Partners

Fitness Club BREEZBAY

Swimming Lessons in a Private Indoor Heated Pool

The benefits of swimming from an early age include "building basic physical strength," "improving cardiopulmonary functions," "increasing resistance to colds," "developing well-balanced muscles throughout the body," and "preparing for accidents in rivers or oceans," etc. Many families have their children take swimming lesson outside of school.

CGK Preschool rents a heated indoor swimming pool and offers 14 swimming lessons per year by professional coaches. The program is very popular.

A Swimming Report Card is sent home every six months to update parents regarding their children's swimming ability. In addition, the pool uses Clear & Humics, a water purification solution that protects and moisturizes the skin while detoxifying any harm from chlorine.

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Italian Restaurant "PRIMO"

Food Education Through Authentic Italian Cuisine

After owner-chef Mr. Suwaki studied local cuisine at restaurants (a Michelin-starred restaurant, etc.) throughout Italy, he worked as executive chef of the famous Italian restaurant "Campuza" in Yokohama for seven years after its establishment before launching his own restaurant "PRIMO".

Normally, preschool children are not allowed to enter Primo, but CGK reserves the entire restaurant so that the children can taste authentic Italian cuisine and have the experience of enjoying a luxurious full-course meal as a family.

In the past, Primo has supported CGK food education in various ways, such as providing cooking lessons on how to make colzetti, and actually serving vegetables harvested by children at Fujimata Farms actually served to customers at the restaurant (learning about food distribution).

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Fujimata Farms

Food Education: Agricultural Experience

Every year, CGK consults with Fujimata Farms (Asahi-ku, Yokohama) to make plans in advance about our yearly food education. Fujimata Farms then grows vegetables according to the plan. This education is not just about "harvesting vegetables and having fun", but involves the entire process of plowing, planting, weed pulling and harvesting in the actual fields.

To keep the children interested in food growth and anticipating harvest time, we also Fujimata Farms give us reports on the growth of the vegetables along with photos. This ensures that the entire experience is very special as well as educational.

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ART-LABO NEKOTOYAGI: Mr. Jun

Awareness of LGBTQ+ and Diversity

CGK invites Mr. Jun, a transgender person who works as an active nanny, as a guest every year to give a special lesson on understanding LGBTQ+ and diversity through the concept of "differences", which is easy for children to understand.

Rather than assuming things are right and denying others, we hope that by becoming aware of diversity, children will have the opportunity to build a foundation that they can remember when they grow up. This will help them to expand their circle of friends in the future.

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Blind singer-songwriter Ryuta Kuriyama

The Experience of Blindness on World Sight Day

Every year on October 10, World Sight Day, CGK educates students about visually impaired people and guide dogs. We invited Mr. Kuriyama (and his guide dog, Angie) to come to the school and give a special lesson. Mr. Kuriyama is an employee of a special school for the blind and is himself visually impaired and living with a guide dog.

Mr. Kuriyama's lesson is very meaningful in terms of learning about diversity, but "diversity" is still not well understood in Japan, and many things are yet to be achieved. We hope that through this kind of experience, the children's thinking and behavior will be influenced, which will lead to a more positive future.

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Youho Eigo Kentei (Test of English for Early Childhood Educators)

CGK Offers Kannai Campus as the Yokohama Venue

This English test is administered by Youho Eigo Kentei Kyokai (Organization of English for Early Childhood Educators). Youho Eigo Kentei (Test of English for Early Childhood Educators) is designed for early childhood educators and is based on the daily routines and annual curriculum of Japanese preschools and kindergartens.

CGK offers Kannai Campus as the Yokohama venue. The test is unique in that allows them to learn practical English focusing on conversation with children, and on education and childcare in preschools. Some of CGK's staff members take the test as well.

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Machinaka Ryugaku (まちなか留学)

Easy Homestay Experience in Japan!

Their mission is to create a society where having friends in every country is commonplace. They plan, develop, and operate various international exchange education projects. While using English as a communication tool, it allows children to get great educational opportunities by exposing them to diversity which broadens their perspectives.

Some of their initiatives include:

CGK and HelloWorld (the operator of Machinaka Ryugaku), have signed an agreement to work together to promote the development of global talent.