Nursery rhymes I want to sing in July: fun summer songs
July, the beginning of summer, is hot but such a fun season, isn’t it?
How about singing joyfully in the hot summer to blow the heat away?
To prevent kids from getting heatstroke, spending time indoors singing fun songs is also recommended!
Here, we’ve gathered classic children’s songs and ones often sung at nurseries and kindergartens.
There are songs you can enjoy with hand play, too.
There are lots of songs children love, so sing and play together and feel the summer!
You can have a great time at home as well.
Use this as a guide so both kids and adults can have fun together!
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Nursery rhymes to sing in July: Fun summer songs (81–90)
One little starShinzawa Toshihiko
The charming melody and lyrics are the highlights! Let us introduce “Ohoshisama Hitotsu.” It’s a wonderful song that evokes vivid scenes as you listen.
With stars as the main motif, a variety of stories unfold.
It could be fun for children to use their imaginations to think up what happens next.
Through the Tanabata festival, some children may become interested in stars or deepen their curiosity about them.
This is one of those wonderful songs that’s sure to spark excitement.
World of Starssanbika
Let’s sing it to the melody of the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”! Introducing “Hoshi no Sekai” (Starry World).
In connection with Tanabata, how about getting familiar with songs that feature stars? Set to an easy-to-learn melody, children will likely pick it up quickly.
Through the song, their interest in stars and the night sky can grow, and their engagement with Tanabata festivities may deepen as well.
Incorporating it before Tanabata crafts or during morning circle time can help everyone enjoy and appreciate the seasonal tradition more fully.
It’s a song you can sing in a gentle, calm atmosphere!
aye-aye
Ai Ai is a song that’s been sung for over 50 years—you’ve probably sung it at least once.
While singing, you make gestures like a monkey pose, showing that it has a long tail and big round eyes.
We sing it casually, but “Ai Ai” doesn’t refer to the common Japanese macaque we often see; it’s actually a different species called the aye-aye! It’s a member of the primate family, but it lives in Madagascar and is known for being a bit small with an unusually long middle finger.
soap bubble
The famous Japanese children’s song “Shabondama” was actually released in the Taisho era and has been loved since long ago.
Soap-bubble play, which children adore, is a classic outdoor activity.
Seeing how far they can fly and how big they can make them—this delightful scene comes to mind, making it a truly wonderful song.
Seagull Sailor
“The Seagull Sailor” is a song that likens an all-white seagull to a sailor dressed in a white hat and white clothes.
It is a Japanese children’s song released in 1937 and was later included in music textbooks for elementary school students after the war.
It is said that lyricist Toshiko Takeuchi wrote the lyrics after visiting the Port of Yokohama and seeing seagulls flying beautifully against the backdrop of the setting sun.
The vocalist was Junko, the daughter of composer Mitsuyo Kawamura, and the song later came to be sung overseas as well when it was performed—translated into 11 languages—at international music exchange events.
Since the sea evokes the feeling of summer, it’s a perfect song for getting into the summer mood.
King Kamehameha of the Southern Islands
Just listening to the melody makes you feel as if you’ve traveled to a tropical island.
The unforgettable tune is a big hit with children, too.
It’s truly a quintessential summer children’s song—an extremely bright piece that fills listeners with excitement.
Nursery rhymes to sing in July: Fun summer songs (91–100)
Come, fireflysakushi sakkyoku: warabe uta
Fireflies that emit beautiful light can be seen around the beginning of summer.
The children’s song Hotaru Koi is themed around these fireflies.
Because fireflies can only be found where the water is clean, you might not see them very often in everyday life.
But when you do, why not sing this song and dream of meeting them again? The lyrics depict someone calling to the fireflies, saying there’s tasty water and not-so-tasty water here, so come this way.
These lyrics have been interpreted in various ways, and despite the cute melody, there are versions with slightly eerie continued verses.
If you’re curious, try looking into it!