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Post by applecider on Jan 9, 2019 16:18:52 GMT 9
Your link is blocked on my work internet which is dumb so I guess I'll check it out when I get home +_+ Thank you, I'll check them out! We've been only thinking of picture books that were originally English so that idea hadn't occurred to me.
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Post by sacchan on Jan 15, 2019 16:23:08 GMT 9
appleciderMaybe you already thought of it, but if you have a limited budget and owning the book is not a necessity for you, I would also recommend visiting your local libraries.(check if they have an online catalogue if you don't have a lot of time or call them to ask about their foreign language books) We are a small city but our main library has The Very Hungry Caterpillar and some other picture books in English (and other languages), so yours might too!
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Post by applecider on Jan 16, 2019 9:18:50 GMT 9
OH no I got money to buy books as part of the JET Microgrant funding so budget is not a problem at all, it's literally as many books as we can get with it, haha. Talking to the local library is a good idea though! I'd like to do something with them...
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Post by miscreative on Jan 17, 2019 10:53:36 GMT 9
all my picture book events have been done with books from the library. would it be possible to donate those books to the library so they can be enjoyed when you are not using them 360 days out of the year? take this with a grain of salt but i would recommend getting books that have a japanese version (if not get both versions) that way they can read it in japanese to get the story and then read the english and know what is going on some examples of books we have done at for EHON YOMIKIKASE include: -the very hungry caterpillar - time for a hug (this is a big hit. the japanese and english vary quite a bit tho) - ELEPHEE'S WALK- Guri and Gura (Korean CIR did it. everyone knows the story) -Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (by Eric Carle. has cool pages that extend) -where the wild things are -corduroy -give a mouse a cookie -i heard that the DARUMA series is pretty good too big books! OOGATA EHON are HIGHLY recommended (and expensive...). Unless you are only reading to 2 kid it makes it so everyone can see. (it may require and extra set of hands tho). we often have 3 people. me reading the english version, TANTO reading the japanese version, and another person turning the big book pages. i am sure you know but on a related note when actually doing the EHON YOMIKIKASE, if you read more than like 2 books, dont forget to do activities in between. JANKEN, simon says, animal NAKIGOE, etc. hope this is useful!
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Post by applecider on Jan 17, 2019 13:12:12 GMT 9
Thanks for the book ideas, they're exactly what I wanted! We are also definitely prioritizing ones with a existing Japanese translation.
I have preschool visits on average 3+ times a week and do them alone (I just walk around to let them see the pictures) and depending on the number of times we visit a year the preschools are all on different topics so it's just easier if we have all the books we need at city hall... I was hoping there'll be enough money to get additional books solely to donate to the library if we get all the ones we wanted, but that's a question for later on...
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Post by Dee on Jan 17, 2019 13:35:33 GMT 9
"The Night Before Christmas" is another good one. There is a Japanese translation for that one too
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Post by rezkei on Feb 21, 2019 10:03:28 GMT 9
Okay so I need to come up with a couple of lesson plans for my final round of HOIKUEM visits and could use some advice.
I need to give 2 lessons that center around song/dance so that kids from one of the schools can do a stage performance at our international festival. Last year I went with the Hokey Pokey (body parts) and a simplified Baby Shark (family members), and I'm having trouble coming up with new ones for this year.
I could use Head Shoulders Knees and Toes for a new lesson on body parts, but I feel like it's hard to make performance-length? Last year each was about 2 minutes so I assume that's the approximate goal. Also I get passively told that everything is too hard if it uses more than 6 words and that's 8 so I anticipate lots of CHOTTO MUZUKASHII KANAAAAAs. But if I can't come up with anything else, then that's that. .-.
And then I have no other ideas, even after extensive searching. Something dance-heavy would be good and I am being nudged away from doing more than 1 song, but for the life of me I cannot come up with or find anything other than the Hokey Pokey.
