Japanese Teaching Topic - COUNTING
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic COUNTING かぞえます.
Flashcards
Teach how to count long thin objects using these flashcards.
| Counting objects hon |
Teach how to count general things using these flashcards.
| Counting general |
Teach how to count flat things using these flashcards.
| Counting objects mai |
Number flashcards
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/basicws.php
Numbers from 1 to 10 with fun mnemonics to help students remember.
Games
Numbers calculator
Read (kanji) and listen to the numbers on the calculator then write the it in digits.
Numbers 1 - 10
Numbers 11 - 100
The teacher says 「大きな花火がとんできた。ドードン ドードン」 Students repeat each ドードン after the teacher. 「大きな花火がとんできた。ドードン(ドードン) ドードン(ドードン)」 Then the teacher calls 「ドン、ドン、あつまれ」. The teacher may say ドンas many times as he/she likes. Students must form groups according to the number of times the teacher said ドン.
This game involves 2 students playing Jan Ken Pon. Gu (Rock) equals 1, Choki (Scissors) equals 2 and Pa (Paper) equals 5. The students play Jan Ken Pon. It does not matter who wins or loses or if both students do the same action (e.g. both do Choki). The students must quickly add the value of the actions together and call out the number in Japanese. For example, if one student did Choki and the other did Gu the value of both would be 3. The first student to call out ‘san’ is the winner. This could also be played between the teacher and a student in the front of the class. If the student playing or any student in the class can call out the correct number in Japanese before the teacher, the student wins.
Videos
Counting from 1 to 20
A rap style song to teach students numbers. Includes kanji, romaji and digits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3won-7W3Js&feature=related
Counting things
Japanese song teaching kids how to count various types of objects.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=2-CvaCQ9suQ&feature=related
Counting small objects
Hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsvM_J5j6Ek&feature=related
Numbers around Japan
See various numbers around Japan. Students can watch the video and say or write down the numbers they see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dih7gC18sOc
Worksheets
Counting renshuu
Consolidate Japanese numbers using this worksheet.
| Lets count |
Maths problems
Practice Japanese math questions. Students read Japanese number kanji.
| Japanese maths |
Running numbers
Cut each numbers list and pin it up randomly around the classroom. Divide the class into teams of two. Allocate a scribe and a runner. The runner must run to the vocab list and remember the first number (in Japanese) then run back to their partner. Tell the scribe the japanese number who then writes it down in English. Continue until the entire list is complete. The first pair to have all the numbers accurately written down in English is the winner.
| Running numbers |
Number kanji sudoku
Students play sudoku using kanji numbers. (With solutions)
| Number kanji sudoku |
