Daily class opens from 8:30- 14:30, Monday to Friday.　We accept student at kinder ages.

Dairy class は、平日月曜日～金曜日、8：30～14：30の通学コースです。
KEAの充実したカリキュラムで、年少～年長の3年間、次のステップへのバランスの良い基盤を作っていきます。

選べる卒業後の進路

KEAでは、卒業後の進路の選択肢が広がるよう、言語である英語と日本語の4技能と、主体的に学び続ける力を探求学習を通じて身につけていきます。将来、どのコミュニティーに属しても、自分を持ちながら周囲と協働していけるよう、幼児期にを身につけておくべき強い基盤作りをサポートしています。各進学先に必要な推薦状の作成提出も行っています。
【KEA生の進学実績】
インターナショナルスクール：Canadian Academy, Marist Brothers International School, St. Michael International School.
私立、その他のスクール：公立小学校、中華同文、海星女子学院小学校、小林聖心女子学院、関西学院大学初等部、愛徳学園小学校、甲南小学校

外部スペシャリストとの連携

スクールの考えに賛同してくださる方々が増え、子ども達をサポートするための必要なケアを、外部スペシャリストとも連携し充実させています。
・スクールカウンセラー（発達相談、心のケア）　
・ペアレンティング（親子の関わり、言葉かけ）　
・進路アドバイザー（県外インターナショナルスクール、海外校への進学相談）

Enrollment 　2023年4月入学募集要項はこちら→

Schedule　１日のスケジュール例

14：30以降は、After Classでのお預かりが可能です

＊幼保無償化の認定を受けられたご家庭には、必要書類をご準備させていただきます。

Curriculum for three years 　3年間の流れ

At Kobe English Academy (KEA), we realize that each child is unique and that each child learns in a different way. Our teachers use a variety of methods and activities to ensure that each student can be successful. 　

K1 class (3-4 years)

Speaking:In the first year of kindergarten, the students increase their vocabulary greatly and use that new vocabulary to interact with each other and ask questions. The K1 students also learn a greater variety of useful sentences.

Reading/Phonics: K1 phonics lessons teach the individual sounds of each letter as well as an anchor word (or words) that begin with that sound. This helps the student remember the phonetic sounds of the letter more quickly. (ex:“A says / a/, /a/, /a/, apple). After learning the letter sounds well, the students start to combine the letter sounds and we study word families (ex: ~at word family: cat, hat, bat, sat,…).

Writing/Spelling:The K1 students learn how to write all upper-case and lower-case letters. We teach the proper stroke order and the students practice writing everyday. The K1 students also practice teacher led group spelling activities of simple three-letter words using phonics. (ex: Teacher says:“How do we spell cat?” Students with help from teacher break the word apart into its sounds. Teacher says,“What is the first sound in cat?” Students say,“/c/!” Teacher says,“What letter makes the /c/ sound?” Students say the letter and write it together.

K2 class (4-5 years)

Speaking:The K2 class begins learning more advanced vocabulary and uses longer sentences. They continue to interact with the new vocabulary in conversation and begin to use English to express their feelings and ideas.

Reading/Phonics:The K2 students are able to read longer words with basic vowel sounds. They also start to learn double-letter combinations (ex: /ch/, /sh/, /ee/, /ea/,…). The K2 class also begins learning about‘magic-e’ words (ex: Cute, sale, mine,…)and practices reading using leveled readers in addition to simple picture books.

Writing/Spelling:The K2 students focus on improving the neatness of their handwriting and practice writing their letters in a smaller size. K2 Students also start writing full sentences during free-writing activities where they can express themselves by writing what they like and draw a picture to match their sentences. They also practice spelling words individually, as well as trying to spell new unfamiliar words using‘inventive spelling’, a method where students make an educated guess at the spelling using their phonetic knowledge (ex:“flawrs” for“flowers” or“prpul” for“purple”). This is an important first stem in the process of not only becoming a good speller, but also a good reader and writer.

K3 class (5-6 years)

Speaking:The K3 class continues learning more advanced vocabulary and grammar. They also begin to express themselves a lot more and talk about their lives in greater detail. They also become more active in conversations. At the beginning of each lesson, the K3 students have time to talk about their lives and share things with their classmates and the teacher. During this time, the K3 students listen more closely, take in the information, and ask their own thoughtful questions. At this point, they are able to communicate at a high level using English in a natural way.

Reading/Phonics:The K3 class continues to read longer‘magic-e’ words (ex: plane, shine, smoke) and learns to read more difficult phonetic patterns (ex: /kh/, /wr/, /eigh/,…). The students also learn about compound words, two separate words that can combine to make a new word (ex: butter + fly = butterfly). At the end of the K3 year, students are able to read longer picture books. The students can also read and gather information and be able to answer comprehension questions based on that text. They are also able to read scripts and perform plays and puppet shows.

Writing/Spelling:K3 students continue to practice spelling words by themselves based on patterns they study. They also continue using‘inventive spelling’, but need to rely on it less as they learn more spelling patterns and become better spellers. In the K3 class, we also practice adding more detail to their free-writing sentences by learning to answer“Who?” “What?” “When?” “Where?” and“Why?” in their writing.

*12-15 students per class.