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Post by Dee on Feb 21, 2019 14:20:27 GMT 9
rezkei, are these 2-3 year olds? You could do a counting song like 1 2 3 Banana, and have them count to 10 using their fingers and waving hands around. There's also the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or "Finger Family." If it's slightly older kids like 4 or 5 yr olds, you could also try "Wheels on the Bus" or "Old MacDonald had a Farm" since most of the lyrics repeat. "I'm a Little Teapot" is cute too, but short.
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Post by rezkei on Feb 21, 2019 15:05:44 GMT 9
rezkei , are these 2-3 year olds? You could do a counting song like 1 2 3 Banana, and have them count to 10 using their fingers and waving hands around. There's also the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or "Finger Family." If it's slightly older kids like 4 or 5 yr olds, you could also try "Wheels on the Bus" or "Old MacDonald had a Farm" since most of the lyrics repeat. "I'm a Little Teapot" is cute too, but short. There's a bit of a range on ages, but around 3-5 years old with most being about to enter elementary school. I also only have 2 40-minute visits per school each round (2 rounds a year) and for a lot that's their only exposure to English so it needs to be reeeeeeally basic. For reference, my simplified Baby Shark was literally just saying the name of each member of the shark family and repeating, and my coworkers STILL keep bringing up how it was too hard and we should do something simpler this year (hence getting encouraged to do dances rather than songs, which feels like it defeats the purpose of having an English class to me, but oh boy this is dangerously close to becoming a miff so I'm gonna stop now). I like the idea of doing numbers with the banana song, thanks! Let's see if they'll even let me go up to 10 lmao
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Post by Dee on Feb 21, 2019 15:15:37 GMT 9
rezkei , are these 2-3 year olds? You could do a counting song like 1 2 3 Banana, and have them count to 10 using their fingers and waving hands around. There's also the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or "Finger Family." If it's slightly older kids like 4 or 5 yr olds, you could also try "Wheels on the Bus" or "Old MacDonald had a Farm" since most of the lyrics repeat. "I'm a Little Teapot" is cute too, but short. There's a bit of a range on ages, but around 3-5 years old with most being about to enter elementary school. I also only have 2 40-minute visits per school each round (2 rounds a year) and for a lot that's their only exposure to English so it needs to be reeeeeeally basic. For reference, my simplified Baby Shark was literally just saying the name of each member of the shark family and repeating, and my coworkers STILL keep bringing up how it was too hard and we should do something simpler this year (hence getting encouraged to do dances rather than songs, which feels like it defeats the purpose of having an English class to me, but oh boy this is dangerously close to becoming a miff so I'm gonna stop now). I like the idea of doing numbers with the banana song, thanks! Let's see if they'll even let me go up to 10 lmao Yeah... I feel ya. I see my kindergarten kids every day, so they are able to learn more complex songs for their recitals and such, but that's gotta be really hard when you only work with them a couple times a year. Good luck!
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Post by 83tsu on May 28, 2019 10:57:14 GMT 9
Hey everyone---
I've gotten a few requests from various preschools to teach more songs. I have a handful that I go through already, but some of the schools have asked that I specifically teach songs that have both Japanese and English lyrics. The only two I can think of that have Japanese and English versions are "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree."
Does anyone here know of others? I've poked around online, but I haven't found any specific answers.
(Also, does anyone have any additional simple songs that they'd recommend in general? My repertoire currently includes such hits as "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes," "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and the "Hokey Pokey."
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Post by long johnson on May 28, 2019 12:38:37 GMT 9
Hey everyone--- I've gotten a few requests from various preschools to teach more songs. I have a handful that I go through already, but some of the schools have asked that I specifically teach songs that have both Japanese and English lyrics. The only two I can think of that have Japanese and English versions are "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree." Does anyone here know of others? I've poked around online, but I haven't found any specific answers. (Also, does anyone have any additional simple songs that they'd recommend in general? My repertoire currently includes such hits as "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes," "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and the "Hokey Pokey." hi~ I used to teach at an eikaiwa and we often sang さんぽ (from Totoro) in English! the kids especially loved the "hey let's go, hey let's go! I'm happy as can beeee" part of the song. there was a cute dance we did with the students as well. youtube might have some videos with the dance (or maybe the eikaiwa made that up... not sure).
