Turning Japanese

Mr. Q got on my case a few months ago because, though I speak a little (very little!) Japanese and am very embedded in that culture, I have failed to transfer that to my own daughter! Though I have grand visions of homeschooling I realized (through his gentle encouragement) that I needed to start incorporating a second language into our daily learning rituals. So, I scoured the library and Amazon to find some resources, but in the end found that my own home-made cards and games work best.

It has been so fun seeing her absorb this aspect of her heritage and hearing her babble in Japanese (some of it is accurate, some of it is imaginary). Though our plans to visit Japan this year have been postponed indefinitely, when we finally are able to go I hope that she will be able to absorb even more both linguistically and culturally. But for now, it is rewarding for both of us, I think. And it doesn't hurt that I'm getting to brush up on some stuff as well.

And now, for some fun - a little song we made up about the colors in Japanese!