Make childcare more fun with winter quizzes! Seasonal ideas to get kids excited
Many people are likely looking for quizzes that everyone can enjoy and that can be used in winter childcare settings.
With that in mind, we’ve created quizzes on seasonal, engaging topics such as Nanakusa-gayu (Seven-Herb Rice Porridge), Osechi New Year dishes, traditional New Year’s games, Setsubun festivities, and winter natural phenomena.
By featuring familiar subjects for children—like snow, winter foods, and cozy items—the quizzes naturally promote learning.
Through these quizzes, children can experience winter events and seasonal traditions, helping them feel the changing seasons and deepen their understanding of Japanese culture and customs.
Please consider incorporating them into your childcare activities.
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Make childcare more fun with winter quizzes! Seasonal ideas to excite kids (1–10)
Why is it that when winter comes and the air turns cold, we can sometimes see our “white breath”?
- Because the moisture in your breath turns into tiny droplets in the cold air, making it visible
- Because the sky is cloudy only in winter.
- Because a special gas comes out of my mouth.
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Because the moisture in your breath turns into tiny droplets in the cold air, making it visible
The air that comes out of a person’s mouth contains moisture. That’s why when you breathe out in cold weather, the moisture is suddenly cooled by the cold air and turns into tiny droplets of water. Those tiny droplets reflect light, making it look white.
How do ladybugs that we often see in summer make it through the winter?
- Surviving the winter by darting about energetically just as in summer.
- Many ladybugs huddle together to get through the winter.
- Each and every one spends the winter in its favorite spot.
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Many ladybugs huddle together to get through the winter.
When observing cucumbers and other plants grown in summer, you may have noticed ladybugs. These ladybugs actually spend the cold winter huddled together in large groups. They cluster in sunlit spots or under fallen leaves where they can keep warm, waiting for spring to arrive.
What is something that, when you put it on your hands on a cold day, feels warm?
- gloves
- socks
- ice
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gloves
Gloves are really warm, aren’t they? On cold days, your hands can get so chilly that they don’t move well, but when you put on gloves, they warm up and become easier to use. These days, there are even gloves you can use with a smartphone on, so try choosing a pair that suits your lifestyle.
Make childcare more fun with winter quizzes! Seasonal ideas to get kids excited (11–20)
What is the cold, white thing that falls from the sky on a cold day?
- rain
- snow
- rice
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snow
When it comes to what falls from the sky in the cold winter, it's snow, right? There are regions where it snows and regions where it doesn't, but these days you can get fake snow at 100-yen shops or even make it artificially, so be sure to enjoy this hallmark of the winter season!
What color is snow?
- white
- black
- transparent
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transparent
Snow appears white, but it’s actually transparent. Snow is made up of many crystals, and these crystals are also transparent. They look white because they scatter the light they take in in many directions. So, snow looks white when it’s packed together, but when it melts, it becomes transparent like water.
What is it that is considered good to eat on January 7?
- Osechi (traditional Japanese New Year’s cuisine)
- Seven-herb rice porridge
- ramen
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Seven-herb rice porridge
Nanakusa-gayu is a rice porridge that contains seven kinds of greens: turnip (suzuna), daikon radish (suzushiro), Japanese parsley (seri), shepherd’s purse (nazuna), cudweed (gogyō), chickweed (hakobera), and nipplewort (hotokenoza). It is eaten with the wish to stay healthy throughout the year and to give your stomach a rest after enjoying lots of delicious New Year’s foods.
Which of the following is something you eat during the New Year?
- Osechi (traditional Japanese New Year’s cuisine)
- Ehomaki
- chocolate
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Osechi (traditional Japanese New Year’s cuisine)
The reason we eat osechi during the New Year is to welcome the Toshigami (New Year deity) on New Year’s Day and pray for a safe and healthy year ahead. Also, there’s a custom of not cooking during the first three days of the New Year to keep the holiday peaceful, so osechi includes many ingredients that keep well!