[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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Small WorldNEW!Sakushi: Wakatani Kazuko / Sakkyoku: R. Shaaman Kyoudai
It’s a classic filled with a wish for peace, evoking an image of children around the world holding hands and singing with smiles.
Its message of breaking down barriers and getting along is perfect for meeting new friends as a fresh start begins.
The piece was unveiled in April 1964 at the New York World’s Fair as the theme song for a Disney attraction.
With a melody by the Sherman Brothers and warm Japanese lyrics by Kazuko Wakatani, it has been loved across generations.
At entrance ceremonies, even nervous children will likely relax naturally when they hear this familiar tune.
It’s also a song well known to parents, making it ideal for creating a warm atmosphere as everyone in the venue hums along.
Let’s join the Dandelion Group!!NEW!Sakushi: Sakata Osamu / Sakkyoku: Sakata Osamu
With the arrival of spring and dandelions blooming bright yellow, “Let’s Join the Dandelion Club!!” is a song that makes you want to sing out with energy.
Its lyrics invite both the shy and the showy to all become members of the “Dandelion Club,” offering strong support to children who are about to make new friends.
The only requirements to join are to wave at the sun and breathe in the spring breeze! The song was featured as the “Song of the Month” in May 2003 on NHK’s educational program “Okaasan to Issho.” Written and composed by Osamu Sakata, it’s a popular track also included on the album “Let’s Join the Dandelion Club!” If teachers and children sing it together at a kindergarten entrance ceremony, it will ease nerves and create a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
Laughter is nice.sakushi/sakkyoku: Tayama Masamitsu
How about “Warai-goe tte Ii na,” a song you can enjoy with choreography? It’s a track themed around the laughter of families and animals.
Throughout the song, a variety of characters and laughs appear, and there’s choreography that expresses the act of laughing to match them.
The moves are quite comical, so if everyone joins in, it should create a warm, friendly atmosphere.
Plus, the lyrics are sprinkled with little moments that will make you chuckle.
Focusing on those parts should make it even more exciting.
Congratulations on starting preschoolNEW!Sakushi: Shinzawa Toshihiko / Sakkyoku: Hosoda Maiko
An entrance ceremony welcoming children dressed in their new uniforms.
This piece, which evokes the arrival of spring, instantly softens the tense atmosphere of the venue.
The congratulatory words and gentle melody build excitement for the kindergarten life that is about to begin.
Because it can be sung with handclaps and gestures, the children will naturally break into smiles.
Released in April 2019, it was created by the well-known children’s song composer Toshihiko Shinzawa and percussionist Maiko Hosoda.
It’s perfect not only as a performance by teachers, but also for current students to sing at a welcome party for their new friends.
When everyone joins their voices in celebration, anxious feelings will be swept away and a warm sense of unity will be born.
Doraemon: Make My Dreams Come TrueNEW!mao
This masterpiece, filled with lyrics that capture dreams of secret gadgets and mao’s clear, gentle vocals, greatly heightens the anticipation for the days to come in kindergarten life.
Sung by female singer mao, it was her major-label debut single released in July 2007 and was chosen as the opening theme not only for the TV series of the beloved national anime Doraemon but also for its films.
Featuring lively choruses by the Himawari Kids, this track is perfect for everyone to sing together at the entrance ceremony.
When its familiar, universally known melody fills the venue, the faces of nervous children will surely brighten.
Let’s clap along with the parents and warmly welcome the new kindergarteners with smiles.
Good morning, crayonSakushi / Sakkyoku: Taniyama Hiroko
This is a charming song where colorful crayons, awakened from their box, leap out with energy and, as if by magic, bring the breakfast table to life.
Just imagining the reds and greens turning one after another into delicious-looking foods is enough to make your stomach rumble.
Its lively, rhythmic wordplay is so fun that once you hear it, your child will want to imitate it right away! It aired on NHK’s “Minna no Uta” in June 1987, and has been beloved by many for Hiroko Taniyama’s gentle singing voice and the delightful animation.
The song was also included on the album “Shippo no Kimochi,” released in May 1988, and continues to be cherished across generations.
Even children who aren’t morning people might perk right up if they hum along to this piece.
Gather around a delicious breakfast table and sing it together as a family!
Huh, where is it?Sakushi: Kanzawa Toshiko / Sakkyoku: Koshibe Nobuyoshi
This is a very unique and fun fingerplay song where you search for where animals’ body parts are.
As you respond to the prompts by pointing “up,” “down,” and “sideways,” or by touching your own body, children’s powers of observation and curiosity will naturally be drawn out.
Written by lyricist Toshiko Kanzawa and composed by Nobuyoshi Koshibe, this piece has been loved across generations since it was included on the album “NHK Okaasan to Issho,” released in April 1992 as a related song to the NHK program Okaasan to Issho.
March, when children are on the verge of graduating or moving up a grade and you can feel their growth, is the perfect time for this—whether in nursery schools and kindergartens or at home spending one-on-one playtime with your child.
Enjoy warm springtime moments together with lots of laughter!
Ho! Ho! Ho!Sakushi: Itō Akira / Sakkyoku: Koshibe Nobuyoshi
“Ho! Ho! Ho!” is a fun song with simple lyrics, a bouncy melody, and a flowing chorus.
For children, not every day may feel cheerful, but this song has a mysterious way of lifting their spirits naturally when they listen to it.
It’s great to sing while adding simple gestures and dance moves! Also, because it’s surprisingly tricky to sing the pitches accurately, we recommend lots of practice and arranging a chance for the children to perform for their parents.
Teachers, please enjoy working on it too, so the children can have fun singing!
It’s fun.sakushi: yamauchi kazuko / sakkyoku: terashima naohiko
When you sing it, you naturally want to clap your hands and sway your body to the rhythm—That’s Fun! Its theme—that clapping and singing together with everyone is so much fun!—is perfect for children’s choir.
It encourages kids to notice the unique joys of group singing, like comparing the sound of clapping your own right and left hands with the sound of clapping your hands together with a friend, and listening closely to the voices around you as you sing.
Let’s look at one another—friends and teachers alike—add some movements, and enjoy singing together.
What color do you like?Sakushi/Sakkyoku: Sakata Osamu
“What’s the name of my favorite color?” With the song “Which Color Do You Like?” kids can have fun singing while learning color names.
Children, who are naturally curious about the world around them, are likely feeling, even without saying it out loud, “I like this color” as they see many colors every day.
It’s great to tell them each time, “This is [color],” but learning through a song might make it easier to match the names with the colors.
As you sing, find the same colors in the things around you and in the clothes you’re wearing, and enjoy learning the names of colors.