One piece of advice I give to new teachers, especially ones teaching second language learners is to constantly speak to the...

Today my son turns two and a half years old. He’s growing like a weed as they say back home and his language continues to g...

My son is now almost two and a half years old and recently has been speaking quite a bit. He says things at night like, “Da...

When you are raising any child, there are definitely special language milestones that you remember as a parent. When your c...

As I have mentioned in previous posts, my wife and I are raising our child to be bilingual. Our goal is to have him fluent ...

A few days ago I wrote a follow-up post to my “Raising a Bilingual Child in Japan” post from June of this year. My recent p...

Parenting is something that is never easy. Being a first time parent is even more difficult since you basically don’t know anything. You c...

Playing outdoors and learning outdoors are things I have been thinking about a lot lately. As both a teacher and a parent, I understand ho...

Teaching is what I do. Teaching is what I do to earn a living for myself and my family. I am a teacher at a school five days a week and a ...

Hey there folks! I hope you are all doing extremely well and I of course want to thank each and every one of you for simply being so awesome...

For many people heading to South Korean and Japan every year to teach English, kindergartens are their first jobs. Some are good places to w...

Is it easier for a foreigner to get sick while living in Japan? I suppose there are a lot of factors. Where do you work? Are you a teacher? ...

Kids are funny. There is no other way to put it. Kids are funny because kids are honest. They are far more honest than you or I will ever be...

I've had a few extra days off from work this week and have been spending a lot more time than usual with my family. It has been wonderfu...

It's hot! It's really hot. That is one thing that is consistent about summer in Japan. Well, there are probably more things that hap...

Here are some pictures I took during the last week using the iPhone app Instagram. they are random and a lot of fun I think. Hope you enjoy....

Long story short, "I did it!" Today was the big day for Running to Help Japan. Today was my 60km run. I completed the entire 60 ki...

I went for a run this morning in my new shiny and fast shoes. While out on the road, I felt inspired. I shot three video blogs and put them ...

I actually have a little free time this evening to write (I actually starting writing this post last week) so I decided to respond to my fri...

Am I a superhero? Of course not! I’m nothing at all like a superhero. I’m not particularly strong. I can’t see through walls. I can’t morph ...