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Enburi Festival In Northern Japan- Old Is New With This Ancient Japanese Cultural Tradition!

By eric.m.carter33 March 3, 2024Education, Inaka - country life

Winter holds sway! Deep in winter's heart, when the cold is strongest and darkness holds sway - the Japanese heart yearns for spring and the resumption of the rural rhythm…

Amazingly delicious Japanese Hoshigaki, persimmon ‘fruit of the gods’!

By eric.m.carter33 January 8, 2024Education, Inaka - country life

We tried a new thing this year, making hoshigaki (干し柿)! Nestled in the heart of rural Japan, where time seems to move at a slower pace and nature's beauty is…

Saving money DOES NOT EQUAL Adding value!

By eric.m.carter33 November 20, 2023Education, Inaka - country life

https://youtu.be/WTDO6YYoF6g?si=9Xxlyu6iKulgNye3 Yuki learns to fillet Yellowtail and makes homemade sashimi! The illusion of saving money It is truly astonishing how much time and anxiety we spend on the pursuit of…

Amber Museum in Iwate: home of Japan’s amber heart!

By eric.m.carter33 April 19, 2023Education, Field Trip

A strong maritime connection in amber! We took a field trip to the amber museum in Kuji, Iwate (Japan)! A very fun, family-oriented adventure that took exactly the right amount…

Mid-life with no real skills? Teach what you lack!

By eric.m.carter33 March 28, 2023Education, Journal

A childhood of learning Let's take a trip in the way-back machine. All the way back to when you were in school - high school/middle school, whatever. Try to think…

Choosing vocabulary words: Don’t guess! but…. yes its a guess!

By eric.m.carter33 March 4, 2023Education, Lesson Planning

Choosing vocabulary words: first step of content building Finally! We get to start making content! Since we already know the objectives from the last session (review here), we can start…

Objectives: Don’t forget the reason for teaching this lesson!

By eric.m.carter33 February 28, 2023Education, Lesson Planning

Designing a better Lesson Plan Let's look back really quickly and see where we have come from so far. In the first post of this lesson planning for homeschoolers series,…

Field trip: Admiral Togo’s flagship, Mikasa – memories of the past

By eric.m.carter33 February 13, 2023Education, Field Trip

A field trip! One of the best features of homeschooling is to incorporate field trips into just about any lesson plan. The easiest is, of course, history! It's all around…

A learner-centered homeschool is easier than you think!

By eric.m.carter33 February 4, 2023Education

Spend more than a few minutes searching for building an effective homeschool environment and you will be saturated with articles admonishing you of the importance of the ‘learner-centered’ teaching environment.…