Our school curriculum combines the Global Step Academy international school program and the original SOLTILO sports program for healthy physical and mental development. We aim to have our students acquire English and sports skills as global communication tools.

Our physical education program uses the SOLTILO curriculum, which is based on the experience of world-class trainers, Keisuke Honda, and other professional coaches. We teach children not only to improve their soccer skills, but also their basic athletic abilities and provide mental health care, and support against injuries. When considering the growth and development of children throughout the years, we have come to believe that the ages of 0-6 are the period for them to simply “play freely”. So we emphasize the importance of enjoying themselves by moving and touching a soccer ball. In particular, we focus on footwork drills to improve their physical agility and coordination.

SOLTILO FAMILIA SOCCER SCHOOL was established in 2012 by Keisuke Honda, with the determination to “convey the importance of having a dream through soccer”. Currently, there are 61 schools in Japan and 8 schools internationally, with approximately 4,000 children attending. (As of June 2020).

Keisuke Honda has experienced many setbacks and successes in his soccer career. Through those experiences, he learned the importance of having a dream and believing in himself. We hope that children will have a dream that will make them grow and become stronger. In pursuit of this, we first teach our students the joy and pleasure of physical activity. And when that becomes their dream or goal, we will do our best to support them to achieve it.

Our Language Arts program is based on Jolly Phonics.
Jolly Phonics is a comprehensive program, based on the proven, fun and multi-sensory synthetic phonics method that gets children reading and writing from an early age. Jolly Phonics uses the synthetic phonics method, which means that the letter sounds are taught first, on their own, and children are then taught to blend sounds together to say (“synthesize”) the word. When writing a word they identify the sounds and write down the corresponding letters. These skills are called blending and segmenting. This means that we teach letter sounds as opposed to the alphabet.
Students practice phonics, pronunciation, reading, writing and listening by learning songs, actions and stories.

Both stages of Jolly Phonics and Grammar are covered in our main program.
① Phonics Stage (PRE to K4): the letter sounds are taught in a fun, multi-sensory way. Children learn how to use the letter sounds to read and write words.
② Grammar Stage (K4 to K5): 
the structure of the language is taught. This includes parts of speech, spelling, punctuation and more. Children learn how to express themselves accurately and well.

Language Arts
Students practice phonics, pronunciation, reading, writing, and listening on a daily basis, all in a fun way. We believe that learning languages correctly is extremely important to develop communication skills and the ability to understand different cultures. For teaching reading and writing, we are using Jolly Phonics and Grammar. Jolly Phonics is a synthetic phonics method of teaching letter sounds in a way that is fun and multi-sensory, enabling children to become fluent readers. By the time students graduate from K5, they will be able to use phonics to read unfamiliar words, and read and write simple sentences.

Mathematics
In Math, students use hands-on manipulative materials, play games, and engage in multi-sensory activities to develop number sense and link mathematical concepts to their daily lives and experiences. Children will start familiarizing themselves with numbers and counting in Preschool, where they will also learn to group objects by shape, size, and color. As the students progress through K3, K4, and K5, they will be exploring graphing, bidimensional and tridimensional shapes, patterning, measurement, ordinal numbers and number words, two-digit additions, simple subtractions, story problems, and time and calendar concepts.

Science & Social Studies
We adopt a theme-based approach for our Science and Social Studies curriculum. The themes are the same from K3 to K5, although lessons will be differentiated in difficulty depending on the children’s age group. A school-wide party and field trip, which are related to each learning theme are scheduled to enhance retention of the learned concepts.

Arts & Crafts
In Art, we offer a well-balanced variety of lessons covering both painting and crafts. We give importance to the children enjoying expressing themselves creatively through art, and value the uniqueness of each child’s creations. Art and crafts will also follow the monthly themes, taking inspiration from what the children are learning in Science and Social Studies as well as from the observation of nature.

Japanese
In Japanese, students learn how to write Japanese letters (Hiragana and Katakana) as well as learn about Japanese culture and seasonal traditions throughout the year. The Japanese teacher will read Japanese books and teach the students Japanese songs. We will also be making crafts related to Japanese culture and events. We use both Japanese and English when reading books so that children who are learning Japanese as their second language can assimilate Japanese vocabulary more effectively.

Park Time
Outdoor playtime is an important part of our schedule. We regularly take the children to the nearby park, where we will play ball games, run and splash around in summer.

Field Trip and Special Activities
To enrich the students’ learning, we will be going on field trips according to the curriculum themes about three times a year (spring, fall, and winter). In addition to full-day field trips, the students will also have the chance to participate in half-day activities in the school’s vicinities such as potato digging, visiting the neighborhood fire station, or having exchange playdates with other schools nearby.