@hopkinfamily: Our 6-year-old had been going to a Japanese kindergarten for 6 months, but we speak English at home so we never really get to hear him speak Japanese and honestly weren’t sure how much he was retaining. We didn’t know he would be speaking on stage, so we were shocked when he confidently told the audience that he hopes to be a teacher when he grows up! 6歳の息子は日本の幼稚園に通い始めて6か月になりますが、家では英語を話しているので日本語を話す姿を見る機会がほとんどなく、正直どれくらい覚えているのか分かりませんでした。 まさかステージでスピーチするとは知らず、将来は先生になりたいです！と自信をもって話す姿に本当にびっくりしました #japan #okinawa

monikabro_ :

“Where did that come from” 😂😂😂👏👏👏

,,, :

children’s brains are so amazingly flexible, not having them learn a second language is honestly doing them a discourtesy lol. I wish my parents had put me in classes early on

Gucci :

Puts kid in local school and surprised the kid learns the local language… did you expect him to just sit at school all day and do nothing?

ZomBzQlimax :

Young minds are like little sponges

michaelmtrcycle :

little guy's pronunciation is so good! らりるれろ is hard to get the hang of for most English speakers.

NorHiAltelier 🎀 HandMadeJewel :

what was the speech?✨💕

DoubleD :

love a multilingual KING! He's gonna go big places!

サブ May :

応援してるよ！素敵な先生になってね🧑‍🏫

Cheese :

Why are they shocked he attends a school to learn Japanese

Kimberly Hopkin :

Two favorite parts of this video: 1. Wes being an absolute cutie, 2. My brother (who is an amazing involved father) saying “where did that come from?!” letting me know that the middle child didn’t even tell yall he had a speech 🤣

kkkk :

That’s so sweet🥰🥰🥰perfectにほんご💛

N888 :

きっと良い先生に出会えたから、そんな素敵な目標を持てたんだね🥰

whatisthisallabout :

His Japanese pronunciation is so good as well. At this rate he’ll be native level very soon!

TeeJay :

I hope he keeps learning it probably helps him make friends too 😌

Abraham :

My kids learn Japanese by watching Naruto !

Molly's mom :

well he's 6 😂if he wanted to socialize he had to get with the program i suppose

teru3teru :

素敵〜！子供の未来は無限大。何にでもならる✨

イチノメ :

あー可愛すぎる🥺

ほなみ :

かわいすぎる🥰

okonomigal :

What a cutie! It’s pretty amazing how quickly little ones pickup new languages! 💖

☺︎ :

かわいすぎる

can912 :

感動しました😭♡

_Okimom_86 :

Omg this is ADORABLE!!!!

癒し系イケメン :