Here are some fun videos to get your students singing and dancing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YnUOAA6uiA

There are several versions so have a look at them all.

Marugoto is a new course designed for Japanese by the Japan Foundation and published by Sanshusha.
Although designated for 16+ on our website, we recommend this course for students who have elected Japanese from year 9 to year 12.
The 4th level A2-B1 has just been printed, and the level B1 (year 12) is due out before the end of 2015. Levels A2/B1 and B1 are recommended for years 11 and 12.

The course books for the first 3 levels : A1 Starter, A2.1 and A2.2, are in two volumes per level :

• Katsudoo is the course book for communicative activities
• Rikai is the course book for language competence

Marugoto is designed with an emphasis on understanding and respecting other cultures with a context of people from a variety of cultures interacting in Japanese.

Students manage their own learning through a self-assessment portfolio.

There is also a website Marugoto.org for all audio downloads, videos and a wide selection of supplementary activities, word book, Sakabun worksheets, vocabulary index, phrase index, kanji word list, Nihongo check (portfolio) and teacher's resources.

    Dear Minna no Kyozai users:

    Thank you for using Minna no Kyozai site.

    We have posted on the following latest teaching materials.

    Be sure to check it out.

　★☆★------------------------------------------------------------------

　☆★　　　　 Sakura & Musashi have posted new materials！

　★----------------------------------------------------------------------

　　Do you like mascots?

    Do you know about the type of mascots we call "Gotochi-kyara" in Japanese?

    In July, we posted reading material to the "Nihon de wa Ima" section,

    focusing on mascots.

    There are many Japanese mascots.

    Recently, new mascots that takes on the form of Japanese local culture,

    called "Gotochi-kyara (Local mascots)" have appeared, and the trend is

    becoming more popular in Japan.

    Why do Japanese people like mascots?

    What are the features of the Japanese mascots?

    Additionally, what mascots become popular in your student's countries?

    Please use it for your classroom activity and so on!

　　     New Reading material "Nihon de wa Ima" ～Gotochi-kyara～

    ◆◇━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◇◆

    This time, we posted new reading material about "Gotochi-kyara."

    Many cute mascots appear in this material!

    《Log-in required》

    https://minnanokyozai.jp/kyozai/material/DMN00070/ja/render.do

　　　   New Illustrations ～Medical items～

    ◆◇━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◇◆

    This time, we posted new illustration materials about "Medical items".

     E.g., Medical consultation card, Insurance certificate,Thermometer, etc.

    《Log-in required》

    https://minnanokyozai.jp/kyozai/material/IMN00099/ja/render.do

    ◆◇◆ Coming soon!! ◆◇◆

    We are planning to add new photos focusing on "Kotsu Hyoshiki"

   （traffic signs）.

    Don't miss them!!

　◎◎◎------------------------------------------------------------------

　　  On the “Minna no Kyozai Site” Facebook page, Sakura and Musashi

    continually introduce new information and teaching materials appearing

　  on the teaching materials website.

　  Be sure to check it out and “Like” it!

　　〓“Minna no Kyozai Site”Facebook page 〓

　　 http://www.facebook.com/minnanokyozai

　………………………………………………………………………………………………

　　Published by the Minna no Kyozai Office,

　　The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa

　　http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/urawa/