日英バイリンガル オンライン幼児英語学習本             Japanese-English Children's Learning eBooks

みんなのヒーローキャプテンカイは日本人の男の子。いつも思わぬところで大冒険が始まります。カイと仲良しの猿チートと一緒にこのストーリーを通して楽しく英語と日本語を学びましょう!

Our hero, Captain Kai, is a young Japanese boy that stumbles into adventure in the most unlikely of places. Along the way, young children will enjoy learning basic Japanese and English from Kai and his monkey friend, Chito!
Showing posts with label 海の仲間たち | Ocean Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 海の仲間たち | Ocean Animals. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Coloring Pages

We're happy to say that one of the benefits of purchasing the e-book version of The Adventures of Captain Kai "Ocean Animals" is that you'll be able to find "hidden" links to printable coloring pages. Almost every illustration throughout the book has been converted into a coloring page so that you and your children can print new, fresh coloring pages over and over again.

Example Coloring Page

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Aquarium Trip

Sage Kai, Uncle Jason, Baba (Grandmother), Papa (Grandfather), and Hiibaba (Great Grandmother) all piled into the minivan for a trip into San Francisco today to see the new exhibits at the Aquarium of the Bay, located at Pier 39.

I've uploaded a few videos of the jelly fish, some crab, and a shark. Listen as Papa wonders aloud about some questions that have stumped the brightest minds of our age. I guess some questions will have to remain a mystery.

Besides the animals in the videos, we also saw seven different species of sharks, various kinds of rays, a huge sturgeon, some tropical fish (one looked like Nemo), starfish, tree frogs, and even a banana slug.

This trip gave us the final inspiration, and "The Adventures of Captain Kai: Ocean Animals" should be finished soon.

Moon Jellies


Brown Sea Nettles


Shark


Crab

Monday, March 30, 2009

Paper Books vs. E-Books

今のところこの『キャプテンカイの大冒険』の配布方法について、オンラインでのダウンロードによる電子書籍(e-book)と製本した紙の本(ペーパーブック)の二つの選択肢を考えています。電子書籍にすることで実際のネイティブスピーカーの発音が聞けるよう、音声を入れたり、他にもぬり絵などのアクティビティをダウンロードする、ということも可能になります。それに電子書籍のほうが低コストで仕上げることができます。もちろん寝る前の読み聞かせや、外出時のお供などにはペーパーブックのほうが良いのですが。

ペーパーブックのご要望にもこたえられるよう日本にもサービスを提供している出版社(製本会社)を現在探しているところです。例えばlulu.comやcreatespace.com(アマゾン系列)などです。

もしおすすめの日本の出版社(製本会社)をご存知の方がいらっしゃいましたら、ぜひコメントをください。

We're considering different options for offering The Adventures of Captain Kai as an economical e-book and as a published paper book. Obviously, a paper book would be nice to read to your children before bedtime or away from home. However, an e-book offers the option of including audio clips for easy translation and other fun downloads, like coloring pages. Also, e-books are inexpensive.

For all of you that want paper books, we're currently researching the best on-demand publishers that offer service to Japan. We're considering lulu.com and createspace.com (part of Amazon.com).

If anyone knows of a great on-demand publisher in Japan, please comment back to us.

Monday, March 16, 2009

スニークピーク Sneak Peek

このブログで全内容をご紹介することはできないのですが、
マリッサが皆さんに仕上げの作品をちらっとご紹介したいということで・・・
(完成作品をお読み頂くには、ダウンロードをして頂く必要があります。)
現在のところマリッサのお気に入りのページは、キャプテンカイとサルのチートが宝探しの途中でサメにおどかされるシーンだそうです。でも、ご心配なく!次のページで2人は別の海の仲間に助けられます。

完成までもうしばらくお待ちください。タイのオムツを替えつつ、この本の仕上げをしておりますので・・・(笑)
↓マリッサのお気に入り、キャプテンカイとチートが岩に隠れていたサメにビックリするシーン

I don't want to give away the entire story, but Marissa wanted everyone to get a quick peek into Kai's latest adventure, "On The High Seas". You'll have to download the final version of the book to read the entire adventure, but Marissa's favorite page to illustrate so far is one in which Captain Kai and Chito are scared by a shark during their search for treasure. Don't worry though. On the next page, they're rescued by an ocean animal friend.

Give us a little time. We're finishing this book in between Ty's diaper changes.

Captain Kai and Chito are shocked by a shark hiding behind some rocks!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Behind The Scenes: Ocean Animals



シリーズ第一作目「キャプテンカイの大冒険-海の仲間たち」(仮題)がほぼ完成しつつあります。今日はこの一作目の内容やイラストをちょっとご紹介。

ストーリーは『お魚屋さんで買いもの途中、カイのお気に入りのぬいぐるみ、チートが水槽の中の光るコインを発見!宝探しと海の仲間たちとの出会いを求めて、キャプテンカイの大冒険がスタート・・・』というところから始まります。

マリッサの下書きはほぼ全て出来上がって、現在仕上げの真っ最中です。
私たち夫婦はこのストーリーによって、子供たちが海の動物たちの名前を英語、そして日本語で学べるよういくつかの課題について検討しています。

この第一作目でキャプテンカイは約13種類の動物たちと出会う予定です。
↓その中のいくつかの下書きをご紹介します。

"The Adventures of Captain Kai - On The High Seas" is nearly finished. In this adventure, Kai's stuffed animal, Chito, spies a shiny coin in a fish tank while Kai and his parents are shopping at the local seafood market. The hopes of finding treasure, and the chance to meet some new ocean animal friends, transports Captain Kai on a voyage full of excitement and learning.

Marissa has finished all the initial story sketches, and is currently finishing up the final illustrations. Brian is working quickly with Yasuko to make sure the story helps readers to learn about Ocean Animals in Japanese and English.

Captain Kai learns about 13 different Ocean Animals in this adventure. Here is a look at some of the sketches from "The Adventures of Captain Kai - On The High Seas".