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 (21–30)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a famous song that everyone knows.
In nursery schools and kindergartens, it’s often sung with choreography.
Children all love it, and even very young kids can remember it right away after hearing it once, thanks to its clear and lovely melody.
Why not listen to it while gazing at the twinkling stars in the sky?
Slurping somen noodles
When it comes to hand-play perfect for summer, “Somen Tsurutsuru” is the one.
It’s a hand-play song about somen noodles, which most people eat at least once in the summer.
You twirl your hands around and mimic eating somen—it’s very simple choreography, so even little kids can enjoy it.
Different types of somen appear in the lyrics, and the movements change depending on the type.
Even children who’ve never eaten somen might learn about it through this hand-play and think, “I want to try it!” If you’re looking for a summer hand-play activity, this is recommended!
Nursery rhymes I want to sing in July: Fun summer songs (31–40)
Vegetable Song
The song “Yasai no Uta” features lots of vegetables.
It’s super cute and easy to remember because it turns parts of the vegetables’ names and their characteristics into onomatopoeia in the lyrics.
It’s also great as a hand-play song and rhythm activity, so it’s a recommended tune.
July is when it really starts to feel like summer, and many kinds of summer vegetables come into season.
This song can help kids who don’t like certain veggies—and even the ones they usually eat—grow more fond of them.
It’s also nice to introduce each vegetable’s traits after you finish singing.
Mitsuya Cider
Mitsuya Cider’s fizzy carbonation is so tasty! In summer, you really crave something crisp and refreshing like this, don’t you? There’s even a hand-play song for Mitsuya Cider! It’s an adorable counting-style tune where you form numbers with your hands to the rhythm and make gestures like bubbles popping… For the final part, try saying it in a cute, extra-sparkly way—more bubbly than the soda itself! After singing and dancing a lot, be sure to enjoy a Mitsuya Cider!
Crunchy shaved ice
The hand-play song “Gari-Gari Kakigoori” by childcare singer-songwriter Aramaki Shake is included on his CD “Smile.” In this song, you make kakigori (shaved ice), a summertime treat kids look forward to.
The choreography is very simple: whirl your hands to shave the ice and drizzle syrups like strawberry or melon.
The final move—sticking out your tongue colored by the syrup—is sure to delight kids and make them want to imitate it! Because it’s an easy hand-play, even infants can enjoy it.
What color do you like?
It’s very important for children to learn the names of colors, isn’t it? This song about colors was even broadcast on NHK’s “Minna no Uta.” Using this song as a starting point, you can have even more fun by talking with your child—asking questions like, “Which color do you like best?” or “What can we draw with this color?” It seems a book featuring the song’s lyrics has also been published, and by looking at it, you can see what kinds of pictures can be drawn with each color.
It would be lovely to sing together while looking at the book.
Beyond the rainbow
Here is a classic song that was broadcast on NHK’s “Okaasan to Issho.” With the rainy season in July bringing lots of rain, there are more chances to see rainbows.
On the program, it was sung by performers like Ayumi Shigemori, Kentaro Hayami, and Shoko Haida.
This hopeful song about a rainbow appearing after the rain can make even adults feel happy when they listen to it.
Osamu Sakata, the 7th “Uta no Onii-san,” has provided many songs both during his time on the show and after graduating, and he also composed this song.