Songs(うた)
Here are some Japanese songs to help students learn basic Japanese words and pronunciations in fun and creative ways.
7 Steps Number Song
Which color do You like?
Head Shoulders Knees
Usagi (The Rabbit)
Drawing Song(えかきうた)
Hiragana(ひらがな)
There are three Japanese writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana is the basic Japanese phonetic alphabet, and it is the backbone to all Japanese learning. Hiragana characters represent the 46 primary sounds used in Japanese.
Hiragana Stroke Practice: あ (a)
Hiragana Stroke Practice: い (i)
Hiragana Stroke Practice: う (u)
え (e)
お (o)
か (ka)
き (ki)
く (ku)
け (ke)
こ (ko)
さ (sa)
し (shi)
す (su)
せ (se)
そ (so)
た (ta)
ち (chi)
つ (tsu)
て (te)
と (to)
な (na)
に (ni)
ぬ (nu)
ね (ne)
の (no)
は (ha)
ひ (hi)
ふ (fu)
へ (he)
ほ (ho)
ま (ma)
み (mi)
む (mu)
め (me)
も (mo)
や (ya)
ゆ (yu)
よ (yo)
ら(ra)
り(ri)
る(ru)
れ(re)
ろ(ro)
わ(wa)
を(wo)
ん(n)
らりるれろ
きゃ、きゅ、きょ
Small っ
がぎぐげごのうた
Japanese folklore (むかしばなし)
These are popular Japanese folklore. Japanese children learn the stories from parents, grandparents at home, and teachers at school. (Presented in both Japanese and English. )
Children's Stories
These are popular children's stories from other counties presented both in Japanese and English.
Culture(ぶんか)
Here are some videos to introduce Japanese customs, values, and daily practices.
Japanese Students clean classrooms to learn life skills
Origami Instructions(おりがみ)