Childcare Service
Childcare Facility
Kyoto University Kids’ Community (KuSuKu)
Past programs
Academic Program: A program planned by a committee made up of Kyoto University faculty members
Experience program: Program provided by Pasona Foster Co., Ltd.
Dec. 2023
| Date and Time | Title of the Program | Teacher | Eligibility (Recommended) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9(Sat.) | 13:30-15:00 | The “Doboku” World of Big machines! / Vehicles at Work | Yoshikazu Takahashi, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering | All elementary grade students |
| 10(Sun.) | Cafeteria* | All elementary grade students | ||
| 16(Sat.) | 10:00-11:30 | What Kind of Animal is the Snow Leopard, The Cat That Lives in the World’s Highest places? | Kodzue Kinoshita, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies | All elementary grade students |
| 17(Sun.) | Learn the seasonal constellations | All elementary grade students | ||
| 23(Sat.) | 13:30-15:00 | Oh No, Someone Has Fallen Over! Let's Learn How to Use AED with Dr. Poo. | Chika Nishiyama, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine | All elementary grade students |
| 24(Sun.) | Christmas party | All elementary grade students | ||
| 25(Mon.) | 13:30-15:00 | Discovering the Wonders of Volcanoes and Earthquakes through Experiments | Yoshitsugu Furukawa, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science | Upper elementary grade students (recommended) |
| 26(Tue.) | Japanese roly-poly toy | All elementary grade students | ||
| 27(Wed.) | 13:30-15:00 | Let's Take Care of Our Patients! | Mie Torii, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medicine Chifumi Otaki, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine Mariko Asase, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medicine |
All elementary grade students |
| 28(Thu.) | Snow falling inside the box | All elementary grade students | ||
Jan. 2024
| Date and Time | Title of the Program | Teacher | Eligibility (Recommended) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4(Thu.) | Cafeteria* | All elementary grade students | ||
| 5(Fri.) | 10:00-11:30 | What Kind of Water Tastes Good? | Naoko Tokuchi, Professor, Field Science Education and Research Center | All elementary grade students |
| 6(Sat.) | Making a string telephone | All elementary grade students | ||
| 7(Sun.) | Experiments using liquid soap | All elementary grade students | ||
| 8(holiday) | 13:30-15:00 | Try to Beat Professor Puzzle | Hiroshi Higashida, Organizer, KU Higashida-style Puzzle Class | All elementary grade students |
| 13(Sat.) | 13:30-15:00 | Something about Reptiles | Hikida Tsutomu, Professor Emeritus, (Graduate School of Science) | Upper elementary grade students (recommended) |
| 14(Sun.) | Cafeteria* | All elementary grade students | ||
| 20(Sat.) | 13:30-15:00 | Let's Discover Trilobites | Terufumi Ohno, Professor Emeritus (KU Museum) | All elementary grade students |
| 21(Sun.) | Making a spring flower bed | All elementary grade students | ||
| 27(Sat.) | Making a parachute | All elementary grade students | ||
| 28(Sun.) | 10:00-11:30 | Chasing Fish from Around the World | Hiromichi Mitamura, Professor, Field Science Education and Research Center | All elementary grade students |
Feb. 2024
| Date and Time | Title of the Program | Teacher | Eligibility (Recommended) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat., 3 | Making a electrostatic generator | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sun., 4 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | What to Do About the Earth Getting Hotter and The rain is getting heavier?s | Eiichi Nakakita, Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kenji Tanaka, Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute |
All elementary grade students |
| Sat., 10 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | What Does Barrier-Free Mean? You Do Things Your Way and I’ll Do Things My Way. | Jun Murata, Associate Professor, Agency for Student Support and Disability Resources | All elementary grade students |
| Sun., 11 | Cafeteria* | All elementary grade students | ||
| Mon., 12 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | The Wonder of Water and Bubbles | Dr. Yoshikatsu Ueda, Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere | All elementary grade students |
| Sat., 17 | JAMP-JAM (game move body) | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sun., 18 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Let's move the cyborg! | Yusuke Kusano, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medicine | All elementary grade students |
| Fri., 23 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Book Talk | Bunri Usami, Professor, Research Administration Center (KURA)/Graduate School of Letters Hideharu Numata, Professor, Institute for the Future of Human Society Futaba Fujikawa, URA, KU Research Administration Center |
All elementary grade students |
| Sat., 24 | Experience the history of the ancient capital at the Yoshida Shrine | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sun., 25 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Insects are Our Friends | Hideharu Numata, Professor, Institute for the Future of Human Society | All elementary grade students |
Mar. 2024
