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)
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.
Rolling EggsSakushi: Yanase Takashi / Sakkyoku: Nakamura Norimasa
The hand-play song that repeats the same movements, “Korokoro Tamago,” is also recommended.
It depicts an egg rolling, a chick that hatches and walks, and then a grown chicken crowing.
For the egg, make a fist and rotate your arms; for the chick, move your index finger up and down; for the chicken, flap your hands.
All the movements are simple, so babies can enjoy it just by listening to the song or watching the hand motions.
It’s a gentle, cute song, so try singing it in a soft voice.
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!
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!
