Dive in: A Japanese Club for Beginners

Welcome to Dive In! A Japanese Club for Beginners. In this ongoing course, students (ages 5-9) will learn to speak Japanese! We will meet once a week, and every session will focus on a theme. As each class is thematic, students can dive in at any week. Students will also be exposed to the Japanese hiragana system. They will see the vocabulary in both English and Japanese script and romaji (using Roman letters to write Japanese words). This is just for introducing the hiragana system and not a requirement for them to learn to read. Furthermore, they will learn phonetic pronunciation. It is vital that students feel welcome and excited about learning. While having fun, we will also practice good classroom etiquette. The class will be interactive, and students will get a chance to speak with one another and learn to do so in an orderly fashion. Using Total Physical Response (TPR) and props, I will engage students to make quick connections with words and phrases. Let’s get ready to learn and have fun!


Week of February 3 - Setsubun
Week of February 10 - Clothes - Top
Week of February - Clothes - Bottom
Week of February 24 - Headgear
Week of March 3 - Accessories
Week of March 10 - Places
Week of March 17 - Jobs
Week of March 24 - Sports
Week of March 31 - Nature
Week of April 7 - Seasons & Nature
Week of April 14 - Flowers
Week of April 21 - More Animals
Week of April 28 - Countries
Week of May 5 - Going Places
Week of May 12 - Languages
Week of May 19 - More Countries