own clothes, using the bathroom, eating habit, greeting, and also how to respect others; understanding others little by little. Children do not have to learn this by the time they enter since they can learn it at the Day Care, and getting them a custom to it at home is going to be important, so please cooperate with us. Especially for those children that do not get enough sleep, our program is going to get difficult for the child, so everyday the latest please put your child to bed by 9 p.m. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q15. Is there a observation and trial lesson? We have class observation Open House once a month, and we will provide the opportunity for it, so please come to the Open House. We have trial lessons on weekdays from 10:00 〜11:00, so after you make an appointment with us please have a look. Participation fee will be \1,500. For those that join we will ask for the payments. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q16. Is there a make up class? If one calls before 8:00 a.m. on the day of an absence, and if one pays ￥500 for one make up then there will be no restrictions on the number of make ups, then during the year one can make many make ups as much as they want during the year. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q17. Can one use the facility after kindergarten or elementary school? One who wishes for school children Day Care can sign-up for the After School Course. Each school children come by bicycle or walk to school. If your child goes to the same school as another child we can introduce you to that child, then they can all come as a group; we believe that is the best choice. Also, about pick-up for kindergarten and Day Care children we go a 5 minutes distance from the kindergarten or the Day Care, not only bus stops around the train station, we go any where with in a 5 minutes distance from the kindergarten or the Day Care. However, we try and adjust the time to the staff's shift time and with other pick-up times, so for any further questions please consult with us. Again we will ask for pick-up fee. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q18. During school time what is the dress code (shoes)? What kind of clothing is appropriate? When the Day Care sees the child is able to walk, then the Day Care will give some advice about getting shoes, please get ones that are not easy to fall in and flat soled that are not hard (the soles that are flexible) rubber soles, ones that are easy for the children to put on easily, and make sure the shoes open up widely and has a big Velcro. Also, get ones with a lot of breathing space. On the inside of the sole of the shoes write your child's name in large letters with a marker. After the child's feet get better and stronger pleas get him/her slip on shoes. On the back part of the shoes put a string through so that it is easier for the child to put on the shoes. The number one point is find shoes that they can put on on their own. Shoes like sandals with part of the feet sticking out or leather shoes which they can not put on on their own are prohibited. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q19. Is there extracurricular activities? During the 2007 year on certain days there will be various activities: Tuesday craft making, Wednesday: dance, Thursday: drawing, picture, Friday: music, class will be established. It is not a extracurricular activity, but it is included within the class, so depending on how many hours the children can concentrate then it will take effect or time will change. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q20. My child is under 1 years old: can he/she enter the Day Care? We do not have a place to make mixed powdered milk at our Day Care, so when the baby separates from breast feeding and is over 1 years old we permit the child. However, a child turning 1 years old and a mother wants to return to her work and wants her child to finish adjusting to the Day Care by then, we can discuss and arrange it by then. Go back to questions ------------------------ Q21. How do you deal with accidents or illness? If there is a high fever or a cold we contact the guardian then if there is a need for emergency we will take the child to Dr.Yagi the ear, nose, and throat doctor near the Day Care. If there are any other serious injuries we will take the child to Saiwai Emergency Hospital or Kawasaki Hospital. Go back to questions

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