英会話プライベートレッスン

Hello everyone, this is Anand as always with the Awesome English update. I have been hinting at it for quite some time, but I am finally back from my work/study/drink/run trip in Hawaii. It was definitely a great chance to relax with my co-workers, but it was also a great chance to see how preschools are run in different parts of the world. To be honest, the majority of my child care and child education training has taken place in Japan, so funnily enough, though I work in an international school (on top of Awesome English, of course), my viewpoint on TESOL is rather Japanese. I took the chance of being in Hawaii to visit a few preschools in the Waikiki vicinity.

The first one I visited is Happy Keiki in Honolulu, run by a very pleasant Japanese woman. She was very welcoming and allowed me and my staff to interact with the kids and view some of their classes. I had a good chance to view them during their Circle Time and check out some of their crafts.

Needless to say, it was pretty different from our school, but that is not to say that it was worse or better – just different. I had a good time at the school, but it was one of many. I hope to tell you more about the schools we visited and my overall time in Hawaii over the next few weeks.

That’s all for now!

Anand