How does the ocean feel? This story explores the different 'feelings' of the ocean, around the question, 'Ogenki desu ka?' (How are you?)
Combining sustainability and the environment, children can reflect on why the ocean feels this way and then begin using the key vocabulary to describe their own emotions in Japanese.
Key Language:
Sustainability and the ocean
Students imagine how the ocean might ‘feel’ in different circumstances
Feelings; しあわせ です, かなしい です, おこって います, さむい です, あつい です, びょうき です, ねむい です, おなか が, すいて います
Key Expression; おげんき です か, はい、げんき です
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio books and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4).
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear
and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
How does the ocean feel? This story explores the different 'feelings' of the ocean, around the question, 'Ogenki desu ka?' (How are you?)
Combining sustainability and the environment, children can reflect on why the ocean feels this way and then begin using the key vocabulary to describe their own emotions in Japanese.
Key Language:
Sustainability and the ocean
Students imagine how the ocean might ‘feel’ in different circumstances
Feelings; しあわせ です, かなしい です, おこって います, さむい です, あつい です, びょうき です, ねむい です, おなか が, すいて います
Key Expression; おげんき です か, はい、げんき です
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio books and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4).
Each colourful page is firstly presented in hiragana only. Once the page is turned, children can then see the same page with both the English meaning and also each hiragana character decoded in romaji above, so that readers are able to check on the accuracy of their hiragana reading as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Students in Foundation to Year 2 learn about Australian animals and their habits. This story connects with this familiar topic and encourages children to use Japanese to greet animals in their daily life. Basic greetings are introduced for animals at different times of the day and in different contexts. The book finishes with a fun tongue twister joke.
Key Language
Australian animals
Daily basic greetings; おはよう, こんにちは, また ね, こんばんは, おやすみなさい, さようなら, もしもし
Key Grammar;＿＿ です。
‘Game show’ version included in song package
With free access to a bilingual and a Japanese-only audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4).
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Students in Foundation to Year 2 learn about Australian animals and their habits. This story connects with this familiar topic and encourages children to use Japanese to greet animals in their daily life. Basic greetings are introduced for animals at different times of the day and in different contexts. The book finishes with a fun tongue twister joke.
Key Language
Australian animals
Daily basic greetings; おはよう, こんにちは, また ね, こんばんは, おやすみなさい, さようなら, もしもし
Key Grammar;＿＿ です。
‘Game show’ version included in song package
With free access to a bilingual and a Japanese-only audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4).
Each colourful page is firstly presented in hiragana only. Once the page is turned, children can then see the same page with both the English meaning and also each hiragana character decoded in romaji above, so that readers are able to check on the accuracy of their hiragana reading as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Aki is a babysitter in a tough situation with a boy who refuses to participate in any activity she suggests. He does NOT like babysitters! How will this evening end?
Babysitter's Unlucky Day introduces language used to invite someone to do something and demonstrates negative forms of verbs.
Key Language:
Verbs; しましょう,しません, よみます, よみましょう, よみません, みましょう, みません, あそびましょう, あそびません
Grammar;
＿＿＿を します
＿＿＿ましょう
＿＿＿ません
＿＿＿が すき じゃない です。
＿＿＿が きらい です。
Expressions; いってきます, いってらっしゃい
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio books and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Year 3 and 4 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for Year 5 and 6).
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Aki is a babysitter in a tough situation with a boy who refuses to participate in any activity she suggests. He does NOT like babysitters! How will this evening end?
Babysitter's Unlucky Day introduces language used to invite someone to do something and demonstrates negative forms of verbs.
Key Language:
Verbs; しましょう,しません, よみます, よみましょう, よみません, みましょう, みません, あそびましょう, あそびません
Grammar;
＿＿＿を します
＿＿＿ましょう
＿＿＿ません
＿＿＿が すき じゃない です。
＿＿＿が きらい です。
Expressions; いってきます, いってらっしゃい
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Year 3 and 4 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for Year 5 and 6).
Each colourful page is firstly presented in hiragana only. Once the page is turned, children can then see the same page with both the English meaning and also each hiragana character decoded in romaji above, so that readers are able to check on the accuracy of their hiragana reading as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Fox imagines waking up late and eating sushi and pizza for breakfast. What would your dream day be?
