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Kindy! =)

Posted by: lizzystravels on: November 10, 2009

I love kindy!
As a private school teacher I don’t get to teach at regular Japanese schools too often. As a matter of fact I only teach at a kindergarten once a month. There are approximately 30 children ages 5 and 6, and I teach them for an hour. I teach them the colours, how are [...]

Mishima Kindy

Posted by: lizzystravels on: July 12, 2009

I can’t believe that I have already been living in Japan for 3 weeks.
Time surely flies by! I moved into my apartment 2 days ago and will be posting pictures as soon as I clean up my mess from unpacking =)
Last Thursday I accompanied a co-worker of mine to Mishima to do a day of [...]

First Class…

Posted by: lizzystravels on: June 30, 2009

Yesterday I taught my first class on my own!
I had to drive to Mishima a town about an hour away from Niihama. To get to Mishima, however, one needs to drive through the mountains. I was a little nervous at first, not having much experience mountain driving since Ontario is just so flat, but I [...]



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  • Audra: hey girl! i had no idea kindergarten was so hard for you! i know the best part of my day is little 5 and 6 yr old kids staring at me with bright, spar
  • ohiokimono: VERY CUTE! I wish we had kimono parties around here!
  • Paul Armstrong: Lizzy, Your pictures look fantastic. I would love to see a larger version of IMG_0253 (second last picture in this blog entry). Looks stunning! Tha