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New storytime video and learning tips! 新しいストーリータイム動画と勉強のヒント！
Songs are great learning tools, but not the only ones! This week's video is a short story about Kinka and Pinka in the garden. 歌は素晴らしい学習ツールですが、それだけではありません！今週の動画はキンカとピンカのお庭でのお話です。 Classroom Tip This Storytime is used first to introduce language in Unit 2. Before...
New Happy Valley videos and learning tips!
We are delighted to announce our newest videos, now uploaded to our YouTube channel – Happy Valley TV. 1 – The Hello Song. 2 – The Goodbye Song. 3 – The Phonics Song. Classroom Tip The Hello Song, Goodbye Song and Phonics song are ones we use in class each day. If you...
小学館めばえ & ハッピーバレー ＤＶＤ ワークブック
Happy Valley is now shown in the Shogakkan Mebae “Christmas Hiragana Eigo Book”! The famous early aged kids book, “Mebae” has introduced Happy Valley! The book is now on sale at a book store near you!
ハッピーバレーが小学館めばえ増刊「クリスマス ひらがな・えいごブック」で紹介されています！只今書店で好評発売中！
Summer Crafts
At Modern English, where I teach Happy Valley 1 and Happy Valley 2, we spend the week before Obon doing a summer craft. This year the Happy Valley 2 kids (4-5 yo) made beaded bracelets and the Happy Valley 1 kids (and one Happy Valley 2 kid in for a make-up) made rainbow fish.
Happy Valley: User’s Comments 1
“Just wanted to let you know that I’ve started using Happy Valley with my kindergarteners and today it was a hit. The kids just loved the songs and they loved the characters.”
Thank You
Thanks to English Books Japan, SEELS and Mabuhay Classroom for your great support and to all the participants who truly made the weekend a fun-filled experience for me. I am truly grateful.
Back to School
I used the Happy Valley 2 “Hi, Hello” song to begin class with a bang. It didn’t just bang, it twirled… What I love about trying new things is seeing how the kids react and what they naturally do. Those moments are where I often learn the most about HOW to teach.
Happy Valley 2 & 3: Lesson Plans Update
Hello, Everyone. The Happy Valley 2 and Happy Valley 3 Lesson Plans are up for Units 1 to 5. Also, I will be at Maruzen in Osaka this Sunday, March 24th from 2 – 3 p.m. to chat with current and potential Happy Valley users. Come on by!
Happy Valley 2 & 3: Lesson Plans
This Friday, we will have the Lesson Plans for Units 1-5 for Happy Valley 2 and Happy Valley 3 up with Units 6-10 Lesson Plans following next week. I will also be adding an updated version of the Routines, Games and Activities Guide next week.
Happy Valley 1: New Lesson Plans
We are happy to announce that updated versions of the Happy Valley 1 Lesson Plans were uploaded today. You can download individual unit plans or Units 1-5 and Units 6-10 plans.
Happy Valley presentation ハッピーバレーのプレゼンテーション
There will be a Happy Valley presentation, Q+A and training session, hosted by Catherine Littlehale Oki, on March 5th from 10:00 a.m. at our head office in Korien. この度、ハッピーバレーのプレゼンテーションを開催することになりましたのでご案内致します。
Unit 10 Lesson Plans
Today I am writing to let our users know that the U10 Lesson Plan Sheets have been updated. Sorry if this caused any inconvenience, but I hope you will click here to download the new ones.
Happy New Year!
Since being back at school, my students and I have been using HV1 U8. The kids have really taken to the creatures around the pond near Kinka and Pinka’s tree house. Yesterday we played the game “Is it a…” from the Games and Activities Guide in the download section.
Unit 7 Speaking and Counting Activity
Hi, Everyone! I hope you all are surviving the final days until winter holidays begin. My Happy Valley 1 class just wrapped up Unit 7 "Bathtime" and we had some fun with my iPhone, the kids' heads, shoulders, knees, toes, fingers and counting 1 to 10. The procedure...
Happy Valley Presentation at ETJ Chubu Expo
名古屋でのプレゼンは、少人数でしたが、経験豊かな先生方と一緒に、Happy Valleyのフラッシュカードなどを使ったアクティビティーを楽む場となりました。プレゼンの間には、「私の生徒は、黙ってジェスチャーなんてしてくれないわ！」「ぬりえは時間がかかるから、あまりしない」という経験豊かな先生らしい意見も出ていました。
Hi!
Hi, Everyone and welcome to the Happy Valley Blog. We are very excited to bring this blog to you. Here we will write about teaching tips, our personal reflections as teachers using Happy Valley and announcements about events and offers that pop up in the future.