Abstract
Currently, various magazines for childcare workers are published, and their teaching plans and articles are referred to and used at childcare sites and training schools. In addition, seminars for childcare workers are held annually in various locations by the publishing companies that publish them, which play a part in improving the qualifications of childcare workers and the quality of childcare. However, there were many childcare and education-related magazines before the war as well. The author focuses on the magazine “ Hoiku ” published by the All Japan Childcare Union (within the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun Social Welfare Foundation), which has received little previous research, and traces the content of seminars for childcare workers (including seminars for mothers) that were hosted or supported by the union, in order to clarify the impact it had on the childcare world at the time. This time, research covering the period from 1938 (Showa 13) to 1944 (Showa 19) has made it clear that even during difficult times such as 1943 (Showa 18), when air raids on the mainland were feared, and 1944 (Showa 19), when full-scale air raids on the mainland actually began, seminars for childcare workers (including mothers) were held and had a certain number of participants.
https://ror.org/01crm2177 
