Can't memorize Hiragana? Try these!

Make your own Hiragana cards!

Make Hiragana cards, and play card games with your friends.

This is how my 4 year-old son memorized all Hiragana letters. ^^


Things you need to make Hiragana Cards あ～の 25 letters；

1 playing cards

colored papers size 9' x 12" ( 2 colors,  2 sheets each )

a black permanent marker

scissors

a double sided tape (or a normal tape)

1. Fold colored papers like this ↓ (make 16 rectangles ). 　

2. Write down あ～の(25 letters) once on green (or any other color of your choice) papers.

    Then, write down あ～の(25 letters) once again on red (or any other color of your choice, but different color ) papers.

3. Cut them with scissors.

4. Tape them on cards. Use a double sided tape if you have.

5. Make a joker.  We call a joker  ばば

6. Now, play card games!


Hiragana Memory Game 

Shuffle the cards. You do not need a joker for this game.

Lay them in rows, face down.

Turn over any two cards.      When you turn over cards, say the Hiragana letters out loud for practice!

If the two cards match(same Hiragana letters), keep them.  

If they don't match, turn them back over.

Remember what was on each card and where it was.

Watch and remember during the other player's turn.

The game is over when all the cards have been matched.

Hiragana Old Maid

Shuffle the cards, including a joker
Deal all the cards
Sort through your cards, making as many Hiragana pairs as possible
If you have pairs, place them face-up on the table (say the Hiragana letters out loud for practice! )and keep the rest in your hand.
Pick up a card from someone next to you, but try avoiding the joker.
When a new pair is made, place them on the table
Repeat this until you have no more cards in your hand.
The person with a joker in the end will be a loser.


After you memorize all the Hiragana letters あ～の, then you can also make Hiragana Cards は～ん, Katakana Cards, Hiragana Katakana Cards, etc.

For making "Hiragana Katakana Cards", you will write Hiragana あ～のon one color and write Katakana ア～ノon the other color. During games, you will make pairs of Hiragana and Katakana. ( e. i. あand ア）  I really like "Hiragana Katakana Cards". I should maybe make the product and sell it in Japan!