Nursery rhymes to sing to your baby! Recommended songs enjoyable from 0 months
Here are some heartwarming songs recommended for babies!
Why not spend a happy time by singing along to the rhythm, enjoying your baby’s smile as you do?
Sway your body to the beat and clap your hands to the lyrics—the fun will only grow.
When babies see adults singing, they naturally open their hearts and feel your love.
Playing along with cheerful songs can also give you moments when you really feel your baby’s growth!
Enjoy a joyful music time together with your little one.
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Nursery rhymes to sing to your baby! Recommended songs you can enjoy from 0 years old (11–20)
peach-colored cheeksSakushi / Sakkyoku: Yamamoto Shou
The new song that began airing in March 2025 on NHK Educational TV’s “Okaasan to Issho” is a cheerful and fun piece created by Sho Yamamoto.
It features an appealing, idol-style melody and lyrics that are easy to enjoy.
With lively choreography designed to bring out children’s smiles, the piece has a heartwarming finish.
Sung joyfully by singer Nagata Maya, exercise leader Anzu Akimoto, and the new character Mimomo-chan, this song is delightful for everyone from babies to young children.
It’s a wonderful tune that families can enjoy together, moving their bodies to the rhythm.
Tickle Trainsakushi/sakkyoku: Okamoto Toshiaki
Kochokocho Densha (Tickle Train) is a recommended song for playing with and soothing your baby—perfect for parents and children to enjoy together.
While your baby is lying down, gently move their feet and sing along.
The Tickle Train arrives and “stops” at different parts of the baby’s body, imagining them as stations.
Tickle the soles of their feet or the palms of their hands.
Changing the body parts each time keeps the game fresh and fun.
It’s a play song that delights little ones from newborns whose job is mostly to sleep up to around one year old, so give it a try!
Lullaby
Since its birth in the Taisho era as a lullaby, it has been beloved up to the present day.
In recent years, singer Rimi Natsukawa covered it, bringing it back into the spotlight.
Its soothing and calming melody makes it perfect for holding your baby and gently patting their back to the rhythm of the music.
Listening to this song while feeling the warmth and comfort of being held will surely make your baby feel happy.
Pom-pom ExerciseSakushi: Yanase Takashi / Sakkyoku: Nakamura Norimasa
This song has a rhythmic tempo and involves gently patting different parts of the body while naming them.
If you sit your baby on your lap and sing, they’ll be absolutely delighted! Singing also helps them learn the names of each body part.
Plus, the song includes movements babies love—like gently swaying and little on-the-spot jumps—so it combines the comfort of repetitive lyrics with exciting actions.
It’s a charming song you can enjoy together.
Be sure to try singing it with your child!
The Bento Box Song
Many of you have probably sung this at least once.
It’s a hand-play song that parents and children can enjoy together: while packing ingredients into a lunchbox and singing, kids can learn the names of vegetables, and through the hand motions they can also learn numbers.
When you’re making it for a big elephant, sing at a slow tempo; for a little ant, sing faster with rhythmic gestures.
Even very young babies will be interested and watch and listen.
It’s a play activity that lets parents and babies communicate from an early age, so give it a try and have fun.
Knock knock knock knock, Grandpa with a beardSakushi: Saijō Yaso / Sakkyoku: Nakata Yoshinao
It’s a hand-play song that’s super popular with kids.
Even tiny babies will laugh out loud when they see you singing with big, exaggerated facial expressions and hand movements! It’s perfect for moms and dads trying a hand-play song for the first time.
You can have fun adding variations—like making a deliberately sad face and lowering your tone of voice, or singing faster or slower to change the tempo.
Since you can move your bodies and play together, it’s perfect for enjoying at home on rainy days!
Nursery rhymes to sing to your baby! Recommended songs you can enjoy from 0 years old (21–30)
What shall we make with rock, paper, scissors?Sakushi: Mado Michio / Sakkyoku: Nakada Yoshinao
Using rock, scissors, and paper from rock-paper-scissors to create all kinds of creatures and objects—“Guu Choki Paa de Nani Tsukurou.” If you use your hands in front of your baby to make different things, your baby will be delighted! Besides classics like the snail and the helicopter, this song can be arranged in many ways, so feel free to come up with your own original creations! You may even discover something your baby especially loves among them.
Mom and Dad, do your best to use your imagination!