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Post by Dee on May 28, 2019 13:36:35 GMT 9
Hey everyone--- I've gotten a few requests from various preschools to teach more songs. I have a handful that I go through already, but some of the schools have asked that I specifically teach songs that have both Japanese and English lyrics. The only two I can think of that have Japanese and English versions are "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree." Does anyone here know of others? I've poked around online, but I haven't found any specific answers. (Also, does anyone have any additional simple songs that they'd recommend in general? My repertoire currently includes such hits as "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes," "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and the "Hokey Pokey." Check out Super Simple Songs (English & Japanese) on YouTube. They have a lot of great kids songs in both languages. We also use a lot of these songs for our Kid's EIKAIWA too. Some songs I've taught to my kids are HSKT, Itsy Bitsy Spider, I'm a Little Tea Pot, Bingo, Old McDonald had a Farm, and Wheels on the Bus
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Post by applecider on Aug 28, 2020 9:02:24 GMT 9
Has anyone had success with/made up some more socially distanced games or activities for preschool kids? I've stopped using any props that involved passing around from kid to kid/generally limited kid to kid interaction in songs or stuff that previously had it, but they're babies hue, and while I know it's okay for classes to be more subdued especially now, I don't want things to get entirely too repetitive...
Our area doesn't have any cases so we've basically generally carried on as normal except for some extra precautions, but I've still been teaching entire classes that don't wear masks and I go around to so many preschools (ugh) that in the the worst case scenario it could be pretty bad (although I guess in that case they'd probably just shut visits down completely)...
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Post by Dee on Aug 31, 2020 14:11:58 GMT 9
Has anyone had success with/made up some more socially distanced games or activities for preschool kids? I've stopped using any props that involved passing around from kid to kid/generally limited kid to kid interaction in songs or stuff that previously had it, but they're babies hue, and while I know it's okay for classes to be more subdued especially now, I don't want things to get entirely too repetitive... Our area doesn't have any cases so we've basically generally carried on as normal except for some extra precautions, but I've still been teaching entire classes that don't wear masks and I go around to so many preschools (ugh) that in the the worst case scenario it could be pretty bad (although I guess in that case they'd probably just shut visits down completely)... I haven't changed any of my lessons or whatnot due to COVID, altho the kids at my kindergarten wear masks. Have you tried teaching hand-play songs or just songs in general? "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes" is always a good one. I also like teaching "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or the "Finger Family."
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Post by thelatter on Oct 5, 2020 13:57:39 GMT 9
I saw you guys were discussing about socially distanced preschool activities and I'm trying to come up with some of my own for my next visit. It's very difficult...especially cuz this one teacher is not at all supportive of me in the classroom. She's the only one that writes a ton of stuff about my lessons while the other three preschools are just fine with what I bring.
Anyway, I was thinking of doing opening with my Hawaiian good morning song, a hula song (add up to 5 minutes), teach them about body parts (10 minutes), teach them head shoulders knees and toes, teach them the Hawaiian version of the song, have them dance a couple times for each song, then do Simon says.
A little worried about them touching their face area during Simon says, but I'll just say don't touch your face directly, just point! or something. If I have extra time, we'll do four corners.
