[For 3-year-olds] Songs to sing at nursery schools and kindergartens! Popular and recommended songs
Kids who love to sing! Around age three, children gradually start to match pitch and keep rhythm, and singing becomes more fun for them.
Let’s have everyone sing together so they can feel the joy and comfort of singing.
So this time, we’ve gathered lots of popular songs that three-year-olds will enjoy singing.
They’re perfect not only for daily childcare, but also for events like recitals and birthday parties! These are songs that energetic three-year-olds will want to sing—so try singing them together as a group.
Add clapping or simple choreography to the music, and it’ll be even more exciting!
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[For 3-year-olds] Songs to sing at daycare or kindergarten! Popular and recommended songs (1–10)
We are explorers of the future.NEW!icchī・naru
It’s a song overflowing with Icchi and Naru’s positive spirit, powerfully cheering on children as they take their first steps toward the future.
The image of moving forward into tomorrow is expressed in warm, friendly words like “ship” and “expedition team,” making it a very heartwarming piece.
Included on the album Bonbon Academy: Let’s All Sing Choral Songs, released in December 2025, this work has no explicit commercial tie-ins with TV anime or the like, but it has long been cherished in early childhood settings as a practical choral piece.
You can sway your body to the buoyant march rhythm and sing out energetically with your friends.
With hopes for growth ahead, why not bring everyone together and sing it at your recital? Adding hand motions as you enjoy it would be lovely, too.
Song of DropsNEW!NEUTRINO
Drops of all colors are said to be made from the tears of God—an image brimming with gentle, romantic imagination—in the song “Drops no Uta.” Since it was featured on an NHK TV program in October 1963, it has long been loved as one of Japan’s representative children’s songs.
Recently, a cover version using the NEUTRINO vocal synthesis software has also drawn attention.
With its bright, lively melody and fun lyrics that introduce a variety of flavors and colors, it’s easy for three-year-olds to picture the scenes, making it perfect for choral performances at recitals.
For parents as well, it’s a wonderful time where fond memories overlap with the adorable sight of the children.
By all means, let everyone raise their voices together and sing it out with energy.
I wonder if there’s someone like thisNEW!Sakata Osamu
If you want to let everyone’s individuality shine at the recital, how about this song? It features children with all sorts of personalities—mischief-makers, scaredy-cats, and more—and its theme charmingly conveys how their differences make things lively and fun.
With a series of short phrases, it’s easy to sing and perfect for an adorable chorus of three-year-olds.
This piece is well known as a segment theme song from NHK’s “Okaasan to Issho,” and it was also included on the album “NHK Okaasan to Issho Best,” released in February 1991.
It’s sung by Osamu Sakata, who served as one of the program’s “Uta no Onii-san,” so many parents will recognize it.
Seeing the children sing with all their energy will make the recital even more memorable.
Please give it a try with everyone!
[Age 3] Songs to Sing at Daycare and Kindergarten! Popular and Recommended Songs (11–20)
One step, two steps, three stepsNEW!Ono Atsuko, Hanada Yuuichirou
This is a bright and adorable song that makes you picture children setting off with lively steps.
The changing scenery with every step and the excitement of a walk are expressed in cheerful words, and singing it naturally brings smiles.
Performed by Atsuko Ono and Yuichiro Hanada, who released their first album as a duo in October 2017, this piece—passed down on NHK’s program “Okaasan to Issho”—is still loved by many children today.
Its comfortable rhythm of “one step, two steps” makes it perfect for group singing.
Try enjoying it at a performance for younger children—stomping together with teachers and friends, adding cute choreography, and singing with joy!
Marching MarchNEW!Sakushi: Sakata Hiroo / Sakkyoku: Hattori Kimikazu
This song, with a jaunty rhythm that makes you want to step in time, features lyrics by Hiroo Sakata and music by Koichi Hattori.
By adorably personifying the right and left feet, it brims with an exciting sense that walking is an adventure—perfect for three-year-old children.
Its mysteriously resonant, magical-sounding phrases bring bright smiles to everyone’s faces.
The work premiered in 1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympics, and was released as a record in October 1965.
Although it wasn’t tied to any specific TV program, it became widely beloved, buoyed by the cheerful social atmosphere of the era.
It’s recommended for situations where children can march energetically and sing joyfully, such as at recitals.
I want to scribble on the sky.NEW!sakushi: Yamagami Michio / sakkyoku: Izumi Taku
Sora ni Rakugaki Kakitai na (“I Want to Doodle in the Sky”) is a song that expresses the pure desire to draw freely.
The lyrics are by Michio Yamagami, and the music is by Taku Izumi, who created many beloved masterpieces.
First broadcast on NHK’s “Minna no Uta” in February 1963, it has remained a long-cherished tune.
Its imaginative theme—wanting to draw whatever you like across the wide-open sky—is especially appealing.
The bright, friendly melody is easy for young children to hum along with.
It’s perfect for drawing time or for group sing-along performances.
As you sing, imagine what kind of picture you would draw in the sky.
The Earth belongs to everyone.NEW!Sakushi: Yamakawa Keisuke / Sakkyoku: Izumi Taku / Henkyoku: Hayakawa Shirou
“The Earth Belongs to Everyone,” with lyrics by Keisuke Yamakawa and music by Izumi Taku, is a long-cherished song whose warm feelings about nature and coexistence are expressed in gentle words.
Included in publications related to the 1995 NHK program “One-Two Don,” it has continued to be beloved in educational settings.
Its singable melody is perfect for senior kindergarten recitals and choral performances.
When everyone sings with one heart, you can feel a great kindness, as if connected to all life on Earth.
It’s a wonderful choral piece that conveys a heartfelt message directly, resonating with parents as they witness their children’s growth.