Weeks 1-2
Day 1: Today you start to learn Japanese from the very start. It may be intimidating at first, but we are going to take baby steps. The first thing you need to do is get a sum copy (that's the one with the boxes) for this first week you have to learn to read and write hiragana. I've already written an article about the importance of learning hiragana Here that includes some resources but I recommend using Lentil, an online memorization tool to first learn to recognise them.
Using this program it should be easy to learn how to recognize the characters.
Day 2: Test yourself with flash cards on paper to make sure you know the hiragana you have learnt so far. You should know at least twelve by now. Continue using lentil and start practicing writing the ones you have learnt already. Repeat this process over the next couple of days.
Day 3: Be creative and get an A3 or A2 sheet of paper and add your neatest Hiragana characters to it ad stick it to your wall. Be sure to save enough space to add katakana later. Slowly add to it as you learn your Kana.
Day 6: Look up some Japanese words and practice writing them in hiragana, be sure to use Smiletalk to make sure you are pronouncing them correctly and be sure to say each hiragana character as you write it to reinforce the link in your brain.
Day 7: Review your progress and see how well you have learnt hiragana. If satisfied you can recognize and write them correctly then repeat all the above steps substituting hiragana with katakana.
Goodluck!
