Leaving my schools was difficult for me. Each of my schools hold so many memories, and so many stories of growth. Over 3 years, I watched a lot of kids do a lot of growing up. I was often awed by their kindness, their enthusiasm, and their senses of exploration and curiosity. I was also... Continue Reading →
I have truly loved stretching my creative muscles to design and create my English boards over the past 3 years. It's crazy to look at my first attempts, and then look at how much more refined and pretty the boards became with more and more practice. I never thought that this would be something I... Continue Reading →
When I first started working on this board, it had been pouring rain for days and a tsuyu (rainy season) theme seemed very fitting. Now that I've finished it, it's sunny and hovering around 30 degrees, where it will be for the rest of the week. Uuuuuuuugh. Anyway, I'm extremely pleased with what I've done... Continue Reading →
My last two boards have been pretty arts-and-crafts heavy, so I decided to just print everything out this time. Then, I played myself by making a complicated background for the board anyway and didn't actually make anything any easier. Oops. I also really couldn't decide on a theme for this month, so I just spent... Continue Reading →
So Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out around this time last year. Everyone was super excited about it, and every ALT I knew was doing Animal Crossing English Boards or decorations. I wanted in on the hype, so I made my little Animal Crossing board that I thought was super cute and the kids would... Continue Reading →
Well, it's that time again. The babies are leaving the nest. It gets harder every year, because I've been with that group of kids longer. I've taught this group of kiddos since they were in 4th grade. Those little twerps have grown so much *sobs* Okay, time to hold back all my sniffles (until the... Continue Reading →
Wheeeew long time, no post. I've mostly been happy to reuse my old stuff for English Boards this year, and so I've only made a few new things here and there. I recharged a bit over winter break and decided to put the energy into doing something new for my January board this year. Ta-da!... Continue Reading →
We're back from summer break! But of course it's still hot as hell and we're all kind of sluggishly dragging ourselves around. Huzzah. This English board has a lot of elements from last year's summer board, with a couple new sections. The first section is from last year - what various characters like doing in... Continue Reading →
This year, I decided not to reuse my summer English board materials and start from scratch. Buuut I may have gotten a little too involved in enjoying the theme and kinda.....left the education bit by the side of the road. So this is by far the least educational board I've ever made. But it's so... Continue Reading →
7/16/19 - Korean Koalas Today I was helping a 5th grader with his self introduction and talking about things he likes when he came out with "I like Koreas." We both sat there and thought about it for a minute. "No! I like koalas!" It's ok, kid. Korea, koala, tomato, tomahto. 9/4/19 - Surprise Test... Continue Reading →
Linka Learns Things 