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News & UpdatesHow Are You? Have a Simple Conversation With Pinka! 元気?ピンカと簡単な会話をしましょう!
Asking "How are you?" is a great way to start a conversation. Let this week's video show you how to ask and several different ways to answer. 「お元気ですか?」と訊くことは会話を始めるのにとても役に立ちます。今週の動画で訊き方と色々な答え方を見てみましょう! Classroom Tip Here is another important function for our students...
Red, Yellow, Green and Blue! Let’s learn basic colors! 赤、黄、緑、青!基本の色を覚えましょう!
Colors are important to know and fun to learn. Use this week's video to practice them with your child! 色は重要な単語で学習を楽しいものにしてくれます。今週の動画を使って子供と一緒に練習しましょう! Classroom Tip Learning colors with this song has never been more fun. Students don’t often have a chance to run...
Introduce Yourself to Kinka and Pinka! キンカとピンカに自己紹介しましょう!
Asking someone's name and giving your own name is one of the most basic skills you need to meet new people. Let Kinka and Pinka show you how it's done, and then practice it yourself! 初めて会った相手に名前をきいて、自分の名前をいうことは基本ですね。キンカとピンカの例を見て、自分で練習しましょう! Classroom Tip These videos...
Build your child’s vocabulary with the Flower Chant! フラワーチャントでボキャブラリーを増やそう!
This week's video lets your child learn and practice some fun everyday words, while practicing the important phrase from last week's video. 今週の動画では、日常でよく使う楽しい単語を前回紹介した動画の重要なフレーズにあわせて覚えます。 Classroom Tip After doing the Flower Chant, play this video and have students do...
Practice basic English with Kinka from Happy Valley! ハッピーバレーのキンカと基本英語の練習しましょう!
This week's video is a chant featuring the phrase "It's a". This phrase is very common in English but often hard to pronounce for young learners. Use this video to practice it with Kinka! 今週の動画は「It's a」のチャントです。この「It's...
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。