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Just when we felt like we'd been here forever...

Our penultimate day at Moo Baan Dek. We planned to redecorate one of the classrooms with new activities, displays and our own special ISV touch, so we took a trip to Tesco Lotus to buy everything from alphabet posters and floor mats, skipping ropes, writing boards and stencils. Below is a...

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lucy3119 on December 2, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Sad goodbyes

Our last day at Moo Baan Dek! Just when we were really starting to feel like we belonged there, it was time to start saying our goodbyes. First, however, some of us set to work repainting some old ping pong tables while the others decorated a classroom. I don’t know quite what was in that...

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lucy3119 on December 2, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Doing it for the kids

Well, today was a relaxed day. In the morning, we tried our hand at bracelet weaving in the school's weaving room (weaving clothes is a skill that could earn some of the kids money later in life)...it's more tiring than it looks and takes forever! Well, for us novices, anyway. In the...

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lucy3119 on December 1, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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A very busy day off

On our day off from teaching (well, I say teaching, it's really more keep-the-kids-entertained-so-they-don't-resort-to-terrorising-innocent-animals) project leader Claire took us on yet another whirlwind tour of Kanchanaburi district. We began with a very speedy longtail boat ride (they use the...

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lucy3119 on December 1, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Hot springs, Hellfire Pass and yet more waterfalls

We spent the morning at the Hindad Hot Springs, used mostly by locals for its health benefits. You have to spend a few minutes sitting in the cold river (while trying not to get swept away by the current) and then hop right into the hot (and when they say hot, they mean HOT!) springs. It...

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lucy3119 on December 1, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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A.B.C.D.E.F.G...

Back to work...we spent the morning teaching the kids their alphabet, giving them chalk so that they could practice by writing on the floor. We each worked with a two or three kids, but despite the individual attention some of the kids were soon off running around or napping in a corner...after...

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lucy3119 on December 1, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Brushing, cooking and dancing

Today our mission for the kids was...teaching them to clean their teeth properly! We gave them all their own tooth brush, but our attempts to write their names on them failed as the kids kept rubbing the pen off so that they could come back and get us to write their names all over...

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lucy3119 on December 1, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Mother's Day, Thai style

Today is Mother's Day, a celebration of the Queen of Thailand and of mothers in general. The problem was, most of the children at Moo Baan Dek either do not have, or do not see, their own mothers. Despite this, a big ceremony is planned each year and the eleven of us ISV-ers were about to...

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lucy3119 on November 30, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Teaching hyperactive children is no picnic

Our first lesson with the kids went well: nobody died, although I think somebody cried. We used all sorts of increasingly desperate measures to teach the kids their prepositions: "under", "over", "in" and "out". We started off with the tried-and-tested Hokey Kokey (or Hokey Pokey, if you're...

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lucy3119 on November 30, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Lesson planning and Thai massage

First thing today we joined in with the morning activities: after meditation, the children play games and, despite having been up since 5am for chores, they are little balls of energy, fighting for our attention and demanding cuddles and treats. Afterwards, we planned a simple lesson on...

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lucy3119 on August 11, 2009 from Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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