Life is about learning, growing, celebrating our similarities and embracing our differences. These take many forms and are not always physical. During a recent conversation with a student in which we discussed a variety of topics, we eventually made our way to the well known idiom: A rolling stone gathers no moss. The first time […]
Nature Comes Alive
They say that nature comes alive in spring; that it awakens from its long winter’s sleep. That is no truer than in Japan when the blossoms open their faces to the warming sun. It also seems to be a time of awakening for the people as well. This time of year is by far the […]
Locations Lesson (TOZAI-NAMBOKU: East-west, South-north)
Yesterday I had two students and we covered the item on “locations” in which the students learn how to use map directions to describe where a city or country is. It starts out with having one student think of a country and then the other student asks “Is it (west) of China?” etc. The first […]