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For my CIP activity, I was a general volunteer at Yodo Children’s Center, a local Children’s Center near the residence of the host family I was staying with at the time. I played with the children, talked with them and the teachers about America and myself , and assisted with setup or cleanup as needed by the teachers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Overall it was a very leisurely experience for me, and I enjoyed getting to have fun with the children as well as occasionally talking with the professors about my life as a foreign student in Japan or them and their lives. It was something I was able to do only because I was fluent enough in Japanese to explain to the teachers and principal at Yodo Children’s Center about myself as no one there knew any English at all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n If you like working with children, there are many options that do not rely on your Japanese fluency; however, the more fluent you are in speaking Japanese, the easier it will be to enjoy the experience no matter what CIP project you end up chosing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For my CIP activity, I was a general volunteer at Yodo Children’s Center, a local Children’s Cente … \u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080