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For preschools and kindergartens! Ideas for making roasted sweet potatoes

9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

At the end of autumn, when we start to feel the chill little by little, eating sweet, fluffy roasted sweet potatoes warms both the heart and body.

Many preschools and kindergartens probably include sweet potato digging or roasted sweet potato parties as autumn events.

So this time, we’re sharing plenty of craft ideas themed around roasted sweet potatoes.

Incorporate crafting before the sweet potato digging to spark children’s imaginations and build anticipation, or do crafts afterward to reflect on the event and deepen their interest.

If you time the activity for days when sweet potatoes are served at lunch or snack time, it can also support food education.

Try using these ideas in your childcare setting in a variety of fun ways.

Since we’re introducing ideas that make use of children’s free expression, we refer to them as “crafts” in the main text.

For Preschools and Kindergartens! Ideas for Making Roasted Sweet Potatoes (11–20)

Potato-finding Game

How to Make a Roasted Sweet Potato Scavenger Game: Craft Ideas Useful for Preschool Teachers

Potato-finding Game

In autumn, you see more trucks selling stone-baked sweet potatoes.

These days, sweet potatoes are fairly easy to get year-round, but they’re definitely tastiest in season.

Let’s enjoy autumn with a game called “Sweet Potato Hunt”! First, use yellow and brown paper to make something that looks like a baked sweet potato.

It’s more fun when it looks realistic, so observe pictures or photos carefully before making it.

Fill 3 to 5 cardboard boxes with lots of shredded newspaper, and hide the baked sweet potato you made in one of them.

Whoever finds the sweet potato wins.

It’d be fun to play on a day when sweet potatoes are on the school lunch menu!

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In conclusion

We introduced lots of creative ideas for making roasted sweet potatoes. It’s fun that you can express different moods depending on the method and materials you use. Try enjoying the unique feeling of autumn together by displaying the children’s creations on the wall, or using them for pretend roasted sweet potato play or make-believe cooking.