Start Learning Japanese in the next 30 Seconds with
a Free Lifetime Account

Or sign up using Facebook

Learning Japanese with children's resources?

Moderators: Moderator Team, Admin Team

JohnFrost
New in Town
Posts: 4
Joined: September 3rd, 2009 11:24 am

Learning Japanese with children's resources?

Postby JohnFrost » September 8th, 2009 10:45 pm

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
New in Town
Posts: 3
Joined: November 9th, 2009 4:05 am

Postby zonjineko » November 9th, 2009 4:40 am

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
Get your free gifts of the month

Return to “Japanese Resources & Reviews”