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Kimiko Shibata

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@esl_fairy on X/Twitter Parent, Educator, Trainer, Volunteer, Author, Music-Maker, Video-Maker, Miracle-Maker, Resource Enthusiast, Nerd. Here to love, not to hate. Sharing is caring. Bit.ly/eslfairy

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hey new #OntEd #EduSky friends! Check out this list of Ontario Educators if you’re looking for your peeps!

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 14m

“Could I please have a volunteer to snuggle me? I miss my Mommy.” -6yo

#TodayInGrade1

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 49m

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I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus

What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1h

Me: oh, that looks like a cool 2-day workshop.

Also me: no workshop is worth $2,250.00

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1h

My kid’s math teacher punked the kids today.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2h

I just read a beautifully written endorsement of @avilewis.ca by Libby Davies in my email today. I almost deleted it, as I had many of the 188 emails I’d received since this morning. I’m glad I paused to read it.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 22h

Wear #RedForEd this Friday in solidarity with Alberta Teachers!!

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2h

Toronto Friends: Education Town Hall on Oct 14. Find out more info and register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #OntEd

TOWN HALL "The Future of Public Education: Why It Matters”

TOWN HALL "The Future of Public Education: Why It Matters” DATE: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 TIME: 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: Native Canadian Centre of Toronto 16 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON (near Spadina Statio...

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 22h

Wear #RedForEd this Friday in solidarity with Alberta Teachers!!

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 22h

May all hostages be returned to their loved ones. May all hostilities cease. May all people be able to access the food, water, medicine, and care (including trauma-responsive mental health care) that they need to not only survive but thrive.

May peace prevail.

a poster that says there is no path to peace is peace is the path

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

When anger and fear are your motivation, they will eventually fizzle out and you will burn out.

When love and hope are your motivation, you will find that you can keep going.

Anger feels powerful. But that power is fleeting.

Find what you want to fight FOR, not against.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve long loved the game “Guess Who” for encouraging hesitant newcomers to engage in oral language activities in a small group setting. The cards provide visuals to support vocabulary development (clothing, facial features, colours, etc) that can be supported with oral and written sentence frames.

Chart with colour words and two Guess who cards with student descriptive writing sample.

Simple sentences describing a guess who character

Horrribly drawn visuals with labels and sentences frame “he has—- “ “she has—“

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Using highly visual resources can really help newcomers in Grades 5 and 6 to learn new academic vocabulary and write about energy and electricity in Science class. The good news is that visuals can help everyone else to learn as well! Literally no downside! #UniversalDesign #YesMLLsCan

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Grade 1 students love to do research using highly visual resources. Teaching children how to take notes (instead of copying verbatim from a text) by creating a simple web that they can reproduce themselves at any time (without a photocopier) will serve them for the rest of their school careers.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

OPSEU support staff (and ALL workers in Ontario) deserve fair wages, good working conditions, and job security.

Conestoga College with picket signs and union flag

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Be the person who waves at the kids on the school bus driving in front of you.

the back of a yellow bus with a rabbit looking out the window and the words `` have fun '' .

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Language is part of all subject areas. Grade 4 students are exploring different plant and animal habitats in Science class. Newcomers on STEP 1 ESL programs can use vocabulary charts and sentence stems, translation, and visuals to support content and language learning goals. #OntEd #YesMLLsCan

Animal picture cards with labels and habitat background cards

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

What we do with this information will determine whose messaging and which information will ultimately prevail.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Human brains are being re-wired.

Social media and texting have trained human brains to expect information in short chunks.

Long-form prose is becoming increasingly difficult to manage for many, with complaints of information overload, overwhelm, and cognitive fatigue.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

The Skills Ontario program is a wonderful idea and much-needed program. But the Ontario government has poisoned it with a roll-out that breaks public trust. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

‘Something doesn’t smell right’: $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants traced to lobbyists with ties to Ontario premier

Clients of lobbyists with ties to Ontario's premier and his office snagged at least $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants, according to an analysis of the data by CTV News.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Current mood:

In the time it took you to email back and forth with questions you could have just read the first email in its entirety and had all of the answers.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

In Newfoundland and Labrador, only 9 women were elected in 2021 — only 22.5% of the legislature. I’m hopeful that this year (election on October 14) we will see more women elected.

Women in every province deserve to see themselves reflected in their government.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Hey my #OntEd peeps!

Let’s all wear some #RedForEd this Friday to show some love to our teacher friends in Alberta!

Bonus points if you can post photos of your red clothing to social media!

#ABed #AlbertaEd #AlbertaTeachers

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Ford’s cabinet ministers don’t like being told to obey the law, so they want to get rid of speed cameras so they can continue to pose a safety risk to children walking to school without facing any consequences.

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Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

It’s sometimes incredibly difficult to continue to look for the places where our humanity intersects with another whose beliefs are so different from our own.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 3d

They truly believe that they are teaching their children important values, just as I believe I am doing the same with my child. Remembering this helps me to have compassion and to connect with them as fellow mothers.