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Japanese Course Sequence Ages 3-6

Japanese Beginner Course Sequence

Amy Nishikata

Refund within 24 hours of payment until your next meeting or lesson access begins.

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✈️ 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! 🗾🍣🎌

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

Let's Go to Japan. Theme: Airport and Greetings

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 


Getting Around: Theme Transportation 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  


Let's Explore: Theme Sightseeing & Places in Japan

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)



I'm Hungry: Theme Japanese Food & Money

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