Hiragana

Chart with stroke orders:  https://www.yosida.com/en/hiragana.html

 Hiragana Handout: http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy/Written/Hiragana_handout.pdf

Hiragana Karuta:  Print out the Hiranana letters and cut them into each letter to practice.  http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy/Written/hiragana_chart_karuta.pdf

 Renshuu

1. Sensei will show a Hiragana card, saying “kore, nan desu ka.  What is this?”  Tell the teacher what the letter is.
   
   Note:  Have you learned the words “kore or this” and “sore or an item near you” since you have been hearing the words a lot in class.  You can use it by pointing an item.

2. Hiragana Karuta: Make flashcards and spread them over on a table (or print out and cut the above Hiragana Karuta chart above).  Hancho (group leader) pronounces a letter (or a word) and have your partner(s) find it from the cards on the table by touching the card.  If your partner(s) successfully touches it, the partner(s) gets the card.  If no one finds it, tell them which one is correct and leave it on the table to come back to it again.  Which pair will be the first to remove all the cards from the table?  Rush to be the first one!
   (Variation:  You can do this in a group.  If a member finds the card, he/she keeps the card.  If a member touch a wrong card, return any card from his/her pile of cards obtained.  If a person who makes a mistake does not have any card, just move on. The person who obtained the most numbers of cards wins.)

3. Scavenger hunting:  (Place flash cards somewhere in class.) Sensei is looking for a Hiragana flash card, sensei tells you which card is missing.  Find the card for her. Sensei would say “あ“onegaishimasu.  Sensei is requesting “a” (to find it).

4. What is it?  Nan desu ka.
   Sensei or a classmate has a bag or a box.  Students ask teacher or a classmate what is inside the bag (real or picture or a piece of an item, or a paper written what it supposed to be in the bag) .  Indicating or pointing the item and say “ Nan desu ka. What is it? “   Learn some new words by finding what is in the bag.

5. Scavenger hunting:  Sensei is looking for something.  She is saying “Mitsukete kudasai (Find it, please) or Sagashite kudasai (Look for it, please)”.  Sensei will tell or show you a picture what he/she is looking for.  Read a label and find the item.  Labels can be on a package, bag, or box.

Other resource:

Chart:   http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy/Written/hiragana_chart.pdf

 Video:  http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy/Written/WritingPractice_Hiragana.html