ヤマボウシの実 ほし
水遊びも終わり、砂遊びや滑り台、散策等と園庭で過ごす時間を
毎日楽しみにしている様子です。
ある日の園庭遊び。
「みてみて～！いちごおいしそう～」と言って大人の方へ嬉しそうに駆け寄る子どもたち。
手元に目を向けると、いちごそっくりな実で本当に美味しそう。
その実は、”ヤマボウシ”という実でした。
ヤマボウシは、6～7月に花が咲き、9月頃に果物の実を実らせます。果肉には小さな種がたくさん入っていて、味は甘くてマンゴーやバナナの味に例えられるそうです。
子どもたちにこのことを伝えると、
食べる真似をしては「あまーい！バナナみたい」と大人が話したことを交えながら、
楽しそうに話す姿がとても可愛らしかったです。
子どもたちと秋の心地よい風や木の実を見つけて手に取る中で、秋の訪れを感じた一時でした。
Now that the water play is over, they are looking forward to spending time
in the yard playing in the sand, on the slide, taking a walk, and so on.
They seem to be looking forward to spending time in the yard every day.
One day in the yard.
One day at the playground, the children were running toward the adults saying, "Look at this! The children were so happy that they rushed toward the adults saying, "Strawberries look so delicious!
When I looked at the fruit in their hands, I saw that it looked just like a strawberry and looked really delicious.
The berries were called "yamaboshi".
The yamaboshi flowers from June to July and produces fruit around September.
The pulp contains many small seeds,
and the taste is sweet and can be compared to that of a mango or banana.
When I tell the children about this
They imitate eating it and say, "Oh, sweet! It's like a banana!
It was so cute to see them talking happily.
It was a moment when I felt the arrival of autumn with the children as they enjoyed the pleasant autumn breeze
and found and picked up nuts.
