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I understand that in Japan children start school at 6 years of age and that
they are expected to learn the 46 hiragana and 46 katakana syllables by the
end of that year. I'd like to know more about the methods used to teach them.
I have heard that a lot of Japanese school is straight memorization and if
that is the case, it's unfortunate. I'd love to hear about anything other than
memorization to help children assimilate the symbols.

—————update————- We are using this method and practicing groups of
structurally similar kana. 14 so far. Any critique with better methods would
be most helpful ![enter image description
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katakana hiragana
What methods are used to teach hiragana and katakana to 6 year olds?
In 1st grade they do (officially) learn the kana, but they also have to learn
80 kanji characters as well. In practice, many students are already quite
familiar with kana by then. If they attended yochien or hoikuen, they
certainly spent time writing their name on things, making cards and letters
for family, etc. But, in "school" they are taught more strictly about how to
properly make the strokes; and, lots of repetitive practice and tests.

All kana come from kanji. In the case of hiragana they are actually cursive
script versions of kanji. For example, む is cursive for 無. Most adults don't
know this and educationally using this connection to the more complex thing
would not be very effective with 6 year olds.

When they get to 2nd grade (where they must learn 160 more kanji), more time
is spent learning the primary radicals of characters as an aid to
understanding meaning.
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