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Post by Mephisto on Dec 11, 2020 10:21:13 GMT 9
It's me again ! I have been doing some presentation about my home country for 4-6 years old for a little while now and thanks to everyone's advice its been going quite well ! Now, here is the catch, I have a couple lessons coming up with 3 years old. Obviously I have been told to do it with 遊び感覚 - so I am thinking of reading a book in French (super very simple, translate each sentence) and maybe do a few songs with hand gestures. However the lesson is 1h and I don't really know what to expect, have some of you had classes with very smol kiddos ? I'll take any advice or games that keep them easily entertained without being too difficult
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Post by Dee on Dec 11, 2020 13:42:09 GMT 9
It's me again ! I have been doing some presentation about my home country for 4-6 years old for a little while now and thanks to everyone's advice its been going quite well ! Now, here is the catch, I have a couple lessons coming up with 3 years old. Obviously I have been told to do it with 遊び感覚 - so I am thinking of reading a book in French (super very simple, translate each sentence) and maybe do a few songs with hand gestures. However the lesson is 1h and I don't really know what to expect, have some of you had classes with very smol kiddos ? I'll take any advice or games that keep them easily entertained without being too difficult An hour with 3 yr olds is a bit tough, haha. You have some good ideas already (picture book, hand-play songs). I definitely recommend some kind of game where they can move around a bit. Is there a large area where you could play some playground games? If there's a French game similar to "daruma-san ga koronda" or even "duck, duck, goose" I think those would go over well.
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Post by しくchill on Dec 14, 2020 14:02:24 GMT 9
It's me again ! I have been doing some presentation about my home country for 4-6 years old for a little while now and thanks to everyone's advice its been going quite well ! Now, here is the catch, I have a couple lessons coming up with 3 years old. Obviously I have been told to do it with 遊び感覚 - so I am thinking of reading a book in French (super very simple, translate each sentence) and maybe do a few songs with hand gestures. However the lesson is 1h and I don't really know what to expect, have some of you had classes with very smol kiddos ? I'll take any advice or games that keep them easily entertained without being too difficult If you can get help from the teachers, and if the kids are allowed to move around, I have a game that's been successful at preschools even with the smallest kids. You teach some basic vocab, for instance, animal calls as they tend to differ by language, or animal names, colors, etc. Then, you and the teachers each hold a card with an animal/color/etc. picture and stand in different corners of the room. You have the kids stand in the middle and you say "Which animal makes This sound?" and the kids have to run over to the person holding the picture of that animal. Repeat as needed, can kill 5-10 minutes and fit in with the picture book if it happens to include animals or other simple vocab to teach. It works well because the kids don't really need to understand the word completely, as long as one goes in the right direction they will all follow...and if you react to them going to the wrong card they'll head a different way. We also like to teach like "jump," "skip," "crawl," "STOP" and have them respond to commands, works the same way as they can copy your actions, and can be used as a warm-up or to kill 3-5 minutes at the end. I apologize if these aren't helpful, I only do visits at one daycare and see them very rarely so I'm not the most creative with games ^^;;
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Post by Dee on Nov 15, 2021 14:57:42 GMT 9
I played a new flashcard game with the kids today, so I thought I would share. It's called the "Puzzle Game." I made photocopies of the animal flashcards I'm currently using with this class and cut each one in half in a jig-saw style so that the two pieces of paper would fit together like a puzzle. Then I spread out the pieces of paper on the floor of a big open hall/classroom. The kids had to claim a piece and then find the person with the matching piece. I then had each pair tell me what animal they had in English.
The kids did really well and seemed to enjoy the game. It was a bit too easy for the 年長 group, so I'm thinking of cutting the papers into 4 pieces instead of just 2 so it would take longer to piece together.
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Post by Dee on Nov 17, 2021 9:14:57 GMT 9
Something I've been wanting to do for a while is make a simple "kami-shibai" style Christmas book for my kindergarten kids explaining American Christmas traditions. I used to just show some photos on my tablet and explain a bit myself, but I would like to have something a little more put together. I've started a list of things to talk about based on stuff I've taught in the past. Looking for opinions or ideas.
Santa Clause - Sleigh with 9 reindeers (names) - Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer - Places presents under the tree - Good children get presents and candy, bad children get coal - Leave out cookies and milk for Santa, and carrots for reindeer
Decorations - Christmas tree, decorate with family - Stockings, hang on the wall - Christmas lights on houses
Holiday Food - Christmas dinner - Christmas cookies - Candy canes
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Post by しくchill on Nov 17, 2021 10:36:37 GMT 9
Dee My former coCIR made a kamishibai explaining Christmas in their home country using a "12 days to christmas" format, showing different aspects of the celebrations (cleaning the house, baking cookies, chopping down/buying the tree, decorating the tree, Santa wrapping the presents in his workshop) for each day, ending on Christmas Eve with Santa taking off with all of his reindeer. The format is pretty successful, as it offers a kind of narrative way to explain Christmas traditions without having to write a full story. It's long-form but since every page has an entirely new concept/image, the kids stay engaged. coCIR also hid animals in all of the pictures, so we ask the kids if they can find them and they really MORIAGARU. edit: I can send some pics to you on Discord if you are interested!
