Nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children's songs about food
“Food” is something very familiar to children, isn’t it?
When they start speaking, many first learn words like “mamma,” or they remember the names of their favorite foods.
In this article, we’ve picked out “songs about food” from among many nursery rhymes.
We’ll introduce plenty of songs that feature foods kids love, like fruit, bread, and curry rice.
Some of them aren’t just for singing—you can enjoy hand games and dancing, too.
Even children who find eating difficult or are picky eaters might enjoy singing these songs.
It would be great if singing during mealtimes helps them have more fun and eat a little more.
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Nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children's songs about food (1–10)
Shopping at the bakeryozawa tatsuyuki
Bread that everyone loves.
Since this is a song about bread, just listening to it will make you want to eat some.
Be especially careful when you’re hungry.
Also, when singing, it can be fun to swap in the names of your favorite breads.
If you sing along with your children while eating, it might even help with food education.
Because it’s a song themed around a familiar food, it feels approachable and is easy to remember—that’s another plus.
By the way, my stomach growled while I was writing this.
I want to go to a bakery.
Stylish fruitShibuya Takeshi
Have you ever wondered why fruits are red or yellow? Since children are very curious, some mothers may have been asked, “Why are apples red?” This song answers those kinds of questions kids have.
When they hear reasons like “because animals will eat them” and “because they want their seeds to be carried,” your child will be convinced.
It’s a highly recommended song because it helps children learn about the importance of food and the food chain.
It would be wonderful if children could learn the value of food through this song.
tomatoDaichi Omi
There are quite a few children’s songs that feature tomatoes, and perhaps their popularity comes from the cuteness of the name and the fact that it reads the same from top to bottom and bottom to top.
This particular song has lyrics by Takeshi Shoji and music by Megumi Oonaka.
It’s a nursery rhyme that charmingly personifies tomatoes—for example, saying they wear blue clothes when they’re children, but change into red clothes when they grow up.
Nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children's songs about food (11–20)
Furu Furu Fruit
As the title suggests, the song features the names of many fruits.
It includes familiar ones like apples and peaches, as well as fruits children might not know yet, such as kiwis and papayas, so it’s very educational.
There’s also simple choreography that goes along with the song, so try learning it and dancing together.
It’s great for singing at home, and it would also be perfect to perform at a kindergarten or preschool recital.
It’s a highly recommended song because kids can move their bodies while building knowledge.
Mysterious PocketWatanabe Shigeru
The song “Fushigi na Pocket” is like a dream: when you pat your pocket, the biscuits inside keep increasing.
Adults might think, “Aren’t they just breaking apart?” but it’s a song wishing for a pocket like that.
It would be wonderful if it really existed, wouldn’t it?
The Banana That Flew AwaySakurai Jun
Kids love bananas.
In the scuffle over who gets it, the banana goes flying and from there it embarks on a journey that’s almost like an adventure.
It seems this banana is actually running away on its own to avoid being eaten.
mixed juice
Since this song features many fruits throughout, children can enjoy learning the names of various fruits as they listen.
Even kids who aren’t fond of fruit might come to like it thanks to this song.
It’s great to sing together with parents or teachers, and it’s also fun to sing with friends.
Plus, because the fruits are used as examples for facial features, it helps practice learning the parts of the face as well.
It’s like killing two birds with one stone—so much knowledge in a single song.
The song is short and simple, so it’s easy to remember.