Learning Japanese with children's resources?

[JohnFrost]

Hello! First post here; I'm absolutely loving Japanesepod101.com! I'm still basically as newbie as they come, but I'm devouring the audio lessons as fast as I can!

I have two children, at 2 and 4, who are learning to speak and read, respectively. We're watching all these really basic kids shows that teach letters and phonetics... and I'm thinking, "I really need some stuff like this in Japanese!"

Are there any such shows available over here? Either at local Asian markets, or on Amazon, or elsewhere...?

[zonjineko]

I've had the same issue trying to find things for my daughter.

We watch a lot of Hayao Miyazaki's DVDs but keep the sub-titles off and just watch and listen in pure Japanese. They probably won't understand a word of it but my 4yo picks up certain words the more she watches - especially on Ponyo.

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-alias=dvd&ref=dp_dvd%5Fbl%5Fdir&field-keywords=Hayao%20Miyazaki

Above is a list of his DVD's on Amazon. Spirited Away might be a bit scary for a 2yo.

Check out www.amazon.co.jp also.

This is a great kids book for Hiragana

http://www.amazon.com/Jimis-Book-Japanese-Motivating-Hiragana/dp/0972324704/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257741588&sr=1-6

Good luck