5Y1M 3Y4M 年長組 Older children group

アラタの通う幼稚園の英語クラスはマレーシアの教育制度に準じているので、この1月より2004年生まれは全員年長組。とは言っても、普段は3歳から6歳までがひとつのクラス。

ただ、年長さんは読み書きの時間があって、アラタもようやくアルファベットや数字、その上マレー語や中国語も習い始めた。そして、この間幼稚園であったチャイニーズニューイヤーの会では、年長の男の子だけが、鉢巻巻いてカンフーダンスを披露。

日本語クラスの年長男児も一緒だが、日本語クラスの方は、日本の教育制度に準じているので、年長というのは、日本で言えばアラタより一学年上の子供達で、8月生まれのタイラくんですらまだ年中。という訳で、2004年12月生まれのアラタは、カンフーダンスで一番チビ。上手にできていたけどね！

At Taska Nania, Arata is already one of the oldest children as they follow Malaysian education system and since January this year, those who were born in 2004 are all in the oldest class at kindergarten. Still, at Taska Nania, all the children from 3 to 6 years old are usually in the same class.

There are some exceptions. Older group starts to learn writing and reading. Arata has finally started to learn alphabets, together with Malay and even Chinese writing! And at the Chinese New Year festival last week, only older boys performed Kung Fu dancing.

The older boys at Japanese class were doing together. But older boys in Japanese class means a year older boys than Arata in Japanese education system. So even Taira, who was born in August 2004, is still not in the older children's group. (Those who were born between April 2003 and March 2004 are considered the older children by Japanese system.)

Arata was surely the youngest boy among the Kung Fu dancing group. But he was doing well.