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Preschool at Home: Curriculum Choices

July 12, 2025

As a homeschooling mom and homeschool alumni, recently I have been getting messages and in-person questions about home education overseas and our curriculum choices.

We do not have older kids yet so I cannot speak with authority on homeschooling the elementary years (beyond my personal experience growing up), but we have been homeschooling our oldest son through preschool for a few years, and soon our second-born will begin home learning as well!

As a result I thought I would put together a list of homeschool curriculum that we have tried in the past and share my thoughts about each with you here! I also will go into what we plan to use over the next school year with our middle child, and why I am excited about it!!

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Final Release: Hiragana at Home Part 3!!

January 7, 2024

Hi there everyone, we hope that everything is settling in well now that the winter holidays are over!

We also have an announcement.. Hiragana at Home, Part 3 has released!

Hiragana at Home is a home education resource that we lovingly created for our own family. As a mother living in Japan and a second-language speaker of Japanese, I longed for a home education resource for exposing young children to Japanese language in a way that was gentle, simple, play-based, and not time-consuming or filled with busy work.

Whether you live in Japan or overseas, if you want to introduce your preschool-aged (or older) child to hiragana and to teach them the Japanese language from home, this is the program for you. (Adults can also benefit from the extensive song links and book lists!)

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Hiragana Part 3: Release Update!

January 5, 2024

Happy New Year!!

Japan has had a tumultuous beginning of the year, including earthquakes, tsunami, fires, and a plane collision within just the first two days of 2024. Although our home was not affected directly, a friend of ours was in the danger zone when the events of January 1st occurred, and we are deeply grateful that they are safe.

Japan is a disaster-prone country, but full of resilient people that come together to help each other as a community when catastrophes happen. This is one of the things that I love about Japan!

Despite the unfortunate start to this new year, we pray for the victims of the recent disasters, and that Japan will overcome the recent challenges and experience a year of blessing!

We are also excited to announce the upcoming release date of Hiragana at Home, Part 3. The final installment in the Hiragana at Home series is nearly completed, and we are now in the stages of editing and previewing before publishing the material!

Part 3 will be available by January 9th, 2024! Until then, we will be offering a special discount for new customers of our program. When you purchase our program, you will receive the Part 1 and Part 2 downloads immediately in your purchase downloads, and Part 3 when it releases on or by January 9th, 2024 (Japan time).