This week’s Kanji is thread. You can find it in the word 毛糸- knitting wool (or yarn) and since I have seen some beautiful knitting wool on my friend’s website this year, I thought this would be fitting for this week. From http://Jisho.org Kun: いと (ito)On: シ (shi) We find it in:Knitting wool: 毛糸 (keito)Gold … [Read more…]
As I was doing the dishes, I could hear my kids arguing in the other room in three different languages. This is a funny common occurrence in my house and I find it both very annoying and amazing. Back in Canada, I was already working on having a multilingual household with French, English, ASL and … [Read more…]
This week was a vacation week here in Japan in honor of お盆 (Bon Festival) which takes place on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month. On that day, people returns to their family home and visits their ancestors’ graves to clean them. It is said that for that occasion, the spirits of the … [Read more…]
This week I found a new resource to help your Kanji learning and I will introduce this week’s Kanji using it! Do you like candies but ALSO like studying kanji? Behold Poop Sensei’s candies! I found these on sale at my local grocery store but you can find similar on Amazon. This week kanji is … [Read more…]
When my in-laws decided they would visit in April, my husband decided to organize a cultural exchange activity with his student. Since it was spring break, he planned to have a few hours long activity with his school’s English club. Here’s some tips to organize a similar event at your own school and what we … [Read more…]
