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“The Witches” by Roald Dahl

These days, I read a humorous and heartwarming story, the witches again because it was made into film again and available to rent from Amazon Prime UK and other platforms. I’d love to see it soon! …

2020/10/30 08:42

“Toffee” by Sarah Crossan

Toffee is not her real name. Her parent named her Allison. But she is called Toffee by Marla, who has dementia and lives alone in a house. This encounter with a kind elderly lady, Marla makes Allis…

2020/10/30 03:15

Halloween Picture books!

ハロウィンまで後少し! 私の甥っ子（5歳）と姪っ子（2歳）が好きなハロウィンの絵本を紹介します🎃 📕Funny bones by Janet & Allan Ahlberg The classic and beloved Halloween picture book by Janet, a wife and Allan, and a husband. Ahlberg夫妻によって描かれ…

2020/10/28 08:02

“The Girl Who Stole an Elephant” by Nizrana Farook

This is a great children’s book for 9-11 year old kids to learn morality.  A girl, Chaya, stole a lot from the rich to help poor people in her community. One day, her friend was about to lose …

2020/10/27 01:46

AI vs 教科書が読めない子どもたち

衝撃的な題名。ずっと読もうと思っていて読めていなかった1冊。AIやAIに出来なくて人間にできること、今の教育の問題点がわかりやすく説明されていた本でした。AIに出来なくて人間にできることは、「意味を理解すること」なのに、今の教育は、AIでも出来るドリルや反復練習など、意味が理解できていなくても出来る作業ばかり、つまりAIによって代替される能力。子どもたちの読解力は落ちている一方、AIはMAR…

2020/10/26 01:27

Japanese bedtime story: The Princess Kaguya

Since this week was a book week, I introduced one of my favourite Japanese stories to my students. Once upon a time, an old man was cutting bamboo and found a little girl inside the bamboo. She gre…

2020/10/24 19:31

“The Enchanted Wood” by Enid Blyton

This book is chosen for our book week. We read it and do some activities about the enchanted wood for the whole week before the half term.  It is one of the beloved children’s books in the UK:…

2020/10/20 03:32

“Lost in translation” Ella Frances Sanders

Words are the most fascinating thing to me in the world. This book is full of interesting words that I never heard of. The author collected the words that are difficult to translate into another la…

2020/10/11 16:27

「猫を抱いて象と泳ぐ」小川洋子

涙なしでは読み切れないほど素晴らしくて、大好きな1冊「博士の愛した数式」の著者・小川洋子さん。 本作は、無口で引っ込み思案な少年がチェスと出会い、多くの人々と対戦し、チェスの名騎手として成長する素晴らしいストーリー。 成長しても、見た目や背丈は11歳程度のまま変わらず、いつも自信がなさそうに見えたアリーヒョンが主人公。チェスが得意なマスターに教えてもらい、いつも「慌てるな」と背中を押してくれ…

2020/10/08 02:26

After the storm the Percy the park keeper

Last week in an English reading comprehension lesson for year 2, we read “After the storm”, one of the popular books of the series “Percy the park keeper” written by Nick Butterworth.  I showe…

2020/10/03 19:28