Beyond recognizing hiragana

女の子が「あ・い・う」の文字カードを並べて遊んでいる色鉛筆イラスト。

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Beyond recognizing hiragana

Listening, finding a missing character and making an animal name use different clues. Choose a Japanese-learning activity by the connection you want to explore.

See levels, routes and learning goals

Choose by the skill being explored. HOP, STEP and JUMP describe Chicodori content levels, not overseas school grades. The branch descriptions explain what to look for in each activity.

HOP · JapaneseCharacters & spelling

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First steps in hiragana illustrationFirst steps in hiragana
Which Hiragana? · activity previewChoose by soundConnect a Japanese sound with a characterExplore the activities ＋Missing Hiragana · activity previewFollow a sequenceUse the order of charactersExplore the activities ＋Animal Names · activity previewMake a wordArrange characters into a nameExplore the activities ＋

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A character and a whole word

Rather than treating all hiragana activities alike, compare whether they focus on sound, character order or word spelling. These activities teach Japanese; their learning content remains Japanese.

Where to explore next

When Japanese sounds and spelling differ ›Choosing words beyond “great” ›
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Choose by sound

Connect a Japanese sound with a character

Which Hiragana? · activity previewJapanese activity →

Which Hiragana?

Find the character for the sound

Use Japanese audio to choose a hiragana character, rather than reading from sight alone.

What to look for
Does listening again help? Which features distinguish similar characters?
Where it can lead
Connecting Japanese sounds and characters.

Follow a sequence

Use the order of characters

Missing Hiragana · activity previewJapanese activity →

Missing Hiragana

Find a character from its neighbors

Find the missing character in a hiragana sequence. Compare this clue with listening to a sound.

What to look for
Does the child use neighboring characters or recite the sequence?
Where it can lead
Recognizing character order.

Make a word

Arrange characters into a name

Animal Names · activity previewJapanese activity →

Animal Names

Turn characters into a word

Arrange hiragana characters to make an animal name.

What to look for
Can the child recognize each character but still hesitate over their order?
Where it can lead
Spelling Japanese words and beginning to build sentences.

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