“Japanese For Elementary School Students” is a book and audio CD package that I put together for my Japanese students at P.S. 171, a public elementary school in the East Harlem section of New York City.

To read the book's Preface, which describes the program and book in a little more detail, click here .

The book is basically a compilation of the 30 “unit review sheets” that were sent home to parents to keep them informed about what their children were studying in Japanese class.  Each unit review sheet is based on a topic and contains:

• a list of vocabulary
• one or more simple conversations
• lyrics to and translation of the topic-related songs that the children learn in class

To read the book's Table of Contents and access sample unit pages from the book, click here . (The unit pages contain the same information as in the textbook, but have been reformatted for the web site.)

The CD contains the 66 Japanese children's songs that appear in the book.  They are arranged for voice and guitar, performed by me.  (Did you know that I used to be a musician before I became a Japanese teacher?)

Many of the songs are traditional Japanese children's songs.  Other songs are traditional songs that I modified, songs written by other Japanese teachers, and my own compositions.

To read the audio CD's List of Songs and to hear song samples, click here .

If you would like to purchase the book/CD package of “Japanese For Elementary School Students,” you can buy it through:

Kinokuniya Bookstore
10 W. 49 Street
New York, NY  10020
(212) 765-7766
att: Mr. John Fuller
http://www.kinokuniya.com

I think they sell it for $29.95

OR... you can purchase a set directly through me for $25 plus S&H.

To buy a set from me or just to send me a note and say hello, share ideas, offer comments, suggestions, or criticisms, e-mail by clicking here .

Roberta Young