Hey all!
So, I’m planning to open my little English class and wanted to buy flashcards for reviewing/games; the “New Horizon” Picture card set is perfect as it covers every topic taught in Elementary school, but it’s 30’000¥ and, most importantly, they don’t sell it to privates. Where can I look for something as close as possible to that?
EDIT: just for reference, this is the New Horizon picture card box, although not much to see.
https://www.tokyo-shoseki.co.jp/materials/e/13/1308/
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http://www.mes-english.com
Make your own. Lot of great resources out there. Invest in a laminator and a color printer and you’d be set.
If you can get the school to give you some money for it, buy A4 sized postcard paper (hagaki) so you can just print and don’t worry about laminating.
I haven’t updated it in a long time, but you can download word docs of flash cards and edit them as you like at my site, tgmjapan.com
Hi there. I make flash cards, and your choices are:
1. Buy the set. They don’t sell to privates you say, but surely they would only know that if you told them 🙂
2. Make them from scratch. assuming you can draw then 15-60 minutes per card plus buy a printer,laminator, tablet/pen and graphics software.
3 Pay someone to make them in Fiver or buy from Teachers Pay Teachers. They shouldn’t sell to you due to IP infringement. Even the list of words can be protected.
4. Buy second hand in yahoo or Mercari Japan. Outgoing teachers don’t take this stuff to Home Counties as it’s too heavy to ship. Possibly the most likely option.
5. EBay, Craig’s list, Amazon used, etc
6. mes English as suggested. This can now be more attractive given the alternatives.
7 there are Japanese books for school teachers available in stores that have a cd of clip art on the front to use with “flash card maker software “ . All in Japanese but easy to find .
Hopefully something for you above 🙂
[My flash cards](https://www.themagiccrayons.com/flash-cards/) are more for early learners but yeah, they take a while to make. I have all the artwork as separate [clip art](https://www.themagiccrayons.com/clip-art) too if that helps. Feedback from teachers is that my drawing style looks less childish to older students.
Good luck
If you use tech in your classroom, download an app called Bitsboard. It’s the most streamlined flash card app I’ve seen by far. It also comes with a bunch of preloaded games you can use with your sets. I’ve all since abandoned my handmade flashcards because of the convenience of Bitsboard
I made flashcards professionally, and ¥30,000 is honestly a steal. Look up the pricing on Adobe Stock to see how much image licensing is.
If you have access to the digital book, you can print them from the toolbox, then you can just laminate them. I know it seems daunting but you just make what you need for each lesson and by the time you finish the year you have them all. It also includes a DIY flashcard app so you can make cards that are personal to you or your area.
If you can get a hold of the book pdf you can probably print them out. But I’m curious why you’d want to be presenting kids with exactly the same materials they’re likely to use in school?