[For 1-year-olds] Fun Together! Recommended Songs and Hand Play Collection

One-year-olds are starting to move their hands and bodies and show interest in all sorts of things around them.

When you sing to them, they happily clap along to the rhythm and sway their bodies as they enjoy the music.

So this time, we’ll introduce recommended songs and popular hand-play activities for one-year-olds.

We’ve gathered plenty of hand-play songs that one-year-olds can enjoy singing, including songs with fun repeated words and songs that introduce colors and numbers as you sing.

They’ll surely keep asking, “One more time!”

These are perfect for filling small gaps between activities or as a warm-up!

Playlist

[For 1-year-olds] Fun Together! Recommended Songs and Hand Play Collection
	Title	Playlist	Review
1	Apple rolling		Children can move their bodies with a fingerplay song about fruits and vegetables
2	a big drum		A nursery rhyme that enjoys the dynamics of loud and soft sounds
3	The fish jumps.		Stimulating children’s imagination with a hand-play song where a fish jumps and transforms
4	It’s starting.		Engage children’s attention with songs and hand play
5	The Bento Bus		A hand game song where bento fillings ride the bus
6	Close It, Open It		Song play with a mimic-savvy one-year-old
7	den-den densha		Children are excited playing pretend trains
8	Let’s clap our hands		Let's enjoy children's songs full of emotional expression
9	Rubber Boots March		Have fun on rainy days with rubber boots
10	Tulip		Tulips is a song that children can learn
11	Song of a little bird		Playing make-believe as birds to the little bird song
12	Thunder God has arrived.		A hand-play song for learning body parts
13	Piglet-raccoon dog-fox-cat		Popular with children as an animal shiritori song
14	Head, Shoulders, Knees—pon!		A fun fingerplay song that touches body parts
15	The Itomaki song		Introduction to a nursery rhyme that’s fun with repeated words
16	Which child is a good child?warabeuta		Choosing who’s “it” with a children’s song
17	Knock knock knock knock, Grandpa with a beard		Hige Jiisan Hand Play Song
18	snail		Enjoying the rainy season with children through a snail song
19	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star		Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a song for toddlers that can be enjoyed with hand motions.
20	Mr. Elephant		A children’s song depicting the affection of a baby elephant who adores its mother elephant
21	Donguri Korokoro		A story about an acorn falling into a pond and playing with a dojo loach
22	anpan, shokupan		Playing with a one-year-old using a bread-themed fingerplay song
23	Cute Hide and SeekSakushi: Satou Hachirou／Sakkyoku: Nakata Yoshinao		A nursery rhyme about animals playing hide-and-seek
24	apple, mandarin orange, bananaSakushi / Sakkyoku: Tanaka Seiji		Let's have fun with the fruit song! Parents and children, let's sing and dance together.
25	Spring came pop-pop-popsakushi: kozue hikari / sakkyoku: sako shinichirō		Brighten and energize children's hearts with songs of spring
26	What is your name?Indoneshia min’yō		Remember names with a hand play song from an Indonesian folk song
27	Friend Ponkurton		An uplifting, lively track that expresses friendship and bonds
28	Gramps and Grannywarabeuta		Nursery rhymes to enjoy with your baby
29	Get on the busSakushi sakkyoku: Taniguchi Kunihiro		The charm of a nursery rhyme that delights in the bus’s jostling
30	a cat’s child; a kittenSakushi / Sakkyoku: Deguchi Chikara		Gentle cat-themed hand-play songs for parent-child communication
31	Five melon breads at the bakery.Sakushi: Nakagawa Hirotaka / Sakkyoku: Igirisu dōyō		Enjoy counting with the Melon Pan hand-play song
32	Playing bus (pretend bus play)Sakushi: Kayama Yoshiko / Sakkyoku: Yuyama Akira		A nursery rhyme about the excitement of riding a bus
33	Vegetable SongYamano Satoko		Music that joyfully sings the names of vegetables
34	Playful Love Ai AiHanada Yuuichirou, Nagata Maya		A song for parents and children to enjoy together with cat-themed music
35	March of the RoadHanada Yuuichirou, Nagata Maya		A bright and lively march, stepping toward the future
36	peach-colored cheeksSakushi / Sakkyoku: Yamamoto Shou		A new song from Okaasan to Issho
37	Song of a little birdSakushi: Yoda Jun’ichi / Sakkyoku: Akutagawa Yasushi		The song of a little bird gently warms a child's heart.
38	To the Sun in the Palm of Your Hand		A children's song that sings of the preciousness of life and of hope
39	Mr. ElephantSakushi: Mado Michio / Sakkyoku: Dan Ikuma		A heartwarming nursery rhyme that sings of the love between parent and child
40	The Puppy Police OfficerSakushi: Satō Yoshimi / Sakkyoku: Ōnaka Megumi		A gentle song of a kitten and a policeman
41	Chochi chochi awawa.warabeuta		Games that strengthen the parent-child bond through nursery rhymes