Thank very much to everyone for all the great comments this month. The winner of a free Genki English CD of your choice (either past or future!) for October is …… Carol. Congratulations. The November competition is now under way (Gaz has given the first entry!), all you have to do is to write a…
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I woke up in Siam Reap, got breakfast, had a great chat about the project and about the amazing things that are being done with education in Ontario before getting a tuk – tuk for the ride back to the airport and then Bangkok. I crashed for the night at Joel‘s house. He’s also doing…
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OK I promise this is my absolute last Halloween post for the year… What would your kids think if you gave them all a fully grown big proper pumpkin to carve and take home next year? I bet they’d be impressed. And the thing is you can actually do it for (nearly!) free. How? Grow…
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Then it was time for home. I’ve only been here two days, but we’ve done so much it feels like I’ve been here for ages. Everyone was so, so friendly asking so many questions and it’s just been such a positive experience. So we stocked up in a Cambodian “drive through” i.e. shouting out from…
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One of the things I’m working on for you for next week is a series of “Imagination Worksheets.” You just give them to the kids, translate the instruction if needed and let their imaginations go wild. As one worksheet is to draw a face on a jack o’lantern I figured it’d be best to upload…
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This school is also trying out the $100 laptop “buy one get one free” scheme where people in the US buy one machine and another is donated to places like here in Cambodia. Yesterday I had a look at and to be honest I wasn’t too impressed. “Laptop” probably isn’t the best way to describe…
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