[For Seniors] June-Themed Activities: Recommended Recreation and Game Collection

Japanese June is gymnastics

[For Seniors] Maintain Physical Fitness with June Chair Exercises in Japan – by Gobō-sensei

To get through the summer, let’s work on maintaining our physical fitness! Here are some ideas for chair exercises for June in Japan.

The rainy season makes it hard to go outside, but even then, you want to stay healthy and keep up your stamina.

To enjoy the coming summer with energy, let’s use exercise to maintain our fitness.

In the video, you’ll find stretches and exercises you can do while seated in a chair.

Try incorporating them on days when you feel you haven’t moved much.

Song Exercise: Frog Chorus

[Short Rec Exercise for Seniors] Frog Chorus Song Exercise

Let’s try some exercises using a familiar rainy-season children’s song! Here are ideas for a sing-and-move activity with “The Frog Chorus.” Many of you may have played it as a round before.

This time, let’s try a recreation that can also be used for music therapy, brain training, and as a form of exercise.

At first, it’s fine just to be present in the activity space.

Once you feel more comfortable, you can start by only singing, or only doing the exercises… It would be great if interest gradually grows step by step.

Song Exercise: Snail

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You can use it even in the little breaks between activities! Here are some ideas for a sing-and-exercise routine using “Snail.” Isn’t the children’s song “Snail” one that everyone has heard before? Let’s enjoy the rainy season with song and exercise.

Singing out loud can really clear your mind! And by adding simple movements, you’ll likely stimulate both the brain and the body.

It’s okay if you mess up the choreography.

You can easily try it while making your own adjustments, so be sure to give it a go.

Simple rhythmic exercises: Rainy Moon

Preventive Care Exercises: Easy Rhythm Recreation to the Tune of 'Amefuri Otsukisan' — Stretching and Brain Training for Seniors

Let’s stretch with choreography that matches the lyrics! Here are some ideas for an easy rhythm exercise based on “Amefuri Otsukisan” (Rainy Moon).

It’s designed with simple moves so even those who feel “exercise is tiring” or “I don’t want to learn a new routine” can give it a try.

You might start by having everyone learn the lyrics to “Amefuri Otsukisan.” Since the choreography follows the lyrics, it may be easier to remember.

Fully extend your arms and add gentle twists to loosen up your body—it feels great!

Hydrangea walk

A Hydrangea Stroll in Izumi no Mori: A Day Filled with Smiles

Let’s seize a break in the clouds and go for a walk! Here are some ideas for strolls where you can enjoy hydrangeas.

The rainy season brings lots of showers, but there are also moments when the sky suddenly clears, right? When that happens, why not head out for a walk to see the beautifully blooming hydrangeas? Hydrangeas are at their best during the rainy season, and their blues, purples, pinks, and whites are soothing to the soul.

Plus, getting some fresh air and sunlight helps your body release serotonin, often called the “happiness hormone.”

Making teru teru bozu dolls with tissue paper

[100-Yen Shop Craft] Teru Teru Bozu Made with Tissue Paper – A Seasonal Symbol of Japan’s Rainy June

Here’s a perfect rainy-season craft: making a teru-teru bozu out of tissue paper.

Prepare a toy golf ball, tissue paper, wire, felt-tip pens, and round stickers.

Create the teru-teru bozu’s face using the golf ball, adding eyes and a nose with the round stickers and felt-tip pens.

Stack several sheets of tissue paper and open them one by one, then wrap wire around the center.

For the outfit, prepare three colors of tissue paper, cut them into squares, fold them like a napkin and then in half, trace a guide with a pencil, and cut along the line with scissors.

When you open it, it will be flower-shaped.

Make the remaining two tissue papers the same way.

Thread the three flower-shaped tissue papers onto the wire, glue them together, and then thread the pre-holed face onto the wire to finish.

Adding original decorations like ribbons or stickers would make it even cuter.

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3 umbrella-based recreation ideas

[In the midst of the rainy season] A seated activity using umbrellas [Senior recreation / day service]

Let’s introduce three umbrella-based activities perfect for the rainy season.

1) Beanbag Collector with an Umbrella: Using the umbrella’s handle, compete to see how many beanbags you can collect within 30 seconds.

2) Umbrella Roulette: Write prompts on the umbrella, roll a ball, and toss it toward the umbrella to see which prompt it lands on—enjoy the surprise.

Be sure to choose prompts that older adults will find enjoyable.

3) Ring Toss: Use the umbrella’s handle as the target and throw rings onto it.

It’s a game that tests concentration as you see how many rings you can land.

These are all indoor activities, so give them a try and have fun!

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