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Cities in Japan 🇯🇵🗾 Do you know the names of any cities in Japan? What do you know about those cities? Stella's favourite city in 🇯🇵 is Tokyo とうきょう🗼 We are going to learn: 🗾 The names of some Japanese cities 🏯 A little something about some of the cities Stella's visited Are you ready?   💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet 
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🥇 Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Do you have a favourite Olympic sport? Stella's favourite is swimming. Have you been watching the Olympics? 🇨🇦 has: 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 🥉🥉🥉 In the Paralympics 🇨🇦 has: 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 Sports are important for you physical 🤾🏽♀️ and mental health 🧘♀️ They teach you: 🏄🏽♀️ perseverance 🥋self-discipline ⛹🏽♀️ teamwork 🏊🏻♀️ hardwork What sports do you like to play? Ready. Set. Let's get active!  Transportation: Getting Around There are so many ways to get around a city. We are going to explore: 🚙 🚆🚲 Getting around on land ✈️🚁 Getting around in the air ⛵️🛶 Getting around on the water It’s important to know what direction you are headed. That’s where a compass ✛, map 🗺 & phone 📱 help. Have you ever used a compass or read a map? Do you have a favourite way of getting around? Stella’s loves to fly ✈️ Airplanes are her favourite way to get around. Are you ready to learn the names of some different modes of transportation? Ready. Set. Let’s get ready to move ✈︎  💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Insects, marine life, animals & humans. Oh my! Do you like being outside? Do you like exploring? What do you love most about nature? Do you have a favourite animal? Do you have any pets at home? Stella’s favourite place to visit is the beach 🏖 She has a cat 😽 Her favourite wild animal is the panda 🐼 In this lesson, we are going to learn the names of some: 🐛 Bugs 🐠 Marine life 😽 Animals 👭 Body parts Ready. Set. Let's learn about living things!   💻 Prefer to watch the videos? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Fruits 🍏 & Vegetables 🥒 Do you have a favourite fruit? What about a favourite vegetable? Stella's favourite fruit is mango. Her favourite vegetable is asparagus. Why is it important to eat fruits & vegetables? In this lesson you'll learn: 🍉 Some names of common fruits in Japanese🍐 🥦 Some names of common vegetables in Japanese🥕 Ready. Set. Let's Eat!   ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Do you have a favourite food? Stella's favourite Japanese food is 🍜 ramenらめん My favourite Japanese food is 🍣 sushi すし We are going to learn: 🍥 Japanese names for some common foods and drinks ¥ Practice paying in Japanese Yen 🍣 Learn about sushi 🍜 Order ramen Are you ready to have some fun learning about Japanese foods? Are there any Japanese foods that you are excited to try? Ready. Set. Let’s eat 🍣   💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Colours We are going to learn the names of some common colours. First, let's start with a very important question: What's your favourite colour? My favourite colour is yellow ☀️ Stella's favourite colour is blue 🌊 What's yours? Why is it your favourite colour?    💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Speaking Politely It’s always a good idea to act and speak politely. The Japanese 🇯🇵 language is a very polite language. Similar to French 🇫🇷 how you speak to an adult is sometimes different from how you speak to a friend. If in doubt, it’s always best to use polite (formal) speech. Speaking politely in Japanese can take on many forms. Here are just a few: 🍥 Add “gozaimasu” to certain greetings to show respect Gozaimasu = ございます 🍥 Formal verbs use the “masu” form Masu = ます 🍥 Handshakes 🤝 are not as common in Japan as they are in North America and other countries. When meeting someone, you often bow 🙏🏽 instead of shaking hands. You have already learnt that there is informal and formal speech in Japanese. Do you remember the difference between the two? That’s right! Informal speech = how you would speak to friends Formal speech = how you speak to adults and strangers Here are some examples:   Japanese Verbs Japanese children are taught the informal forms of verbs. They later learn the formal forms. I am only going to teach you the formal forms. This is important since you are a visitor to Japan.   💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
 Greetings Before you depart, it’s a good idea to be able to say a few common words and phrases in the local language. It shows interest in the culture and country that you are visiting. Japanese is a very polite language. How you speak to a friend (informal speech) is sometimes different from how you speak to an adult (formal speech). Here are a few examples: Are you ready to learn some common greetings? Ready. Set. Let’s learn some Japanese  💻 Prefer to watch the video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheet
Calendar The really cool thing about Japanese is that if you know how to count from 1-12, then months and telling time are easy. Watch!  Time If you remember how to count from 1-12, then telling time is easy. Do you remember how to count in Japanese? Let’s do a quick review.   Here are a few other things that you need to remember: Hour = Ji じ AM = Gozan ござん PM = Gogo ごご Ready to Practice?   Days of the Week Days of the week are not based on the counting system. The easiest way to learn them is to practice. Day = Youbi ようび  💻 Prefer to Watch the Video? ✍🏻 Want to keep practicing? Download the practice worksheets
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AuthorsSheri & Stella like to travel and learn new languages. Join Stella on her Japanese language learning journey. 
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