I recently held a baseball class at elementary schools. I'm mainly working for improving math classes, though, this time I helped a volunteer specialising in physical education organise the baseball class. There are about 50 Japanese volun…

In a class of Math, I taught "kg" to 3rd grade students. Students cannot understand the sense of quantity unless I prepare some objects in front of them. I was thinking what is the best way to teach the weight. This is because I can't have…

It is a sequel of the previous article. (104 See you tomorrow) The day after a fourth grade girl in a class asked me how to say "See you tomorrow" in Japanese. At that time, I tried a trick on the girl who was interested in Japanese. I wro…

In Senegal, elementary schools don't have chimes. Principal push the botton to sound the loud siren. That sound means a signal to finish the final lesson in school. While most of children go home, there are some students who come to me and…

If I keep greeting people I meet every day, and they will remember my name little by little. I also try to remember their names, but I soon forget their names after hearing them if I heard their names just once. Then I try to remember thei…

I recently played catch for the first time in a long time. I remembered playing catch with many people from my childhood until now. I was playing baseball, but playing catch is difficult for beginners. For biginners, it would be difficult …

I'm getting used to living in Senegal. I feel that a place is like a home town when I get used to live in the place. What are good points about getting used to? One is becoming familiar. I could feel a place is home. One is Becoming better…

The New Year holidays finished and my work began from 3rd of January. For Japanese volunteers of us, we actually use the word "activity" rather than "work". There is no specific job that we have to do. But rather we get involved with Seneg…

From a port town I'm staying for the first time. I walked around talking with people passing by. A student champion of Senegalese wrestling, a soldier, a fisherman, a madam buying fish, children playing on boats, a hotel man, all of them w…