Rei the reader!

I want to read!

Adopting Oxford Phonics World as our 'go to' phonics resource/series at Luna International was a no brainer, especially with covid-induced needs for online resources/presentation tools. We love the clarity of the materials, the logical presentation & progression. I am not a fan of the North American drawl that undermines accurate pronunciation in the audio of some units...but, I am very picky.

Unfortunately, we now have little brothers & sisters not even needing to come to Luna because they've grabbed a sibling's classbook and submerged themselves into the learning!

Screen time smasher!

Big brother Yoshi I have known since kindy...and he's been learning with us at Luna as well for a quite while now. He used to hide behind his classmates & not say 'boo' to a goose, but no more - a confident reader, neat writer & speller, and almost glib with answering too easy questions! Loosing games no longer a 'problem' either :)

I've been told his five-year old brother Rei is #OPW fan number one! As you can see, he's an independent learner...and has had to have a home screen time limit for the OPW app imposed to 15 minutes (maximum!) daily. Oh my word - if only we had that 'problem' with our students :)

I blame his parents..

Not fair?

As you can see in the pic above & videos below, Rei is an independent learner already. So, dad will be out of a job soon (as well as me!). 

Just imagine if every five year old in Japan had this kind of leg-up from mum & dad before they even get to elementary school? Game changer! Goodbye 'romaji' crap & katakana cribbing. Well done mum & dad...and thank you dad for choosing Luna International again for your family...like your parents asked me to teach you & your buddies when you were at elementary school.

Turbo-charged learning like this could/should be a game-changer for Japanese children. Tragically, I doubt very many decision makers within MEXT or BoE have the first clue about how vital a grasp of phonics is...especially with the ongoing race to the bottom which is 'providing' language teaching to children in kindergarten & elementary schools (and JHS/HS) from the lowest bidder/freshest face on zoom or YouTube/flashiest app on some administrator's TikTok feed. 

Hinata's musical postcard

 

Dear Jim,

I went to a big music festival in this weekend. First day, I enjoyed my favorite artist live. I like this artist more.

Today I went to the world Natural Heritage in this city. That's place is one of Japan's most beautiful and unspoiled national parks. I enjoyed the view and take many picture.

I will do my homework tomorrow. Because I have a lot of homework but I didn't do my homework in today and yesterday. I want do that tomorrow.

Thank you

Mark Zuckerberg's short biography

Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in New York is well-known for founding Facebook, Inc. (Now, Meta Platforms, Inc). He showed an interest in computers and programming. He began coding at a young age and created several software programs while he was in high school.

In 2003, Zuckerberg and his classmate launched a software “Synapse Media Player” for playing music while he was in high school. After entering Harvard University, Zuckerberg launched “Coursematch” and "Facemash.com" networking site initially for Harvard students. And then, he launched “Facebook” and wanted to connect people and to cultivate communities via social network.

In 2006, the function named “News Feed” was added. It could know what your friends were doing on Facebook and was a convenient function among friends. However, it had a risk to be used for cyberstalking. In 2010, the movie “Social Network” was launched, and it described the battle named “ConnectU” between Zuckerberg and his classmates.

Through the various troubles, Facebook became famous and attracted attention, and it was grown drastically as one of the most influential companies in the world. Through Facebook, he transformed how people interact online and created digital communication in ways which could not image before.