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Post by Dee on Nov 17, 2021 11:18:41 GMT 9
Dee My former coCIR made a kamishibai explaining Christmas in their home country using a "12 days to christmas" format, showing different aspects of the celebrations (cleaning the house, baking cookies, chopping down/buying the tree, decorating the tree, Santa wrapping the presents in his workshop) for each day, ending on Christmas Eve with Santa taking off with all of his reindeer. The format is pretty successful, as it offers a kind of narrative way to explain Christmas traditions without having to write a full story. It's long-form but since every page has an entirely new concept/image, the kids stay engaged. coCIR also hid animals in all of the pictures, so we ask the kids if they can find them and they really MORIAGARU. edit: I can send some pics to you on Discord if you are interested! Oh, that sounds amazing! I would love to take a look at it
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Post by miscreative on Nov 22, 2021 9:34:53 GMT 9
Something I've been wanting to do for a while is make a simple "kami-shibai" style Christmas book for my kindergarten kids explaining American Christmas traditions. I used to just show some photos on my tablet and explain a bit myself, but I would like to have something a little more put together. I've started a list of things to talk about based on stuff I've taught in the past. Looking for opinions or ideas. Santa Clause - Sleigh with 9 reindeers (names) - Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer - Places presents under the tree - Good children get presents and candy, bad children get coal - Leave out cookies and milk for Santa, and carrots for reindeer Decorations - Christmas tree, decorate with family - Stockings, hang on the wall - Christmas lights on houses Holiday Food - Christmas dinner - Christmas cookies - Candy canes i can only think to add
stockings to santa/presents and pie to holiday food (no cake! unless i guess your family does fruit cake or buche de noel)
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Post by miscreative on Nov 22, 2021 9:49:27 GMT 9
we recently did yet another picture book event and we have added a new activity to our repertoire but i will list what all we've done
~~rock paper scissors in english (teach them each and the "rock paper scissors shoot" method so its not the exact same). we practice, then do a TAIKAI where everyone stands up. if they tie or win they stay standing. if they lose they sit ~~animal sounds in english and (whoever i'm with). cat, dog, frog, pig, cow, bird etc. introduce by "what animal? yes! what sound does it make in japanese? okay, in English, it sounds like this" rinse, repeat. then quiz after if there is time ~~(the newest member) simon says the Please Game. they get to teach me manners. "please means ONEGAI. if i dont say please dont do it! these are the words 'jump, touch, head, ears, arm, tummy, knees' okay. please touch your head!" while i also did the motion. i didnt bother having them sit down like for janken. just if they did the action when i didnt say please, just did a dramatic ahh! i didnt say please!
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Post by waten on Apr 25, 2022 9:49:13 GMT 9
Does anyone have any good holiday song music ideas for American holidays that isn't Christmas based?
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Post by Aya Raincoat on Apr 25, 2022 10:03:16 GMT 9
To sing or just to play?
If it's to play, there's a lot for Halloween for sure
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Post by waten on Apr 25, 2022 14:32:56 GMT 9
To sing or just to play? If it's to play, there's a lot for Halloween for sure play
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Post by Dee on Apr 28, 2022 16:18:27 GMT 9
Does anyone have any good holiday song music ideas for American holidays that isn't Christmas based? What holidays are you looking for?
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Post by waten on Apr 28, 2022 16:47:09 GMT 9
Does anyone have any good holiday song music ideas for American holidays that isn't Christmas based? What holidays are you looking for? Not Halloween or Christmas
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