MapleBear Canadian Kindergarten: Teaching Kids to Throw Garbage in the Garbage Bin

We teach our kids to throw garbage in the garbage bin, not on the street.  An interesting way to market a kindergarten.  It's not about learning to communicate, play, and interact with others appropriately; it's about teaching your children to become good citizens by disposing of their waste properly.  It's true that there is a distressing shortage of environmental awareness among … Continue reading MapleBear Canadian Kindergarten: Teaching Kids to Throw Garbage in the Garbage Bin

At Home in Việt Nam

This is the name of a blog created by Becky Gordon, an English teacher in the School Year Abroad (SYA) program in Hanoi.  As she writes in the introduction, "this monthly blog will chronicle the students’ lives in Viet Nam outside the SYA classroom. A process of sharing and peer-editing in their English class will precede all … Continue reading At Home in Việt Nam