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I saw on one of the comments on your blog that your son goes to a Japanese immersion preschool. I don't have any kids yet, but do you know of any in the South Bay (San Jose, etc...'Silicon Valley')? When I have kids, I'd love to send them to one. Since they'll be half Japanese I'd love it if they could learn more about their language and culture, since my fiance and I aren't fluent in Japanese (I know a fair amount, but not enough in this case).
The only time I have experienced anything like that (there was another school like that for older children) that I've found out about when I went to a Japan club festival with many other students from the Bay Area...but they were from San Francisco as well.
I don't remember the name of it, but I do see Japanese immersion preschools in the South Bay advertised on the Japanese TV shows on KTSF (Furin Kazan, Kaze no Haruka, Homemaker, etc.). I think there's one in San Mateo -- check again once you're pregnant! ;-)
I'm quite pleased with the Japanese immersion preschool that Bug is in here in the city. There are a number of second- and third-generation Japanese parents, and lots of half-Japanese kids -- they don't require your child to be fluent going in. I know of two immersion preschools in SF (ABC Preschool and Little Angels), and one bilingual one (Nihonmachi Little Friends). One of the families in my son's class drives their child up from Half Moon Bay EVERY DAY!!!
Yeah...I'm not going to look into it seriously until I am going to have a kid to go to one. Is it usually the sort of thing that you need to be on a waiting list for 5 years though? San Mateo is too far from me, but I'd have to do research to see anyhow. I know a friend of mine in High School had Japanese school in the afternoon so surely there are some preschools like that around here. Who knows, maybe we'll live in SF by then (doubt it though, unless a job brought us there).
That's good that they don't have to be fluent, although I'm sure I could get them started with (me reading to them) children's books before they reach the appropriate age to start(surely my Japanese is good enough for that!).
Ps. I say them because not having any kids I don't know what to say...so it might look a little awkward (at least it does to me).
Yeah...I'm not going to look into it seriously until I am going to have a kid to go to one. Is it usually the sort of thing that you need to be on a waiting list for 5 years though? San Mateo is too far from me, but I'd have to do research to see anyhow. I know a friend of mine in High School had Japanese school in the afternoon so surely there are some preschools like that around here. Who knows, maybe we'll live in SF by then (doubt it though, unless a job brought us there).
That's good that they don't have to be fluent, although I'm sure I could get them started with (me reading to them) children's books before they reach the appropriate age to start(surely my Japanese is good enough for that!).
Ps. I say them because not having any kids I don't know what to say...so it might look a little awkward (at least it does to me).
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The only time I have experienced anything like that (there was another school like that for older children) that I've found out about when I went to a Japan club festival with many other students from the Bay Area...but they were from San Francisco as well.
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I'm quite pleased with the Japanese immersion preschool that Bug is in here in the city. There are a number of second- and third-generation Japanese parents, and lots of half-Japanese kids -- they don't require your child to be fluent going in. I know of two immersion preschools in SF (ABC Preschool and Little Angels), and one bilingual one (Nihonmachi Little Friends). One of the families in my son's class drives their child up from Half Moon Bay EVERY DAY!!!
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That's good that they don't have to be fluent, although I'm sure I could get them started with (me reading to them) children's books before they reach the appropriate age to start(surely my Japanese is good enough for that!).
Ps. I say them because not having any kids I don't know what to say...so it might look a little awkward (at least it does to me).
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That's good that they don't have to be fluent, although I'm sure I could get them started with (me reading to them) children's books before they reach the appropriate age to start(surely my Japanese is good enough for that!).
Ps. I say them because not having any kids I don't know what to say...so it might look a little awkward (at least it does to me).
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