[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 Nursery School or Kindergarten! Popular and Recommended Songs (31–40)
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!
Let’s join the Dandelion Group!!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.
Congratulations on starting preschoolSakushi: 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 Truemao
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.
your smileHanada Yuuichirou, Nagata Maya
“Kimi no Egao” first appeared as the theme song for NHK’s “Okaasan to Issho,” broadcast in September 1985.
The song was written by Kazuki Takase (lyrics) and Yoshinori Tanaka (music).
It celebrates the brightness and happiness brought by children’s smiles, featuring a simple, warm melody.
With heartwarming lyrics perfect for a children’s program, it evokes the bond between parents and children.
It gently conveys a kindness that helps smiles spread naturally in everyday life.
Even today, it remains beloved by both children and adults.
[For 3-year-olds] Songs to sing at nursery school or kindergarten! Popular and recommended songs (41–50)
aye-ayeSakushi: Aida Hiromi / Sakkyoku: Uno Seiichirō
Ai Ai is a song about a little monkey, a character that often appears in children’s favorite picture books.
Lyricist Hiromi Aida wrote the lyrics after being asked to create a cute animal song and coming across the aye-aye, which lives on Madagascar, in an illustrated encyclopedia.
It’s perfect not only as a choral piece but also for school plays where a monkey character appears! To help children enjoy singing it even more with choreography, it might be nice to show them photos or illustrations and say, “This is the kind of monkey the song is about.”
The railroad tracks go on forever.
This song, which sings of railroad tracks stretching on forever, gives a wonderful, hope-filled impression of moving toward the future while traveling by train with friends.
When you sing it while imagining the changing scenery—over hills and fields—it makes you feel the excitement of setting off on an adventure.
Since it first aired on NHK’s “Minna no Uta” in December 1962, it has been loved for many years.
In 2021, the rock band Yabai T-Shirts Yasan arranged it as a commercial song for “Momotaro Dentetsu,” which became a hot topic.
How about singing it at a recital with everyone linked together like a train? Holding hands or putting arms around each other’s shoulders while singing will deepen the joy of cooperation and the sense of unity.
It’s a highly recommended piece that can bring out children’s smiles with a lively, spirited chorus.