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Learn with fun! A collection of DIY ideas for food education materials useful in childcare

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.

Preschool and kindergarten children are full of curiosity.

This is a time when they want to learn many things.

Food education is an important step.

To help them feel how fun it can be, why not try using homemade teaching materials? Here, we introduce ideas for food education materials that you can easily make with familiar items.

Spend a fun time together learning about food and nutrition through play! Help spark children’s own interest in food and support food education that nurtures their healthy bodies.

Learn While Having Fun! A Collection of DIY Ideas for Nutrition Education Materials Useful in Childcare (1–10)

Sweets made with paper cups

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Made with sweet potatoes! Here are some dessert ideas using paper cups.

Many preschools and kindergartens may incorporate cooking into food education, right? This time, let’s try making steamed sweet potato cupcakes in paper cups.

The children are using knives to further cut the sweet potatoes into smaller pieces after they’ve been sliced into rounds.

It’s best for teachers or guardians to watch closely and have the kids try in small groups.

After mixing the batter, use a spoon to pour it into the paper cups.

Be sure to capture the children’s focused expressions as they work carefully.

The moment they take a bite of something they made themselves, they look proud and delighted!

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Sketchbook Theater of Pancakes

[Sketchbook Theater] Pancakes [How to Make / Food Education / Childcare]

Sketchbook Theater of Pancakes

Fun food education! Here are some ideas for a hotcake (pancake) sketchbook theater.

A sketchbook theater is a handmade audiovisual teaching tool where you flip through a sketchbook and unfold a story in time with a narrative or song.

Adding quiz segments along the way can help capture children’s interest.

This time, let’s complete the sketchbook theater by attaching illustrations of the ingredients and utensils used to make hotcakes.

It can also be used as an introduction before the actual activity of making hotcakes.

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Making miso soup

Making Miso with Kids: Exciting and Fun

Making miso soup

Make your own miso with a miso-making kit! Here are some ideas for making miso soup.

Many children know about miso as a seasoning, but even many adults don’t know how it’s made.

This time, let’s try making miso together with kids.

Kits are available for purchase, making it easy to give it a try.

Since fermentation takes over three months, it’s a great chance to learn the value of ingredients.

It would be lovely to make miso soup with the finished miso, too.

Give it a try and incorporate it into your routine!

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Dietary education materials for preventing tooth decay

Easy-to-make food education material (cavity prevention)

Dietary education materials for preventing tooth decay

Let’s learn with a paper puppet show! Here are some ideas for educational materials on nutrition to prevent cavities.

We want to build the habit of brushing teeth after meals, right? This paper puppet show focuses on cavity prevention and also introduces foods that help build strong teeth.

The instructions are simple and easy to understand, so why not incorporate it into your activities? Using illustrations will make it easier for children to understand.

What you’ll need: illustrations, wooden chopsticks, tape, and nonwoven fabric if necessary.

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Let’s grow vegetables and eat them

First Steps in Food Education: Let’s Grow and Eat Vegetables Together ♪ — Bok Choy and Spinach — (Nursery and Kindergarten)

Let's grow vegetables and eat them

Let’s experience nurturing life! Here are some ideas for growing and eating vegetables.

Some children may have only ever seen vegetables at supermarkets or other stores.

By carefully growing vegetables together with teachers, guardians, and friends, let’s learn the importance of life.

As children care for the plants every day and witness the vegetables growing little by little, they will gain a renewed appreciation for the value of food.

The sense of accomplishment and joy when they finally eat the vegetables they grew themselves will surely become an unforgettable moment.

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