ai international school

Extracurricular Japanese Preschool Classesby Mrs. Junko Fukuoka

Mrs. Fukuoka, a Japanese educator well known for her techniques for expanding children’s minds and developing their potential, is holding extra curricular classes every Friday at ai INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
Her classes will be perfect for those of our students who are intending to go to International Schools, to catch up with elements of Japanese culture, such as calligraphy, writing stories in Japanese, tea ceremony, how to wear Kimono and so on. Her classes are open not only to Japanese children but also to foreign children who would like to have their children experience such things. Classes will be conducted in Japanese but they are not Japanese as a second language classes. Parents will be required to be in the class with their children, and parents will learn how to interact with their children, how to respond when a child is upset, lazy, or negative. Parents will learn how to talk to their children to motivate them and to encourage them to be more independent. Ms. Fukuoka is also well known for her techniques with scissors, using variety of activities to develop children’s imaginations.

Ms. Fukuoka can also provide assessment and counseling in child development, learning abilities (disabilities) and social skills. If you are interested in individual counseling, assessment or advice for your child, please contact the ai office or directly to Ms. Fukuoka, and learn more about her background and techniques.

福岡潤子先生のプロフィール　　　　　　　
1950年４月27日生まれ。二女の母。幼稚園教諭を経て、35才の時に幼児教室、「母と子のオムニパーク」を設立。オムニパークは幼児だけではなく母親も学習し成長できる教室として評判になり、遠方（1時間以上）から通う幼児・保護者も少なくない。ＣＯＭＯ（講談社）の創刊号、日経キッズプラス（本年4月号）などの雑誌にとり上げられる。ほかにドイツ国営教育テレビ、関口宏サンデーモーニング（ＴＢＳ）・小西克哉の　　　なんだなんだ（文化放送）等で幼児教育の専門家としてコメント。東京都ハイジア・ミュージアムほかで講演活動。著書ＩＱ140の子を育てるオムニ式「語りかけ」幼児教育メソッド（ブックマン社）、子どもの脳力をぐんぐん伸ばすハサミドリル（日本文芸社）、ＩＱ140の子どもが育つ遊びのルール（青春出版）。「…遊びのルール」は韓国・中国・台湾にて翻訳出版。
オムニパークのプロフィール
1986年創立。「ＣＯＭＯ」（主婦の友社）創刊号に紹介される。日経キッズプラスほかに掲載される。確かな教育結果により、卒園後も多くの保護者から感謝の言葉が寄せられている。「出産は本能・子育ては学習」との持論を実践。幼児教育や子育てを学べる教室として、保護者の信頼が篤い。特に、親子のコミュニケーションスキルを高めることにより、学習する姿勢や心を育てることで受験時に大きな力となっている。が、「受験はあくまで通過点」という室長の意向から、付け焼刃ではない本物志向の親に喜ばれ支持され遠方からの通室者多数

福岡潤子先生
〒271-0092　松戸市松戸1847　日暮ビル602
TEL: 047-368-3966
メール: omni@nifty.com
サイト: http://omnipark.net/

Profile of Junko Fukuoka, Director of “OmniPark”
Junko Fukuoka was born on the 27th April, 1950. She is the mother of two daughters. At the age of 35, with over ten years experience in Early Childhood classrooms, she founded “Omni Park for Mother and Child”. Omni Park quickly became renowned not only for its classes for children, but as a school where parents learnt together with their children. Some of the students spend over an hour in traveling time to attend classes. Ms. Fukuoka and “Omni Park” has been featured in many magazine articles – the first issue of “COMO” (Kodansha), “NIKKEI KIDS PLUS” (April, 2006) among them. Ms. Fukuoka is a respected specialist in her field and as such has made appearances on television programs, such as Sekiguchi Hiroshi’s “Sunday Morning” (TBS), Konishi Katsuya’s “Nanda Nanda” (Bunka Hosou). Omni Park was also featured in a program for the German National Educational Television Network. She lectures and conducts seminars on her methods, including lectures at the Tokyo Heidi Museum. Her publications include, “How to Take Your Child’s IQ to 140” (Bookman), “Drills for Scissors that also Expand the Mind” (Nihon Bungeisha), “Rules for Play to Increase Your Child’s IQ to 140” (Seishun Publishing). This last book has also been translated and published in Korea, China and Taiwan.

An Introduction to Omni Park
Omni Park was founded by Junko Fukuoka in 1986. Omni Park holds classes for children in preparation for Japanese Private school entrance exams and in early childhood education, but it is much more than this. Parents also attend class and learn how to communicate, how to interact with their children. In Ms. Fukuoka’s words, “Childbirth is instinctual but child rearing is learned.” In particular, Omni Park places emphasis on communication between the parent and child and Ms. Fukuoka believes that if there is good and open communication between the parent and child then the child’s ability and desire to learn will increase and this will be an important anchor when taking school entrance exams. Ms. Fukuoka believes, however, that entrance exams are only one point along a long road. Omni Park is not a “cram school” but a school where children are taught what is needed to form the basis for “life long learning”. It is this that has made Ms. Fukuoka’s “Omni Park” and her methods famous. Over time, Ms. Fukuoka’s methods have been proven to work and she often receives thanks from children and parents long after they have moved on from Omni Park.
Omni Park has been featured in magazines such as “COMO”, “NIKKEI KIDS PLUS” etc.

Ms. Junko Fukuoka
Address: 1847-#602, Matsudo, Matsudo-shi, Chiba 271-0092
Tel: 047-368-3966
Email: omni@nifty.com
Website: http://omnipark.net/