Western Tokyo English Playgroup for Kids

Is your child learning English at home? Are you a bilingual family? Let's make opportunities for our children to interact in English with people outside our own families and experience English as a living language.

This is a group for bilingual and English-speaking children around 2 to 5 years old (and their parents). This is not an English class. No one will be teaching, but parents who want to lead a song or a game are welcome to try. The emphasis is simply on meeting other kids and parents who speak English and having fun with them.

My family is in Kawasaki, but we are scheduling play dates in different areas in Western Tokyo and Kanagawa where we have interested members. We have had a few meetups so far in places like Inokashira Park (Kichijoji), Fuchu no Mori Park (Fuchu/Higashi Fuchu), Fujimori Park (Hachioji), Tama zoo and Sagamihara Park (Near Machida and Hashimoto). We will probably revisit some of these in the future and we expect to have some meetups in the area of Kawasaki and Yokohama as well. Do you know of any nice parks, zoos, or other family attractions in the area? Make a suggestion. Many of the places that we have been to were suggested by our members. Would you like to help organize a meetup that is convenient for your area and schedule? We would love that. Even if you live outside the Western Tokyo/Yokohama area you can plan a playdate. Contact me if you are interested.

Any family that is trying to use English with their child is welcome to join. It doesn't matter if English is not your first language. We have many families in our group with at least one native speaker, but we also have many families with both Japanese parents and some with both parents from other countries as well. Don't worry that your English level is not good enough or that your pronunciation is not good. We do not care about that. My wife is Japanese and I can speak it as well, so Japanese parents with low English ability are welcome and will feel at ease. But the child should at least understand some basic English commands and questions and hopefully can say a few English words and phrases appropriate for their age.

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Sagami Giant Kite Festival and Giant Kite Center
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The Sagami Giant Kite festival is celebrated every year on May 5.It is held in Araiso area. Sagami Giant Kite Center (in Renge no Sato Araiso): Tel [masked] Access:10... Learn more
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Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park (Koku-koen)
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I mentioned this to James at the last meetup, if anyone would like to try a Meetup in this area, Koku-koen is a very nice park with lots of wide spaces to run around in,... Learn more

Recent Meetups

January 21 at 10:30 AM, 4 families attended
Kanda Snowman Festival
They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings) and uploaded 6 photos

Hi everyone, I created a new event on our Facebook page to see if it works as well as meetup.com. Details here: http://www.facebook.com/events/205996239493451/ Hope to... Learn more
December 29, 2011 at 12:00 PM, 11 families attended
Year-end party at Cafe Muriwui
They rated it 4.504 (4 ratings) and uploaded 5 photos

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We enjoyed making new friends! Fun bohemian cafe too:-) Thanks to Ted for organizing!

—Kara

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Great for parents. Maybe we could have organised more activities for the kids.

—Paul Gilson
November 23, 2011 at 10:30 AM, 3 families attended
Kodomo No Kuni
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Hi everyone, and sorry for taking so long to plan a meetup. I thought about various places we could meet, but decided on Kodomo no Kuni because it's a place that kids of... Learn more
June 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM, 13 families attended
Children's art workshop at Yokohama Museum of Art
They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings)

With the rainy season upon us, it is hard to plan for outside events for the next several weeks, so we thought we would have a repeat meetup at the Children's Art... Learn more
March 6, 2011 at 10:30 AM, 16 families attended
Kodomo no Kuni
They rated it 5.004 (4 ratings)

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Excellent group of people

—Maya & Keith

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We loved the park. ...

—Rebekah

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Michelle Takahisa joined
February 18 at 11:36 PM

"Hi, I'm Michelle. I'll be moving to Koto city, Tokyo in March 2012 and I'm looking forward to meeting with other families in Japan."
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Stephanie Jayne joined
February 18 at 5:26 PM

"Hello. Just moved to Tokyo last week and will be living in Meguro. I have 2 boys, ages 4 and 6, and they are ALWAYS looking for new children to play with."
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Yuka O joined
February 17 at 9:50 PM

"Hello, I will be a mom this coming May. I am very excited!"
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January 31 at 7:53 PM

"We live in Inagi and would like to meet other families. Looking forward to meeting other families in Western Tokyo."
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January 25 at 4:54 PM
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lucia commented on Kanda Snowman Festival
January 21 at 10:26 AM

"Victor please give me your name on facebook to add you to my facebook,regards."

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lucia commented on Kanda Snowman Festival
January 21 at 10:19 AM

"hello everyone!it's raining!zannen desu, We will not go,because my son is a little cold, it will be for the next event, enjoy it!!!"

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Kawasaki, Japan

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