Summer Camp: Travel Japanese for Kids (Ages 7–11)
✈️ Pack your (pretend) bags and get ready to explore Japan! In this fun 4-day language camp, kids will learn basic Japanese words, greetings, food, and travel phrases through games, songs, drawing, role-play, and a daily Kahoot game! 🗾🍣🎌
Amy Nishikata
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5.0
Number of reviews:(319)
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What's included
4 live meetings
3 in-class hoursAssessment
Informal assessments are an integral part of each lesson through call and response and learners practice with Kahoot.Class Experience
US Grade 1 - 4
Beginner Level
Dear Family, If you don’t yet have a membership on Outschool but would like to convert, please use my code to receive $20 off your first month. For both new and current learners. NISHIKATA20 In this interactive, beginner-friendly Japanese course, children will explore the exciting world of travel while learning useful vocabulary, greetings, simple phrases, and fun cultural facts. Designed for curious young minds, each class includes games, songs, and role play based to practice new words. Learners will have social time with each other at the end of each class to share and ask questions. Led by Amy sensei, a certified Montessori teacher with over twenty five years of teaching experience, a BA in Japanese from UCLA and 10 years living in Japan, your learner can get fired up for their upcoming travel adventure-presented in a way that’s playful, warm, and age-appropriate. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
Learning Goals
Travel Japanese for communication.Daily Kahoot game link provided for vocabulary review. Essential travel vocabulary materials provided as attached printouts.
Syllabus
4 Lessons
over 1 WeekLesson 1:
Let's Go to Japan. Theme: Airport and Greetings
Day 1: Let's Go to Japan! ✈️
Theme: Airport and Greetings
🎯 Objectives:
Learn basic greetings (こんにちは, さようなら, はい, いいえ)
Konnichiwa, Sayounara, hai, iie. Onegaishimasu.
Recognize travel words: くうこう (airport), ひこうき (airplane), パスポート (passport)
Practice saying: “こんにちは! わたしは ___ です。” Hello. I am (your name). Nationality.
🧩 Activities:
Warm-up Song: Japanese Greetings Song
Nihon wa doko desu ka. Where is Japan?
Flashcard Practice: Airport vocabulary
Kahoot Game Vocabulary Review 45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Getting Around: Theme Transportation in Japan
Day 2: Getting Around 🚄
Theme: Transportation in Japan
🎯 Objectives:
Saying: Sumimasen (Excuse Me/ I m Sorry) and
Arigatou gozaimasu (Thank you).{polite}
Learn: でんしゃ (train), バス (bus), タクシー (taxi)
しんかんせん (bullet train!) 新幹線
🧩 Activities:
Let's Expore the Yamanote Line on the Tokyo Train Map and pronounce famous place names
Kahoot Game Review: Please and Thank you and transportation vocabulary 45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Let's Explore: Theme Sightseeing & Places in Japan
Let’s Explore! 🗼
Theme: Sightseeing & Places in Japan
🎯 Objectives:
Irashaimase! Welcome!
Learn: おてら (temple), じんじゃ (shrine), こうえん (park),
おみやげや (souvenir shop), えき(train station),
konbini (convenience store), トイレ toilet, ~せん 〜line
Asking: (Where) [place] wa doko desu ka.
🧩 Activities:
Photo Tour: Real places in Japan and name them in Japanese
Memory Game: Flip cards to find matching place vocab
Game Review: Places + landmarks 45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
I'm Hungry: Theme Japanese Food & Money
I’m Hungry in Japan 🍱 + 💴 Let’s Learn Yen!
Theme: Japanese Food & Money
🎯 Objectives:
Learn: すし, らーめん, おにぎり, おみず (water)
Sushi, ra-men, onigiri, mizu
Learn how to ask politely: “___ をください。” (Please give me ___)
Introduction to Japanese money: えん (yen)
Let's explore common coins and bills and pretend shop!
🧩 Activities:
🍙 Pictures of real snacks
Kawaii Food Drawing Fun
🍴 Restaurant Role-Play: Practice "Kore o kudasai"
🧾 Let’s Use Yen!
Japanese coins and bills (printout) 45 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Parental Guidance
FluentU and maps and images of places in Japan will be shared in class. A Kahoot link both during and after class will be shared as well for vocabulary review.
Pre-Requisites
None
Supply List
Printable notes will be provided after entering the classroom. Daily Kahoot review vocabulary games will be shared each day for additional review outside of class.
Sources
FluentU
Kahoot
Joined October, 2020
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319reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of California, Los Angeles
BA in Japanese from U.C.L.A.
Ten years experience living, teaching, and studying in Japan.
AMS Montessori Certified Teacher
MACAR certified [Montessori Applied to Children at Risk]
More than twenty five years of lead classroom teaching experience.
More than 4 years of online teaching experience.
Reviews
Live Group Class
$80
for 4 classes4x per week, 1 week
45 min
Completed by 11 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-11
3-6 learners per class
