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KIDSPRO releases eJr Programming for Kindergarten (English version). Learn English listening and reading comprehension while learning programming at the same time

Programming materials (for kindergartens, preschools, and tutoring schools) that can be taught even by inexperienced programmers: total of 36 lessons for 3 years, 15 sets of test questions, and a teacher's guide

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On July 24, 2023, KIDSPRO, a kids' programming school, launched an English version of its eJr Programming, which provides programming instruction even to inexperienced students. With lesson videos with English synthesized voices by the programming robot KIDSPRO, children can learn programming and presentation of games and digital picture books, while learning English at the same time. 
Exposure to the natural rhythm, intonation, and pronunciation of English from an early age has a positive impact on future English acquisition. An environment in which students have to listen to English for the purpose of creating games, digital picture books, etc. will have a more positive impact on English acquisition.

Features and Benefits

The English version of eJr Programming is an educational material that can be used to teach programming even to inexperienced programmers. By projecting the lesson videos on a monitor or projector, children can program games and digital picture books by themselves and present their creations.

Instructors only need to support children's learning, and no programming skills or experience are required. In addition, there is a teacher's guide for each lesson video, which allows the instructor to refer to information necessary for instruction, such as "How to proceed with the lesson" and "ScratchJr to be created in each lesson".

The material consists of 36 lessons (total 1200 minutes), 15 sets of test questions (total 120 questions) and their explanations, and 3 years worth of contents including 36 teacher's guides. The price is set at 5,000 yen/month/classroom, which is affordable even for individuals.

English version: eJr Programming

https://ejr.kidsprogram.co.jp/en/

Learn programming well in a fun way.

*There are many programming materials for young children that will attract their interest, but not many that allow them to learn the basic concepts of programming in depth. eJr Programming allows children to learn the basics of programming while having fun creating games, digital picture books, and other programming activities. In eJr Programming, children can learn the basics of programming such as "events," "control (repetition)," "messaging," "conditional branching," "serial and parallel processing," etc., while having fun programming games and digital picture books.

Free lesson videos (Advanced/Standard/Easy)

We have lesson videos of Advanced Lesson 5, Standard Lesson 1, and Easy Lesson 2 available free of charge, so please try the lesson videos.

What is ScratchJr?

ScratchJr is an early childhood programming language from Scratch, which has over 100 million users worldwide. It was co-developed by the DevTech Research Group at Tufts University and the Scratch Foundation to meet the cognitive, emotional, and social development needs of children. 

ScratchJr's home page:https://www.scratchjr.org/The application can be downloaded free of charge from

Kids Programming Class KIDSPRO

English eJr Programming

https://ejr.kidsprogram.co.jp/en

Japanese eJr Programming

https://ejr.kidsprogram.co.jp

e-Programming" for the Guide to Elementary School Programming Education (Winner of the e-Learning Grand Prize, Special Category Award)

https://e.kidsprogram.co.jp/

Books published by KIDSPRO Tetsuro Okada

https://kidsprogram.co.jp/about/book-dvd

KIDSPRO YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWpEgWXDh68RWWMfGlWK4FA

Kids Programming Inc.

Tetsuro Okada
102 Nibankan, 5-3-9 Higashinippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-0014, Japan

https://kidsprogram.co.jp/