"Arigatou Hand Therapy"

Last month, I met Mr. Kichiji who is also known as "Meg Chan Sensei".
He taught me an "Arigatou Hand Therapy". After that, I had a go at applying the hand massage to my daughter at home. It seemed to help her to relax.
I teach students with emotional and behavioral difficulties at a school. I discovered that the hand therapy massage also relaxed and calmed down them when I tried to hold their hands using the technique I learnt.
I can now appreciate the 'power of touch' which is the core principle of 'Arigatou hand therapy' and I would like to continue practicing it.

An English class's event for kids

The other day, my daughter and I participated in an English class's event for kids.
We enjoyed playing with snow and making chocolate with a foreign teacher and a Japanese teacher, who went to the same junior high as I did.
 

The ice festival of Lake Shikotsu

Last weekend, my daughter and I went to the ice festival of Lake Shikotsu. We enjoyed an ice slide and so on. There were many ice sculptures and those were very beautiful and impressive. Then we relaxed and got warm in a hot spring.

The same big purpose, “For children.”

The cooperation between teachers is very important in putting education in practice.
Also, the relationships between teachers and parents are very important.
We have the same big purpose, “For children.” We can't change opponents, but we can cooperate by valuing relationships with them, and I think we can put education in practice effectively by doing so.

The reflection meeting.

This week, we are continuing to have the reflection meeting of the end of the year at the school I am working. For children's smiles, we are thinking a better policy and planning it. I’m glad that we could have the relationship that we are able to exchange opinions for everything. Last night, there was the meeting of the PTA, too. The cooperation with parents was splendid and I am appreciated.

"Love","thankfulness", "challenge" and "progress"!

"Love","thankfulness", "challenge" and "progress", those are the foundation of my life.
I meet all the people with love. I'm thankful for being given a life in this world and everything. Also, I'm working hard for the sake of all the children's smiles.
I will keep on going and make it better.
I start my day from making sure those words every morning.

Reading biographies to children.

I've been reading a lot of biographies to not only my daughter but also my students. I've read about Helen Keller, Hideyo Noguchi, Nightingale, the Wright brothers and so on. Instead of saying "Study hard" to children frequently, reading biography to them would make them have their dreams and work hard with their own initiative.　

My daughter's skating record meeting.

At the elementary school that my daughter goes, there was a skating record meeting last Friday. 　
I couldn't go to watch her skating, but I praised her that she had been making great effort so far.
She seemed to have enjoyed it very much!
In my duty school, however, it has unfortunately called off due to influenza.

An earthquake last night.

There was an earthquake with an intensity of 4 last night. Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) of my mobile phone sounded loudly and reminded me of 3.11. On that day, I left my daughter in Hokkaido and I worked as an assistant at a corporation training center in Tokyo. I felt very terrible at a hotel in Tokyo. The next day, I came back to Hokkaido and was relieved to see my daughter again.
I'm thankful for being with her and everything.

Welcome to my English blog!

Hi! I'm Yoko.
Let me introduce myself. I live in Hokkaido, Japan. I was born and grew up here.
I have a daughter, who is 7 years old, and I am an elementary school teacher.

I'm raising my daughter and teaching my students with love so that they can truly love themselves.

I hope that all the children can grow up with their hopes and dreams, and that one day they may fulfill their dreams. 

I like singing and dancing with children as well as playing the piano.
I also like activities such as jogging, trekking, skiing and so on, in the great outdoors.

I would like to make friends all over the world as well as to improve my English through my blog.I learn a lot from all of you, I want to do my best every day to grow myself.
I look forward to hearing from you!  Thanks!