[Childcare] Recommended games to play in the warm month of April

Floral art

No. 524 Flower and Plant Art

Spring is the season when plants and trees begin to peek out.

That’s why trying your hand at botanical art is a great idea.

Botanical art involves arranging collected leaves, twigs, flowers, and the like on drawing paper.

Because it makes use of the materials as they are, without altering them, it helps nurture children’s imagination.

Try expressing people, animals, buildings, and more with free-thinking creativity.

When gathering leaves and branches, choose items in a variety of sizes and colors to make it easier to work with.

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Churippu sharippu

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Hold hands with your friends and play while calling each other’s names! Let me share the idea for “Churippu Sharippu.” There’s nothing to prepare, so just hum the song together and play.

There are moments in the song where you call out names, which makes it great for learning your friends’ names.

It’s especially recommended for classes with new or transferring children! You can adapt the way you play, so it’s an idea that children from infants to preschoolers can enjoy.

Be sure to try it in your activities.

Family Day

Create memories with your family! Here are some ideas for Family Day.

When you hear “Family Day,” you might feel like you have to do something special, but simply doing the activities you usually do at the preschool together with parents can make for a wonderful time—so feel free to give it a try.

Setting up a workshop corner where parents and children can replant flowers in the garden together is also a great idea.

How about planning a Family Day that makes the most of your preschool’s unique strengths?

Let’s explore spring vegetables

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Also great for food education! Here are some ideas for exploring spring vegetables.

Many childcare centers incorporate food education activities into their monthly events, but April 19 is Food Education Day! How about expanding the time for food education activities and making it even more fun? Setting the theme to spring vegetables is recommended because children can experience seasonal produce with all five senses.

For example, a whole bamboo shoot with the skin on before cooking is quite impressive, isn’t it? It would be great to carefully record the children’s reactions and share them with their parents.

Walk Card

[2-year-olds] Let's take our walk cards and head out!

Spring brings lovely weather and is perfect for going on walks, isn’t it? Try taking a fun stroll around the preschool with a “walk card.” It’s a great idea to draw pictures of spring flowers and insects that bloom or appear around the school on the card.

Before setting out, hand out the cards and check what kinds of plants and insects are drawn—this will make the walk even more enjoyable.

When children find a flower or insect, they can put a sticker on it and talk about what they discovered.

When walking with the card, it’s easy for their gaze to tilt downward, so please be extra careful about cars and other hazards as you enjoy your walk.

Let’s head out with a field guide!

[For 5-year-olds] Let’s take a picture book and go find spring!

Why not head out for a walk with a field guide in hand? In spring, you can spot things like flowers in full bloom and insects becoming more active.

Take your field guide along and look up the flowers and insects you find along the way.

Discover daisies in the flowerbeds and ladybugs on trees for a delightful time.

Children can show each other the bugs they catch, pick flowers, and find natural treasures unique to spring, helping them feel the season.

With so many flowers and insects to discover, the kids are sure to be thrilled.

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Rag-wiping race

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The Osaka Towel Wholesale Trade Association designated April 29 as Towel Day.

It’s said that people use towels most frequently from early spring to early summer.

Children are very familiar with towels too, using them for wiping floors and tables, but wringing them out by hand after washing can take a lot of strength for kids.

When wringing a towel, the vertical wring is recommended.

By keeping the elbows close to the body and rotating the wrists, you can use the strength of your arms and wring more tightly.

Wringing towels also helps build grip strength, so try practicing it with your children!