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[Early Childhood Education] Enjoy Autumn! Play and Activity Ideas Inspired by Sweet Potatoes

20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.

Many schools and daycare centers probably hold sweet potato digging as a regular autumn event.

Even though everyone gets covered in dirt, they work hard together to dig up the potatoes.

Those memories make you grow so attached to them that you almost don’t want to eat them! In this article, we’ll introduce play ideas related to potato digging—that is, to sweet potatoes! They’re perfect for soaking up the autumn mood, so be sure to include them in your recreational activities in September, October, and November.

[Childcare] Enjoy Autumn! Play and Activity Ideas Inspired by Sweet Potatoes (31–40)

Roasted sweet potatoes made with paper

Paper Chestnuts and Roasted Sweet Potatoes (with audio commentary) — How to Make Them

Roasted sweet potatoes made with paper

This is a hyper-realistic sweet potato papercraft you can make using only newspaper and colored paper.

Adjust the finished size by changing how much newspaper you stuff inside.

By crumpling the newspaper, you can shape it as you like and make it look more realistic.

Once you’ve balled up the newspaper, cover it with yellow colored paper—this yellow part represents the sweet potato’s flesh.

Apply glue thoroughly to the back of the colored paper as you stick it on.

For the purple sweet potato skin, tearing origami paper by hand creates an even more lifelike effect.

Give this papercraft a try and capture the look and texture of roasted sweet potatoes, a classic autumn treat.

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In conclusion

We introduced finger plays and recreational activities themed around sweet potatoes.

Hopefully you found plenty of ideas to enjoy both the appetites of autumn and the sports of autumn at the same time.

It was a collection of recreation ideas related to sweet potatoes—delicious to eat and fun to play with.

Be sure to give them a try!