Resources for kids?

I searched the community for this topic and everything I came up with was quite old (like, 5, 9, 13 years old) so I am posting a new thread in case there are more current resources or fresh ideas now.

My family is relocating to Japan in spring 2026 for work reasons and we’d like to start exposing our 4 year old native English speaking child to the language ahead of the move. Any suggestions for learners of this age group (who can’t read yet) to start learning the basics or some simple useful phrases and gain some familiarity with how Japanese sounds? If any of you have relocated with small children, how did you approach this? TIA for any suggestions!

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