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Nanay in Japan
Mar. 23, 2008
3rd grader no more!!!
YATTA! Here is Japan, people say YATTA (shortened version of the phrase 'yoku dekima****a' that is even shortened to 'yokatta') to mean "Good job!", "You did it!", "Galing!".
We moved here last summer (August 2007) at a time when my son N was the middle of his 3rd grade. We were glad that N found new friends a lot faster than we did. He is now so much at home with our new town.
His accomplishments with respect to "partial" homeschooling are:
1. Finished Scholastic Phonics level A Workbook
2. Can read all words found in Word Families (54 flashcards), Beginning Sight Words (55 flashcards), Action words (95 flashcards, Trend Enterprise).
3. My Phonics Readers B (with CD, bought in the Phils., published in Malaysia)
4. Little Bear (All I can read book)
5. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Dr. Seuss)
6. I Can Practice Writing Cursive (Grades 2 - 4)
I know we are going painfully slow coz I had to compete with his playtime with friends (twice a week, a group of 3 to 5 boys visits our place to play with N), his Nintendo DS and watching English anime (sometimes Japanese ones) on cable TV.
But what can I do? N loves his regular school so much, he's a social kid and we are in this Japanese society.
H-E-L-P!
I already have a list of books to buy from the local store or to order from an exporter company.
I have a week to decide between AOP or Sonlight? Or just handpick some good books from them?
In the meantime, I have 2 weeks of spring vacation with N. Time to visit bookstores, the library, local museums, take a short train-trip to somewhere (not to the Mie Ninja Museum again, I hope).
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Jul. 15, 2008 - Hi
Maria