Kumon Japanese 2A is the last Japanese language material for young children. Let's support your child's learning by understanding the images of the materials and points of attack.
Check the levels of Kumon Japanese 2A teaching materials
The Kumon Japanese 2A teaching materials are as follows.
A new concept, "particles," is introduced; while adjectives and verbs were covered in 3A, in 2A students will learn particles.
In addition, all hiragana, including "muddled and repellant" hiragana, will be covered, and hiragana sentences will finally reach the end of the course.
Check the explanations of Kumon Formulas
Next, let's check the explanations of the Kumon formulas.
Students will completely master reading and writing of all hiragana (including muddled sounds, sulphurs, etc.). Learn the types and functions of particles. Learn to read hiragana sentences and understand the content of each element; learn to read sentences of about 100 characters easily while understanding the content.
The sentence "To completely master the reading and writing of all hiragana" is impressive. This shows that mastery of hiragana is a pre-school issue in Kumon Japanese. Also, the sentences will be up to about 100 characters in length, so by this point, you should be able to read many picture books.
At what age is this material suitable for learning?
Let's also check the positioning of 2A.
It is the last material in the early childhood period. The approximate age is around 5 years old.
Families who started Kumon at the age of 3 or 4 and are making good progress will start to see children who can gradually advance beyond their age from this point onward.
What are the key points of attack?
The new elements that will be covered in 2A are voiced sounds, sound repellents, and particles.
Since children will naturally hear these sounds in everyday speech and reading, it is unlikely that they will learn them for the first time in the 2A course. The difficulty may lie in the fact that the shapes of the letters are similar when they are written. The pronunciation of "ha," "pa," and "ba" are obviously different, and your child will easily be able to identify them as sounds, but the shapes of the letters are very similar. It will be easier to understand here if you can connect the letter form and sound with something like the hiragana poster.
The particle is a part of everyday conversation that is often omitted. When eating rice, it is rare to say "let's eat rice" in conversation, and the particle "eat rice" is often omitted in daily conversation. Therefore, it is possible that even children who have a rich vocabulary in conversation may be unexpectedly unfamiliar with the concept of particles.
The easiest way to expose children to particles is to read to them. In the written word, particles are much less likely to be omitted. Even conversational sentences in the written language are often written without omitting particles if the book is a proper picture book for children around 5 years old. The level of comprehension will vary depending on whether or not the child is familiar with the written language through picture books.
This is the final part of the hiragana series, and the concepts are somewhat more difficult than the other hiragana series.
Once you get through this section, you will finally be ready for elementary school. Let's do our best.