I made this binder a year ago when I was trying to learn Japanese then. I was studying a few days a week if not everyday. Until the Black Forest Fire broke out in Colorado. As I live in Colorado and lived right next to the fire, I had to get evacuated. I stopped my studies at that point and didn't have the drive to get back into learning Japanese right away.
Anyway back to the point. I went out and picked up some economy weight clear sheet protectors from Wal-mart. I bought three packages, since they were 25 sheets per package. They were $2.49 per package. I also bought a graph paper 5 star notebook with was around $3.49. My binder I picked out is one of these two. My Harajuku mini or Hello Kitty. As I only picked them since Hello Kitty and Harajuku are both from Japan. I already printed out Hiragana and Katakana practice and place them in the protective sheets.
The start of my Hiragana/Katakana binder goes as follows:
Page 1:
Genki Japans' current May Calendar
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DIVIDER: Hiragana + Katakana charts and Stroke Orders
Page 2:
Hiragana Chart from Textfugu.
Page 3:
Hiragana Stoke Order Chart from はじめまして's Blog.
Page 4:
Katakana Chart from Textfugu.
Page 5:
Katana Stroke Order Chart from はじめまして's Blog.
Page 6:
Because you just cant have enough Hiragana and Katakana chart from MLC.
DIVIDER: Kana 101s Hiragana and Katakana Lessons
Pages 7-12:
Pages 8-11:
Pages 12-14:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 3
Pages 15-18:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 4
Pages 19-21:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 5
Pages 22-24:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 6
Pages 25-28:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 7
Pages 29-31:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 8
Pages 32-35:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 9
Pages 36-39:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 10
Pages 40-43:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 11
Pages -:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 12
Pages -:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 13
Pages -:
Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 14
DIVIDER: MLC Hiragana and Katakana Worksheets
Pages -:
DIVIDER: MLC Hiragana and Katakana Worksheet Answers
Pages -:
Materials Used:
75+ Sheet Protectors*
1 set of 8 Dividers
150+ sheets of paper*
1 binder
**Guessed at this numbers for now**
I also have the Let's Learn Hiragana and Let's Learn Katakana workbooks. I'd say its cheaper to buy some graph paper or a graph paper notebook and practice writing the characters down trying to fit in 2x2 square. The only part I found really cool is the word search at the end. Though I could make my own or google search for some already made Hiragana or Katakana word search.
I will be updating this blog, for lessons 3-14, as soon as we start the lesson they are involved with. As some of the links were not correct I had to resign up for the emails and they are sent daily. The new links should be coming out within the next few days. We will also be starting with lessons one and two tomorrow!
NOTE: I was going to put some photos in on how I did mine, but I guess this will have to do for now. I don't want to keep this blog from being posted just from pictures not downloading to my computer.
Tomorrow I plan to start up with the lessons. As I wanted to have a day on Kana101. This way I can put lesson 1-2 added in for one day and be on track for days 12-14 at the same time. I would have started it yesterday but the website wasn't working.
As for the rest of the day I'd suggest making your own Kana, both Hiragana and Katakana, flash cards. You can also download and print them off here. You can also study them a little bit with an app for your smart phone called Jalaga.
Happy Learning!
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