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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana#Stroke_order_and_direction

That has it as 1 stroke, as do others. The main thing is to write it in the correct direction. top left to right, then down.

Stroke count is mainly useful in kanji for looking up the kanji, classifying them, etc.

道 ← the bottom/left stroke of that is written like 1 stroke but is counted as two for instance.

For kana I think it's less important what the stroke count is, as long as you're writing them in the correct direction. :)

(Maybe someone could elaborate on this?)

I would have to say yes for a few reasons. Although it may be relatively simple to write kana, when it comes to more complex kanji it is very important to do the strokes in order. A good example of the importance of stroke order in kana is the katakana シ (shi) and　ツ (tsu) the long line in shi starts from the bottom and moves up. The long line in tsu, however, starts from the top and moves down. When written on paper it gives each character a distinct look so that it's more easily recognizable which is which.

So basically it's best just to learn the orders. :) Hope this helps

Added the audio samples. :) Clay sent me all the audio samples, so I'm going through and adding them all now.

Yes. :) Clay adds the audio samples as he gets time. :)