As mentioned previously, I would like to focus a lot more on the alphabet during the upcoming school year than is covered in our curriculum. It is very important to me that our children have that base on which to build in future years. Thus, most of the materials I have created this month deal … Continue reading Teaching Thailand #4: Alphabet Materials
Month: April 2023
Sunday Summary #35
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. This is going to be a VERY SHORT addition to the "Sunday Summary" series as, really, NOTHING HAPPENED this week nor did I take ANY PHOTOS! Well, neither statement is completely true. But my productivity levels are way … Continue reading Sunday Summary #35
Teaching Thailand #3: On Starting a New School Year
Every year since 2020 has seen months of delays and indecision with distance-learning ultimately winning out. With COVID-19 falling farther into the past, the one known fact in 2023 is that all of the government schools will begin classes on 15 May. It is just the contracts between the staffing agencies and the schools themselves … Continue reading Teaching Thailand #3: On Starting a New School Year
Teaching Thailand #2: Focusing on the Alphabet
In "Teaching Thailand #1: My Past and Present", I wrote that I have not been teaching full-time Kindergarten for very long -- just over one year in which I taught this level exclusively. The school at which I taught last year (and to which I hope to return) had five levels: two Pre-K (which they … Continue reading Teaching Thailand #2: Focusing on the Alphabet
Sunday Summary #34
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. It has been two weeks since I wrote my most recent weekly wrap-up. There still isn't much to talk about as we have another month remaining of the Summer holiday. School begins on 15 May and I still … Continue reading Sunday Summary #34
Teaching Thailand #1: My Past & Present
16 Years Teaching EVERYTHING! Graduation from my TEFL course in Patong, Phuket, 2006-10-05 Wai Kru ceremony, Kajonkietsuksa, Phuket 2007-06-14 Queen's Birthday ceremony, Saphan Hin, Phuket 2007-08-12 Christmas Show production, Kajonkietsuksa, Phuket 2008-12-24 I have been a Teacher of English as a Second Language in southern Thailand since April 2007. For the most part, it has … Continue reading Teaching Thailand #1: My Past & Present
Songkran Festival 2023
Today is the Thai New Year celebration which can be considered the World's Largest Water Fight. I have written about this holiday numerous times over the years including a brief account of my first Songkran in 2006 and a report on the recent stamps released to commemorate the festival. I only took a few photos … Continue reading Songkran Festival 2023
Happy Easter 2023
Today is Easter Sunday. I had planned to put together a brief "Sunday Summary" today but got stranded in Phuket Town where I had gone yesterday to work on clearing out my old apartment. My transport was more than seven hours late and I am just too tired to do anything except relax and watch … Continue reading Happy Easter 2023
Sunday Summary #33
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. The last day of the 2022-2023 school year was Friday and this might be the end of my Sunday Summaries for a while as I don't have any interesting activities lined up for the Summer Break. I doubt … Continue reading Sunday Summary #33
Mark Joseph Jochim 