| Date and Time | Title of the Program | Teacher | Eligibility (Recommended) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat., 2 | SDGs/Crafting with Cardboard | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sun., 3 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Kimonos Made by Silkworms! | Ryoko Masaki,Part-time lecturer / Kimono researcher, Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Doshisha University | All elementary grade students |
| Sat., 9 | 10:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m. | Mathematics without numbers | Tadashi Tokieda, Professor, Stanford University | All elementary grade students |
| Sun., 10 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Viruses Can Be Fun?! | Akiko Makino, Associate Professor, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences (LiMe) | Upper elementary grade students (recommended) |
| Sat., 16 | SDGs/Making Eco Bag | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sun., 17 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Let’s Learn More about Modern Mongolia! | Jargalsaikhan Jargalmaa, Researcher / International Student, Office of Society Academia Collaboration for Innovation | All elementary grade students |
| Wed., 20 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | The Mystery of Parasitic Bees | Junji Takabayashi, Professor Emeritus, Center for Ecological Research | All elementary grade students |
| Sat., 23 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | Let’s Try Games from Around the World! | Junko Kawai, Professor / International student, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences | All elementary grade students |
| Sun., 24 | Let's Experience Japanese Culture "Let's Learn Japanese Tea Ceremony" | All elementary grade students | ||
| Tue., 26 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | Studying Monkeys in Tropical Jungles | Kazuki Matsuda, Professor, Wildlife Research Center | All elementary grade students |
| Wed., 27 | Exploring the Kamogawa River | All elementary grade students | ||
| Thu., 28 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Red, Blue, Green, and Mysterious Experiments with Light | Toshinao Tsunemi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science | Upper elementary grade students (recommended) |
| Fri., 29 | Let's Enjoy the Soil "Let's Make Clay Paints" | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sat., 30 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Aren’t Poisonous Animals Scary? | Masahiro Miyashita, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture | All elementary grade students |
| Sun., 31 | Exercise Program "Let's Play with Dots, Lines and Surfaces" | All elementary grade students | ||
Apr. 2024
| Date and Time | Title of the Program | Teacher | Eligibility (Recommended) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. Apr. 1 | STEAM/Making Plastic Sheet(Heat,Material) | All elementary grade students | ||
| Tue. Apr. 2 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Experience Mysterious Flavors! Although it is not a specific allergic food, those who are allergic to lemon, kelp, bonito flakes, or seeds cannot participate. |
Yukako Hayashi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture | All elementary grade students |
| Wed. Apr. 3 | SDGs/Crafting with Cardboard | All elementary grade students | ||
| Thu. Apr. 4 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | Seeing the Invisible: The Unknown World of Radiation | Yuichi Kadoyama, Associate Professor, Agency for Health, Safety, and Environment | Upper elementary grade students (recommended) |
| Fri. Apr. 5 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | Life Lessons: The Gift Owned by Everyone | Sayaka Takenouchi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine | All elementary grade students |
| Sat. Apr. 6 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | What If You Take a Close Look at Wood? | Suyako Tazuru, Senior Lecturer, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere | All elementary grade students |
| Sun. Apr. 7 | Making Filtration Equipments | All elementary grade students | ||
| Mon. Apr. 8 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Preventing the Extinction of African Wildlife: How Can Genetics Help? | Miho Murayama, Professor / International student, Wildlife Research Center | All elementary grade students |
| Tue. Apr. 9 | Exercise Program "Let's Experience Non-Verbal" | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sat. Apr. 13 | 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m. | Space Exploration "Japanese Manned Space Activities" | Takao Doi, Program-Specific Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability/Astronaut | Upper elementary grade students (recommended) |
| Sun. Apr. 14 | Programming | All elementary grade students | ||
| Sat. Apr. 20 | (Closed due to the installation of cushioning in the playroom.) | |||
| Sat. Apr. 21 | (Closed due to the installation of cushioning in the playroom.) | |||
| Sat. Apr. 27 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | What Kind of Sound Do Trees Make? | Kazushi Nakai, Program-Specific Associate Professor, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere | All elementary grade students |
| Sun. Apr. 28 | Let's Make the Green Wall! | All elementary grade students | ||
| Mon. Apr. 29 | Kyoto University Exploration and Mapping | All elementary grade students | ||
*This program allows children to choose the activities they want to do.