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Baby massage song. A touch-and-play song that parents and children can enjoy together.

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.
9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

Why not enjoy some fun interaction with your baby to gentle melodies and lively rhythms?

Here, we’ll introduce songs that are perfect for baby massage!

We’ve gathered a variety—from well-known tunes to new discoveries.

Try moving your baby’s body in time with the music and enjoy playful bonding together.

When a mother gently strokes her baby with her hands, you’ll see a delighted smile on your baby’s face.

Savor a heartwarming parent–child time with a massage full of love.

Baby Massage Songs: Interactive parent-child play songs (31–40)

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Hare and the Tortoise [Massage to the Machimura-style Song / Baby Massage]

The Hare and the Tortoise

The famous story The Hare and the Tortoise is about a race between a rabbit and a turtle.

Let’s try baby massage using the song Usagi to Kame, which turns that story directly into a song! This baby massage focuses on the legs.

In the first verse, massage one leg.

With the legs closed and then turned outward, gently stroke mainly around the thigh area.

Imagine encouraging lymph flow, and finish by stroking down to the buttocks.

Once you’ve finished one leg, do the other.

You can massage at a speed that’s not too fast and not too slow—just right.

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Song of Touch Care

Johnson's Baby Touch Care Song

Song of Touch Care

It appears in a Johnson product commercial, and it looks so pleasant.

If you use the cream to massage your whole body, it also helps keep your skin moisturized during the winter.

Anyway, the visuals are adorable, so I recommend it! It might even nourish the mother’s hands and make them soft and fluffy.

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Gramps and Grannywarabeuta

Gee-Gee Baa: A Nursery Rhyme for 0-Year-Olds

Gramps and Grannywarabeuta

Let’s introduce a perfect traditional children’s song for gentle playtime with your baby! This piece lets you softly touch and play with your baby’s face, so you can enjoy watching their expressions change together.

It’s included on the album “Mainichi Warabe-uta from 0 Years Old,” released by King Records in August 2022, featuring the warm vocals of Emiko Kobayashi.

It’s also used in the child-rearing support activities of “Hapimoto” in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture, and is loved by many parents.

Sit your child on your lap and sing while facing them gently.

By tuning in to your baby’s feelings and taking your time to connect through touch, you’ll create a fun, smile-filled time of communication.

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pat-pat tummy

Baby interactive play Hand-play song “Onaka Pon-pon” by Aki Watanabe

pat-pat tummy

Onaka Ponpon is a gentle massage where you softly tap and touch a baby’s fluffy, adorable tummy, hands, and feet.

Following the lyrics and melody, you lightly pat the tummy, and move the baby’s palms together and the soles of their feet together as if clapping.

Then you stroke the tummy in circular motions and rotate the arms and legs.

It’s a simple and very gentle massage, so even people who don’t often get a chance to touch babies can do it with confidence!

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Hammer tap-tap

[Baby Play] Hammer Tap-Tap (from “Beloved Baby: Touch-and-Play”)

Hammer tap-tap

Kanazuchi Tonton is also well-known as a hand-play song.

In this video, the mother’s hands become a hammer and gently tap-tap the child’s body as they play together.

Tap gently to make your child happy.

If your baby’s neck isn’t stable yet, you can keep them lying down; once their neck is stable, it’s nice to sit them on your lap and play face-to-face.

If you repeat it over and over, the child will learn to anticipate the tap-tap and wait excitedly to be tapped while playing.

So cute.

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