Free Educational Apps to learn Japanese
- Japanese Hiragana Letter…Learn Japanese Alphabet (ぐーびーともじあそび)
By playing with Hiragana in various ways together with a character (Goobee), this app helps your child to learn Japanese letters while having fun!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/japanese-hiragana-letter-もじあそび/id1176540679
- Fun! Hiragana…kids learn to write Japanese
By tracing dashed line, your child learn to write perfect Hiragana, all while receiving encouragement from cute characters!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fun-hiragana/id1287147494
- Fun! Katakana…kids learn to write Japanese (katakana version of above)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fun-katakana/id1409167644
- Hiragana Katakana Question Drill ひらがな ・カタカナ 問題ドリル
Fill in the blanks with hiragana or katakana by looking at pictures. Level 1-100.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ひらがな-カタカナ-問題ドリル/id1444600479
Free Game Websites to Learn Japanese
- Japanese Language Games
https://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm
- Typingoo: Typing practice in Romaji
https://typingoo.com/21_kids.html
Free Japanese Dictionary Apps
- Japanese…more than a dictionary
This is comprehensive, with over 175,000 dictionary entries and 58,000 example sentences. It comes with references, flashcards study tools, and all you need to master the Japanese language. Run offline.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/japanese/id290664053
Free Japanese Book
- NihongoTadoku
- Go to “Free Book”
- Choose a book (Level 0 – 4 / easy – difficult)
https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/
Japanese Learning Websites for JHL students
- NHK for School 「ことばドリル」episodes 1-20
- Watch 10 minutes video clip.
- Go to Supplement below for drill and Kanji practice.
https://www.nhk.or.jp/kokugo/drill/
- News Web Easy NHK やさしい日本語で書いたニュース News written in an easy Japanese
https://www.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/
- おうちで学ぼうNHK for schools https://www.nhk.or.jp/school/ouchi/?cid=dchk-commonheader
- YAHOO! Japan きっず https://kids.yahoo.co.jp/study/
- 1年生で習ったカタカナ https://www2.nhk.or.jp/school/movie/bangumi.cgi?das_id=D0005150193_00000&p=box
- 時計を正しく読めるかな https://www2.nhk.or.jp/school/movie/bangumi.cgi?das_id=D0005160065_00000&p=box
- 理科4年生:電気エネルギー (short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/rika/endless6/
- 理科:電磁石・どうして前へすすむ (short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/rika/endless5/
- 理科(幼稚園・1年生):かげのふしぎ(short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/rika/endless3/?das_id=D0005110390_00000
- 理科(幼稚園・1年生):ひなたと日かげ (short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/rika/endless3/?das_id=D0005110391_00000
- 理科(幼稚園・1年生):光はどこから (short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/rika/endless3/?das_id=D0005110392_00000
- 理科(1年生):音のふしぎ (short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/rika/endless3/?das_id=D0005110394_00000
- 日本語(幼稚園から2年生):できた! (short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/tokkatsu/dekita/?das_id=D0005170171_00000
- ずこう:当たり前ずこう(当たり前体操の替え歌) https://www.nhk.or.jp/zukou/kiminara/
- 日本の話:お話の国 (short videos, supplements & teaching aids) https://www.nhk.or.jp/kokugo/ohanashi/ 話:ももたろう・きんたろう・うらしまたろう・いっすんぼうし・したきりすずめ・ぶんぶくちゃがま・おむすびころりん・さるかにがっせん・かちかち山・さんまいのお札・かぐや姫・鶴の恩返し・雪女・かさじぞう・
- NEWS WEB EASY NHK やさしい日本語で書いたニュース https://www.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/