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Weekly Kanji – 糸 – Thread/yarn

August 28, 2018 by jetwife Leave a Comment

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. Kun: いと (ito)On: シ (shi) We find it in:Knitting wool: 毛糸 (keito)Gold thread : … [Read more…]

Posted in: Japanese Learning Tagged: final fantasy, Japanese, kanji, language learning, shop, symbol, thread, video games, yarn

Multilingual Household with Young Children: Methods and Tips

August 28, 2018 by jetwife Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Japanese Learning, School and Education, Uncategorized Tagged: bilingual, children, education, English, French, household, Japan, Japanese, kids, language learning, minority language at home, multilingual, one person one language, teaching, time and place

Weekly Kanji – 休 – Rest

August 19, 2018 by jetwife Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Japanese Learning Tagged: Holiday, Japanese, japanese language, Japanese learning, kanji, obon, rest

Weekly Sunday Kanji – 昔 – Once Upon a time – NEW Resource!

April 23, 2018 by jetwife Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Japanese Learning Tagged: candies, fun, gummy, Japanese, Japanese learning, kanji, language, language learning, poop, sweets, weekly

How to organize a successful Cultural Exchange Activity

April 13, 2018 by jetwife Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: School and Education, Sharing Traditions Tagged: cooking, culture, curry, delicious, English, exchange, Food, Japanese, Je, judo, presentations, pudding, School
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