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Demo videos to watch at home

Practice at home
with our demo videos

Kodomo School’s online video materials. For soroban, even the slightly tricky techniques become clear. For calligraphy, watch the demo video before class!

Video materials

Video collections for each class

Available on YouTube. Pause and replay the parts you want to check while you practice.

SorobanSoroban class videos

Even the slightly tricky techniques become clear on video.

  • “Friends that make 10” (10になるおともだち): how numbers work, for children in the final year of kindergarten
  • Addition with carrying through 5 and 10 / subtraction with borrowing
  • Two-step carrying and borrowing using both 5 and 10
  • Multiplication: 2-digit × 1-digit

Each one comes with a “practice problems” video

Videos
15
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CalligraphyCalligraphy class videos

Watch the demo video before class.

  • Getting ready (posture, how to hold the brush, how to lay out your tools)
  • Model pieces for each grade and each month
  • Models for school assignments

Watch closely, on video, how the brush moves

Videos
75
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How to use them

How to watch at home

  1. Before classWatch the demo for that day’s task once through.
  2. Repeat the hard partsPause and replay, and try copying the movement of the fingers (or the brush).
  3. Together with familyWatching while talking about “What got better?” helps children see clearly what they can do now.
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If anything is unclear, ask your teacher in class!

Start with a free trial lesson

Soroban and calligraphy trial lessons are free (about 20 minutes; just bring something to write with). The art trial lesson is 40 minutes and costs ¥1,000 (nothing to bring). Come with your child and see the feel of the classroom and how well the teacher suits your child.

Book a free trial lesson Ask on LINE Or call us0120-39-3836