kodomo No Ie

Japanese Class and Schedule

Every Saturday from 9:00 am to 12:00. Only JFL class from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Taking both your child's age and Japanese language skills into consideration, your child will be placed into the most appropriate class. For more details about classes, please feel free to contact Umehata, Director of the school.

Saturday Japanese Classes
Class Age Group Description of the classes
Class I 5 year olds Children will become familiar with Japanese language through songs like "aiueo song", "Song of Days", picture books, word games including "shiritori" and learning of hiragana-50-sounds writing. When children learn hiragana, we make them pay attention to stroke orders.

With the progression of their skills, children will start learning Japanese basic rules including small "tsu" sound, voiced consonants, "n" sound, and long vowels. They also start learning katakana.
Children will acquire the habit of writing scripts neatly and practice writing essays over and over so that they could write about their memorable experiences in Japanese.
Class II 5-6 year olds
Class III 5-6 year olds
JFL This class is for the children who learn Japanese as a foreign language. Children will learn Japanese comprehensively including Japanese culture, simple greetings, hiragana/katakana, usage of basic verbs, ways to make interrogative sentences, usage of particles and so on.
A-1 Early Elementary school years* In accordance with the K-12 curriculum guidelines in the U.S., students will take interdisciplinary study (meaning that students will study various subjects in an integrated manner through activities using Japanese language) appropriate to their school year and their Japanese language skill level.
A-2 Middle Elementary School level*
A-3 Senior Elementary School level*
A-4 Junior High School and High School student level*
* Japanese language skills and age are taken into consideration for class placements.