Perfect for preschoolers! Recommended dance songs for sports day (roundup)
Sports day is a once-a-year special event even for middle-year kindergarteners!
As they practice sprints and team events and decorate the school, both kids and adults can feel the excitement building.
Here, we’ll introduce songs that are perfect for dance routines in the sports day program for middle-year children!
From classic favorites to the latest hits, we’ve got a wide selection—find the perfect track for your kids.
Be sure to read to the end and get the fun sports day atmosphere going!
Perfect for preschoolers (4–5 years old)! Recommended dance songs for sports day (1–10)
Clap and ClapDa-iCE
“Clap” means clapping your hands or keeping time with hand claps.
Da-iCE’s track “Clap and Clap” is the kind of song that makes you want to sing along as you clap your hands.
Why not show off an energetic dance to this upbeat number at your sports day? It’s fresh and catchy, so kids will find it easy to dance to! If this song plays at the event, it’s sure to get everyone hyped.
The lyrics are positive, too, so hearing it at every practice will put you in a happy mood.
It’s a tune that’ll make you hum along without thinking—a guaranteed mood booster.
Nyan-Para☆DanceMiyahara Hitomi
Seeing little children dance while striking cat poses or pretending to be cats is absolutely adorable.
If everyone performs it together at a sports day, the cute kitty dance “Nyan-Para☆Dance” will surely bring smiles to parents’ faces.
As the title suggests, it incorporates parapara dance elements in parts like the chorus.
If you adapt the choreography for kindergarteners, everyone can enjoy dancing together.
It’s also cute to add cat ears and tails to match the kitty dance.
Blue and SummerMrs. GREEN APPLE
This song vividly portrays memories of summer.
Interweaving seasonal motifs like a refreshing breeze, blue skies, and the sound of wind chimes, it emphasizes the preciousness of each moment of youth.
Released by Mrs.
GREEN APPLE in August 2018, the track was written as the theme song for the film “Aonatsu: 30 Days with You.” With its driving melody, it conveys the energetic emotions of young people, and in August 2020 it surpassed 100 million streams.
It’s a perfect pick for a school sports day dance program and is sure to showcase children’s lively spirit.
Let’s give it a tryWANIMA
With its high-energy vibe, this song is perfect for school sports days.
WANIMA’s powerful sound and uplifting lyrics will set children’s hearts dancing.
Also known as a theme song for the “au Santaro” commercial series, it was released in March 2017.
Centered on the theme of “challenge and a positive attitude,” it conveys the importance of trying new things without fear of failure.
It’s bound to be a motivational anthem that encourages kids during practice and on the big day.
Since it’s a lively track that’s great for dancing, it’s also recommended for dance programs.
SmileKamisiraishi Moka
It’s a lively, feel-good number, and the sight of children dancing the routine they’ve worked hard to practice and memorize is sure to be a big hit with parents, too.
“S-M-I-L-E” is an up-tempo pop track, but with a playful twist: it even slips in a brief phrase from Mozart’s famous Eine kleine Nachtmusik at the very end.
Be sure to dance your heart out with fun choreography to match this song!
Color, Color, Exploration Team!icchī・naru
The song by Icchi and Naru is charming for its lyrics that spark children’s sense of adventure and its cheerful melody.
It sings about the fun of exploring a colorful world, and just listening to it makes you feel excited.
Released in July 2022, this track is very popular on the BonBon Academy YouTube channel.
I’ve heard it’s also used at children’s events and in educational programs.
I think it’s perfect for practicing dances for a school sports day.
Kids can move their bodies with lots of energy and enjoy an adventure of searching for all kinds of colors.
Aloha e komo maiAramaki Yoko, Yamadera Koichi
Why not dance energetically with your whole body to the lively number “Aloha E Komo Mai” from Disney’s animated film Lilo & Stitch? Big, relaxed dance moves go perfectly with this tropical tune! It’s also fun to add gently swaying, wave-like motions in the middle, in a Hawaiian hula style.
For little kids, attaching pom-poms to their wrists or wearing colorful grass skirts could look adorable.
It’s perfect for school sports days and recital performances, too.
We are little pirates.hiromichi & tanizou
This is a fun dance song for kindergarteners that portrays children diving into adventure as pirates.
Included on the March 2021 album by Hiromichi & Tanizou, “Everyone’s Sports Day! – Request Best Selection,” the track features a catchy rhythm and an energetic vibe.
With an easy-to-imagine theme and simple choreography, it sparks children’s imagination while conveying the joy of moving their bodies.
Perfect for sports day events at kindergartens and nursery schools, it’s a song that naturally brings smiles to kids’ faces.
Through practicing for sports day, children can also experience the joy of dancing together with friends.
Fox DanceYlvis
How about giving the “Fox Dance,” which was selected for the 2022 New Words and Buzzwords Awards, a try? The “Fox Dance” is a routine performed by the cheerleading team of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
With lyrics themed around various animal sounds and adorable choreography, it’s sure to get both the dancers and the audience excited.
By the way, the song used is “The Fox” by the musical duo Ylvis.
TimingBurakku Bisukettsu
We’d like to introduce a song that’s perfect for a bright and energetic atmosphere at children’s sports days! It’s a single by Black Biscuits, released in April 1998, which reached No.
2 on the Oricon charts and became a huge hit with about 1.48 million copies sold.
Its pop, uplifting melody and lively beat have an irresistible rhythm that naturally gets kids moving.
It’s a well-known favorite among J-pop fans and continues to be loved across generations, even being performed at NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen in December 2023.
The lyrics, which sing about important moments in everyday life, make it perfect for practice time leading up to the dance segment of a sports day.
The fun choreography that kids can energetically dance to with friends is sure to become a popular program for preschoolers’ sports festivals.