Advancing Beginner Japanese: Dynamic Montessori Program [Semester 2]
Welcome to Guided Japanese Learning: The Montessori Approach to Learning Japanese.
Through Monthly Themes, we will continue to build vocabulary including adjectives and verbs.
1:1 speaking time, songs, skits, games.
Amy Nishikata
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What's included
13 live meetings
6 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
Welcome to Advancing Beginner Japanese: Dynamic Montessori Program. This is Semester 2 of 2 for the 2023-2024 school year. This class is for children who been exposed to 75-150 or so vocabulary words and are familiar with some basic beginner greetings, numbers, colors, and x wa y desu sentence pattern.
This class will be especially unique as I will be creating content based on my travels to Japan and from the wealth of experience learned from working with children online. The Semester 2 curriculum will progress from Semester 1 and will be based on foundational vocabulary from level one of Japanese for Young Learners.
Please attend Beginner Japanese: Dynamic Montessori Program [Semester 1] before attending this class. Both classes will be offered on a rotational basis.
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This class is in Japanese and English for explaining more complex concepts and grammar structures. Learners in this class have had basic exposure to Japanese.
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Each weekly lesson will have a set routine based on the monthly theme. Themes may include games, songs, stories, videos, photos, skits, hands on activities, and hiragana practice.
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Children will absorb the language through application and interaction with the materials. Every learner will have the opportunity to speak in Japanese with Amy sensei and their peers. Flashcards shown during class and materials sent home will show pronunciation in Romaji (Roman letters) and Hiragana.
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Please check the classroom for printouts to be fully engaged in this class. There will be weekly printouts for hands on activities. Please print out so your learner can fully participate.
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Please have a pencil, scissors, a glue stick, crayons or colored pencils available for each class. The standard 8 pack of crayons will have all the colors you need or colors we may use: red, blue, yellow, orange, green, pink, purple, black, brown.
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Semester 2: Monthly Themes from January 16-May 13th.
Weekly: This class will being with a New Aisatsu Song to help us remember more Aisatsu words.
1月: January Travel with Me! New Year's Game, Year of the Rabbit Activity, Surprise Sharing of Traditional Toy from Japan
Week 1: Look at that! Buildings Vocabulary Bingo. Airport, Hotel, Supermarket, Konbini, Restaurant, Toy Store, Train Station, Department Store, School
Week 2: Ko,So,A, Do Pattern: This and That Vocabulary Building Games:
Kore wa nan desu ka? Kore nani? Using Kore, Sore, Are in a sentence. Hidden Picture Fun!
２月 Let's describe things. Adjectives Sorting: Hai, Iie Game. Sapporo Yuki Matsuri Festival Virtual Visit
Using Adjectives to describe places ____wa_____desu. Kore wa{adj}desu.
The Adjective Song!
Week 3: Adjectives
Week 4: Heart Origami Day. Love in Hiragana. Adjectives
Week 5: Adjectives Game-Team Shika, Team Shiba Inu
3月 Ojamashimasu! A Japanese Home. Vocabulary: Aisatsu for Entering and Leaving Home
Song: The Bath Song (Review Parts of the body in this catchy song).
Week 6: Adjectives Continued and Ohinamatsuri Origami
Week 7: Home Vocabulary: Places and Things in the Home: Wow!
Check out the bath and toilet!
Week 8: Where is it? Location word sentences and home vocabulary. Origami Time!
Week 9: Where is it? Continued and Jeopardy Game
Week 10: Verb Time
Week 11: Verb Time continued
Week 12: Kodomo no Hi and Origami
Week 13: Verb Bingo and Jeopardy Game Party
Please note: This curriculum is a guideline and may be adjusted in response to my observations during class time.
Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Amy senseiOther Details
Parental Guidance
In this class I will share gentle Japanese children songs via videos from FluentU.
Please provide supervision when your child is using scissors.
Supply List
Weekly Printouts Coloring Supplies Child safety scissors (please provide supervision) A glue stick Origami Paper
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined October, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of California, Los Angeles
Hello Everyone,
I am Amy Nishikata. I can't wait to meet you and be a part of your child's learning team.
I specialize in two areas on Outschool.
~Teaching small group and private online Japanese language lessons.
~Teaching young learners how to read in English aligned with Montessori individualized learning and the Science of Reading.
I hold a Bachelor's degree in Japanese from UCLA and I lived and taught in Japan for more than ten years.
I am an AMS certified Montessori Teacher. I hold additional certifications in Early Childhood Science of Reading and Montessori Applied to Children at Risk.
All combined I have more than 30 years of lead classroom teaching experience in the US and Japan and four years of online teaching experience.
My Japanese lessons incorporate games, songs, puppets, drawing, speaking, writing, reading, VR trips to Japan, videos, and storytelling.
Online learning can be dynamic! My online classroom is brightly lit and I use a high quality HD camera and top of the line microphone and side cameras to create a clear and more immersive experience for learners.
All of my classes are designed to touch the heart and mind of the child. My teaching style is joyful, kind, flexible, and observant. I support intrinsic learning and your learners ideas.
"The child is truly a miraculous being" ~Maria Montessori
CLASS PREPARATION POLICY:
My classes will have printouts provided on a weekly basis. Please print out so your learner can fully participate. I will notify you beforehand so you will have time to print. I cannot offer refunds on classes due to unpreparedness.
However, I understand things sometimes do happen. In the case of an emergency or event out of your control a refund may be issued on a case by case basis. Please message me if you feel like your case fits this policy. For my classes with young learners who need assistance, as per Outschool policy, thank you for sitting to the side, off camera to support your child with the computer and any materials when needed. In my classes, your child will need a writing surface and space to move. I will send a short materials list so you will have what you need for each class. Ideally, even the youngest learners can learn to mute and unmute their own devices. Thank you.
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SIBLING POLICY:
If you have more than one child that is interested in taking my classes you will need to make sure you pay for each child to be enrolled separately. However, once you have enrolled each child separately your children are more than welcome to share a device screen to complete the class. If you are wanting a private class for siblings, please contact me so I can send you a private link that I will adjust to allow for more than one child/ren within the same family to enroll.
よろしくお願いします。
Amy Nishikata
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Live Group Class
$14
weekly1x per week, 13 weeks
30 min
Completed by 30 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-8
2-6 learners per class
