{"id":14674,"date":"2026-04-17T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/?p=14674"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:12:12","slug":"mica-brabander-volunteering-at-mitsuba-preschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2026\/04\/17\/mica-brabander-volunteering-at-mitsuba-preschool","title":{"rendered":"Mica Brabander: Volunteering at Mitsuba Preschool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-590x787.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-590x787.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-193x257.jpeg 193w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3933-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>For my CIP this semester, I chose to volunteer at Mitsuba Preschool right near Doshisha\u2019s campus. I had the opportunity to play with a large group of kids (~30\u201340) aged 3 to 6 once a week.<\/p>\n<p>Each week, I joined the kids for activities including drawing, playing tag, reading, and origami. I had an amazing experience getting to know many of the kids well, and I always looked forward to going each week. I was able to practice my casual Japanese speaking skills with the kids, and formal Japanese with the teachers.<\/p>\n<p>I would highly recommend this CIP to anyone who wants to play with a ton of energetic kids. Although it was a bit challenging to understand the kids at first, it became very rewarding as I got to know and understand them! My advice is to try your best and don&#8217;t worry about making mistakes because kids are very forgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my CIP this semester, I chose to volunteer at Mitsuba Preschool right near Doshisha\u2019s campus. I had the op &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2026\/04\/17\/mica-brabander-volunteering-at-mitsuba-preschool\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":749,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"ja","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/?p=14674"},"categories":[184,6,59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/749"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14679,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14674\/revisions\/14679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}