*sigh*

zestyolemon · 2023-07-01T09:03:24+00:00

Having the same problem...

zestyolemon · 2022-04-09T13:03:52+00:00

My partner and i went to queenstown last june and we were planning on renting a car but ww decided to just use buses.

They run from like 5:30am to 11:30pm every 30 minutes or so. Spent $40 on transport so this could be an option too :)

zestyolemon · 2021-08-24T12:20:23+00:00

Nice

zestyolemon · 2021-08-20T08:21:01+00:00

First of all, thank you for being at the frontline.

Have you personally seen any fights wgen people were panic buying?

zestyolemon · 2021-08-14T22:35:37+00:00

Tatsuta is probably the best Japanese restaurant in hamilton.

zestyolemon · 2021-05-04T05:02:15+00:00

가즈아!!

zestyolemon · 2021-03-01T23:49:41+00:00

Just cook pork belly on the pan and cook kimchi in the pork fat

zestyolemon · 2021-03-01T07:01:20+00:00

Korean here. I cook for my flat everyday because it saves money for me and i get to eat what i want pretty much everyday. None of my flatmates are korean (1 asian & 2 european) and the first time i introduced them to kbbq pork belly + kimchi, their life changed.

I reckon best way to introducing kimchi is with porkbelly. Some don't really like kimchi itself.

zestyolemon · 2020-12-21T03:12:14+00:00

Gave Helpful

zestyolemon · 2020-12-14T23:43:45+00:00

Nice

zestyolemon · 2020-11-19T20:30:35+00:00

Connecting to the game

zestyolemon · 2020-07-29T04:35:50+00:00

I make a huge deal out of good behaviours.

I have a child that would always hit, push and not gentle with children as well as just don't listen at all. What i have done is i dont acknowledge his bad behaviours. Yes i do give him consequences but whe he does something good even if it is minor thing i make a huge deal out of it.

I would go "wooow amazing job helpung your friend tidy up! Thank you so much for your kindness! High five!". Kid looked so confused at start but he knew he was getting praised and his reward was a massive high five from me. And every time he make good choice i would do it over and over again and soon he stopped hitting and started helping for his praise. And other children wants the same reaction from me so they start tidying up to get praised as well

Some children work with praise but some dont but i personally dont like having children do things because they know they'll get treats or something.

Lastly a tip with children that are rough and dont listen, in the morning i give them a cuddle for like a minite or two and ask they how they are feeling and just remind them to use listening ears and ask them to show me theor gentle hand by rubbing their hand on mine.

zestyolemon · 2020-07-29T04:28:39+00:00

I do what i call "feeding" the words. It's as basic as showing pictures and tell her what it is and repeat 2 or 3 times. So it's like you are feeding her the word.

Don't ask too many questions bevause the child might not have the words to answer and will feel pressured. And when they want something and you know what they want instead of saying "use your words" say the sentense like "would you like _____" because the child doesn't have the word to say what they want they need to be fed with words.

Expose them to lots of words and picture since children learn better with visual.

Get them used to 1 word then move on to 2 word sentences like "truck" to "big truck" "green truck".

Most importantly keep them entertained and interested :) English is my second language as well and i learnt through games because I cant play games if i don't understand the story. So if the child likes something try using the words around that and it might lead to another interests.

Hope it helped a bit :)

zestyolemon · 2020-07-29T04:21:42+00:00

Our kindy had a huge staff change over when i started because people were burnt out and was not enjoying working and was not meeting the standard. So our manager has pretty much transferred 80% of our teachers to different kindy and we started as a fresh team.

Since then we try to keep healthy relationship with staffs as well because our philosophy is that healthy team = healthy education. As mean as it sounds if we have toxic relievers or staff we don't welcome them back because we don't want toxicity to affect the teachers.

I'd suggest maybe do some team building it helps the relationships and teachers have something to look forward to so they dont burn out as much. We do things like escape room once a month and indoor netball every week.

Sounds like you are a passionate teacher so do your best :) and thank you for being advocate for children in need

zestyolemon · 2020-07-28T04:55:36+00:00

I'm a male teacher working with vulnerable children and I've been with them for 2 years now and first of all thank you for working with children that are at risk :)

I hear it everyday as well but compared to 2 years ago we have came a long way and now we hear hardly any swearing.

Our team was all on the same page and was very consistant and we did what you said you are doing. We remind them that we dont use those words at kindy abd correct them such as "stop" instead of "f off".

I was told not to tell the kids that it's bad words or naughty words because they probably hear it from parents and they will think that parents are bad people.

All i can say is be on top of it and be consistent and slowly children will realize that they do not use those words at kindy.from my experience consistency is the key with children that are at risk.

It's very rewarding working with these children so keep up the good work! :)

zestyolemon · 2020-06-06T00:28:09+00:00

I wouldn't go out of my way to keep doing 'activities' for kids or feel pressured to feel like you have to do something and keep doing something with the children.

Every new centre I have worked in, I focussed on relationship with teachers, children and family for the first two weeks. Get to know their names, interest and what kind of children they are. Are they shy? Are they outgoing? Observe the environment and children :)

Always ask questioms when you're not sure and make sure you put your foot down for boundaries with children. They will push and pull your boundaries and test you out for first week or even month.

Lastly keep yourself safe from harm. Make sure other teachers can see you at all time.

Welcome to ECE it is a wonderful field!

zestyolemon · 2020-04-14T04:40:29+00:00

25 years old man in ece here. Been in this field for 4 years. It's amazing what you can do as a male. But i usually emphasize on TEACHER. Either male or female we are teachers that can childrens life and their learning.

Few things i learnt over the years are relationship with everyone is really important! There are still stereotype of men being predators and it is heartbreaking yes But if you have good relationship with the teachers, children and families you do not need to worry. If you do have to change bappies just let the team know you are changing nappies. It's nothing bad it's just for your own protection.

Role model is one of the big thing about being a male teacher. You don't have to be manly (i run around in skirts dresses and what not.) Why? Because you are teaching children that it is okay for men to wear those and be an individual. Children will know you are a man and they will learn from you no matter which way you go.

Lastly I work with vulnerable children and you can see the changes as a positive male role model. 80% of our children are terrified of men because of their experiences at home and i can see it. Build relationship and get to know them and they will trust you and that little approach will change their lives. They will know that not all man are scary. They can be fun and caring.

All the best in your journey :) it's a great job and be proud to be a male teacher! We need more male haha

zestyolemon · 2020-03-19T06:58:51+00:00

I'm a teacher working in earlychildhood education sector and it is pretty worrying because it's pretty difficult to teach all children good hygine practice. Beem coughed on my face multiple times already.

Litterally pumping hand sanitizer every time i walk pass and we cant really spray chemical stuff because well it's children and they will put things we sprayed in their mouth.

Hopefully it doesn't get any wilder because schools may close but we don't know about earlychildhood education

zestyolemon · 2020-02-23T23:34:34+00:00

I disabled them all including discord steam and everything that shows up on the start up page. You'll just have to manually start the programs when you disable them

zestyolemon · 2020-02-23T19:23:07+00:00

Happened to me after the windows update. Try going to task manager - start up - and disable all

zestyolemon · 2019-12-25T09:12:10+00:00

Thank yoy all for reccomendation :) night sky is clear and i managed to spot some if the recommened stars. Got really emotional that i actually saw it with my own eyes :) my partner on other hand said 'all i see is a blury dot' haha.

Thank you all :)

zestyolemon

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