Nursery rhymes and play songs to enjoy with your baby. Gentle children's songs.

We’d like to introduce some nursery songs to enjoy with your baby.

These days, many babies are exposed to music from the time they’re in the womb through prenatal education.

Some families sing nursery rhymes as lullabies to help put their babies to sleep.

In this article, we’ve gathered gentle nursery songs and lullabies you’ll want to listen to with your baby, along with playful songs great for childcare and popular anime tunes.

They’re all fun songs that even babies who don’t understand words yet can enjoy.

Please try listening together as a parent and child.

Also perfect for baby massage!

Playlist

Nursery rhymes and play songs to enjoy with your baby. Gentle children's songs.
	Title	Playlist	Review
1	LullabySakushi: Kitahara Hakushū / Sakkyoku: Kusakawa Shin		Perfect for soothing babies to sleep with lullabies sung by Rimi Natsukawa
2	Toy Cha-Cha-ChaSakushi: Nosaka Akiyuki (Hosaku: Yoshioka Osamu) / Sakkyoku: Koshibe Nobuyoshi		A nursery rhyme about toys playing at night
3	Hand in hand ♪ (Friends Ver.)shimajirou		A Friendship Song Sung by Shimajiro
4	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star		About the lullaby “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
5	Anpanman’s Marchdoriimingu		Anpanman's March is a beloved classic cherished by everyone from babies to adults.
6	What color do you like?Sakushi Sakkyoku: Sakata Osamu		An interest in colors leads to improvement in drawing skills
7	Even with just one, it’s a carrot.nagira kenichi		Even one carrot
8	Knock knock knock knock, Grandpa with a beard		The hand-play song “Ton-ton Hige Jiisan” (Grandpa with the Beard)
9	Snip-Snip Dance		A simple dance you can do with a scissor hand
10	strollInoue Azumi		A song that captures the discoveries and excitement of a walk
11	My Neighbor TotoroInoue Azumi		The charm of Totoro’s ending song
12	Mr. ElephantSakushi: Mado Michio / Sakkyoku: Dan Ikuma		Zō-san is a children's song that depicts the bond between parent and child.
13	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Song		Enjoy The Very Hungry Caterpillar through music
14	Buzz buzz buzz		Features and ways to enjoy children's songs about bees
15	Mr. Bear, Mr. Bear		Parent-child bonding with the Kuma-san exercises
16	Tanuki of Fist Mountain		Mother-and-child love of the tanuki on Genkotsu Mountain
17	Donguri Korokoro		Introduction of a children's song about an acorn playing with a loach it met at a pond
18	What shall we make with rock, scissors, paper?		A hand game where you combine rock-paper-scissors hand shapes to make various things.
19	TulipSakushi sakkyoku: Kondō Miyako Inoue Takeshi		Tulips come in many colors, and it’s fun to look for them in the spring.
20	Close It, Open It		Clap Your Hands, Open and Close Hand Play Song
21	Under Yuuna’s treewarabeuta		Island lullaby, soothing melody to comfort a baby
22	A Little Bear in the Rain		It’s a nursery rhyme that even babies can feel safe with.
23	The Bear of the Forestamerika min’yō		A Nursery Rhyme about a Bear’s Adorable Encounter in the Forest
24	TulipSakushi: Kondo Miyako / Sakkyoku: Inoue Takeshi		Tulip song, love of color and diversity
25	Gonbe-san’s Baby		A song about holding a baby with a tenugui (Japanese hand towel)
26	Cute Hide and SeekSakushi: Satou Hachirou／Sakkyoku: Nakata Yoshinao		A nursery rhyme about animals playing hide-and-seek
27	Story FingerSakushi: Kayama Yoshiko / Sakkyoku: Yuyama Akira		A heartwarming nursery rhyme to enjoy with finger puppets
28	Playing bus (pretend bus play)Sakushi: Kayama Yoshiko / Sakkyoku: Yuyama Akira		A nursery rhyme about the excitement of riding a bus
29	campfire		Campfire-season nursery rhymes are perfect as lullabies
30	butterfly		Soothe a baby with the Butterfly hand-play song
31	What color do you like?		Learn color names with a color song to enjoy with children
32	a round egg		The fun of hand-play songs themed around eggs
33	Rolling Eggs		A song that uses hand play to depict the growth from an egg to a chicken
34	Panda, rabbit, koala		The hand-play song “Panda, Rabbit, Koala”
35	a big drum		A nursery rhyme that enjoys the dynamics of loud and soft sounds