Key Language:
Family members; おじいさん, おばあさん, ともだち, おにいさん, わたし, おとうさん
Verbs; おきます, みます, たべます, よみます, あいます, もらいます, します, ききま, かちます, ねます
Time: ごぜん, ごご, よる, あした
＿＿時 に
＿＿時半 に
＿＿を します
Adjectives and adverbs; おもしろい, おいしい, たくさん
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged students with an intermediate level of Japanese and demonstrates use of many verbs for daily activities.
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Fox imagines waking up late and eating sushi and pizza for breakfast. What would your dream day be?
Key Language:
Family members; おじいさん, おばあさん, ともだち, おにいさん, わたし, おとうさん
Verbs; おきます, みます, たべます, よみます, あいます, もらいます, します, ききま, かちます, ねます
Time: ごぜん, ごご, よる, あした
＿＿時 に
＿＿時半 に
＿＿を します
Adjectives and adverbs; おもしろい, おいしい, たくさん
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged students with an intermediate level of Japanese and demonstrates use of many verbs for daily activities.
Each colourful page is firstly presented in hiragana only. Once the page is turned, children can then see the same page with both the English meaning and also each hiragana character decoded in romaji above, so that readers are able to check on the accuracy of their hiragana reading as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
This poor dog trainer is trying to show off his skills. Unfortunately, he has some very cheeky dogs in his class. Will they learn to follow any of his instructions?
Dog Training Trouble introduces basic polite Japanese classroom instructions and examples of language to use when frustrated.
Key Language:
Students learn/ consolidate classroom commands by following the story of some unruly dogs in a dog training school.
Classroom Commands; みて ください, すわって ください, きて ください, やめて ください, きいて ください, はなして ください, もどって きて ください
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio books and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Year 3 and 4 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for Year 5 and 6).
Each colourful page is firstly presented in hiragana only. Once the page is turned, children can then see the same page with both the English meaning and also each hiragana character decoded in romaji above, so that readers are able to check on the accuracy of their hiragana reading as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
This poor dog trainer is trying to show off his skills. Unfortunately, he has some very cheeky dogs in his class. Will they learn to follow any of his instructions?
Dog Training Trouble introduces basic polite Japanese classroom instructions and examples of language to use when frustrated.
Key Language:
Students learn/ consolidate classroom commands by following the story of some unruly dogs in a dog training school.
Classroom Commands; みて ください, すわって ください, きて ください, やめて ください, きいて ください, はなして ください, もどって きて ください
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio books and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Year 3 and 4 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for Year 5 and 6).
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Daruma Otoshi-san teaches the reader how to play this traditional Japanese game. With many words of encouragement, the reader makes good progress, until the end when something goes wrong. This story demonstrates using a number of simple conjunction words as well as including many common, useful expressions used when playing games.
Key Language:
Cultural Focus: Teaches how to play Daruma Otoshi
Language for playing games; いい です よ, がんばって ください, よく できました, だいじょうぶ, あぶない, できます か, よかった です, おうえん して います, こわい,やった ね, じゃ
Conjunctions; さいしょ, つぎ, でも, さいご
Colours; あお, ちゃいろ, あか, きいろ, みどり
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio books and hiragana chart bookmark, this 40 page picture book has been written for primary aged beginner/intermediate level of Japanese, (ideally Year 3 and 4 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for Year 5 and 6).
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.
Daruma Otoshi-san teaches the reader how to play this traditional Japanese game. With many words of encouragement, the reader makes good progress, until the end when something goes wrong. This story demonstrates using a number of simple conjunction words as well as including many common, useful expressions used when playing games.
Key Language:
Cultural Focus: Teaches how to play Daruma Otoshi
Language for playing games; いい です よ, がんばって ください, よく できました, だいじょうぶ, あぶない, できます か, よかった です, おうえん して います, こわい,やった ね, じゃ
Conjunctions; さいしょ, つぎ, でも, さいご
Colours; あお, ちゃいろ, あか, きいろ, みどり
With free access to bilingual and Japanese-only audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this 40 page picture book has been written for primary aged beginner/intermediate level of Japanese, (ideally Year 3 and 4 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for Year 5 and 6).
Each colourful page is firstly presented in hiragana only. Once the page is turned, children can then see the same page with both the English meaning and also each hiragana character decoded in romaji above, so that readers are able to check on the accuracy of their hiragana reading as they go.
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The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.