[Childcare] A roundup of June quizzes about the rainy season and rain—have fun with your kids!

Public holidays (days off other than Saturdays and Sundays)

We call days off other than Saturdays and Sundays “public holidays.” Since there are no public holidays in June, you might feel like there are fewer days off. I hope you can have lots of fun playing at the preschool.

teru teru bozu (a traditional Japanese handmade doll hung to wish for good weather)

Originally, teru teru bozu are made without drawing a face, and you add the face after your wish comes true. But when making them with children, you want to draw the face and have fun, right? There are also various other beliefs, such as that hanging one upside down will bring rain, or that drawing a crying face will make it rain.

umbrella

An item we often use on rainy days: the umbrella. On sunny days, everyone keeps their umbrellas closed and put away, but when it rains, we open them and use them. So the answer is 'umbrella.'

wiper

When it rains, the wipers attach to the windshield and move left and right to clean the glass. Therefore, since they go back and forth in front of the car, the answer is “wipers.”

umbrella

The answer is “kasa” (umbrella). There’s a type called “kōmorigasa” because the shape of a closed umbrella resembles a bat, and people use umbrellas on rainy days.

rainy season (tsuyu)

Although the timing varies by region, June is the rainy season in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Because it rains a lot, there are fewer opportunities to play outside, but it’s a lovely season with hydrangeas in bloom and snails around, isn’t it?

Because the soil is different.

The color of flowers changes depending on whether the soil is acidic or alkaline. Since this is a difficult concept for children, how about having them imagine what it means for soils to be different while observing the flower colors?