Useful words for pregnant women in Japanese-english-french

Interactive website to learn Japanese using illustrations

I found a good website to learn Japanese http://www.languageguide.org/nihongo/
What I like in this website is that when you move the mouse over a picture, you can hear how to pronounce the word and in the same time you can see how to write the word in japanese and its reading in english. This website is ideal also for children to learn Japanese.

For the hiragana : http://www.languageguide.org/im/alpha/jp/hiragana.jsp
For the katakana : http://www.languageguide.org/im/alpha/jp/katakana.jsp
For the body : http://www.languageguide.org/im/body/jp/, http://www.languageguide.org/im/body2/jp/
For farm animals: http://www.languageguide.org/im/farm_anim/jp/
For birds : http://www.languageguide.org/im/birds/jp/
For fruits: http://www.languageguide.org/im/fruits/jp/
For vegetables: http://www.languageguide.org/im/veg/jp/


There are other languages also, check here: http://www.languageguide.org/

Really a wonderful website!!

Japanese Toilet Training for Kids

Do you want to know how the Japaneses train their children for the potty, see this video, it is a Japanese cartoon to teach children how to use the toilet. Nothing can surprise me here in Japan!!

Origami 折り紙

Origami is the Japanese paper fold art. The word origami is composed of two words: 折り(ori) which means folding and 紙(kami) which means paper.
Starting from a piece of paper and using only hands, origami artists, called origamist, can create impressive paper works.

Origamist provide diagrams of their works called orizu. By following the orizu, everyone can create several objects. You can give them as handmade present or use them to decorate your space or teaching you child how to make them. Origami is simple, enjoyable and easy to practice. I selected for you the following origami’s websites, enjoy!

• The famous tsuru or crane diagram in 3D animation:

http://www.origami.org.uk/

• Diagrams for beginners:

http://www.origami-usa.org/fold_this.html

http://www.origami-club.com/en/

Finally, it is important to mention that origami can be fun as well as educational for children. Actually, origami is considered as a tool for geometric constructions. In Japan, origami is used as an interactive way for teaching geometry to children.