[Children’s Songs for June] Fun finger-play songs and traditional nursery rhymes perfect for the rainy season
The rainy season makes you long for summer.
When it rains day after day, many children make teru-teru bozu and wish, “Please be sunny!”
Precisely because it’s a time when it’s hard to play outside as much as you’d like, why not have fun by singing children’s songs and hand-play songs together?
In this article, we’ll introduce children’s songs and hand-play songs that are perfect for June, the month of the rainy season.
We’ve selected a wide range, from famous songs like “Katatatsumuri” (Snail) to hand-play favorites popular with children in nursery schools and kindergartens.
Let’s change our perspective and turn a rainy day into a fun one!
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[June Nursery Rhymes] Fun Hand-Play Songs and Traditional Children’s Songs Perfect for the Rainy Season (71–80)
Pitchanponyukichan, wanwan, u-tan, kukku-
A cute song that rhythmically expresses the sound of falling rain.
It captures the excitement of a rainy day—going for a walk in rain boots and twirling colorful umbrellas—set to a lively tempo.
It was included on the March 2018 album “NHK Inai Inai Baa! Homerarechatta,” with a DVD released around the same time.
Perfect for the rainy season, it’s a tune you can enjoy singing and moving to indoors on those restless, can’t-go-out rainy days.
Let’s brush our teeth.
Since June has Cavity Prevention Day, many daycare centers and kindergartens provide guidance on brushing teeth and cavities.
The children’s song “Let’s Brush Our Teeth” is a cute, upbeat tune about brushing.
Many children resist brushing, but singing a fun song while doing it might help them brush more comfortably.
The song also mentions rinsing, making it perfect for practicing rinsing after brushing.
Don’t forget to praise your child with a “Your teeth are so clean!” Let’s enjoy brushing teeth together with your child.
Nyanunyonyo Weather Forecast
This song has been passed down for many years by successive “big brother” and “big sister” singers on NHK’s popular program Okaasan to Issho.
Around the world, it’s said there’s a relationship between cats’ behavior and humidity, and the lyrics are uniquely about predicting the weather based on a cat’s whiskers and eye movements.
Another charm is the melody, which brightens the damp, gloomy rainy-season mood and makes it fun.
Singing “nya-nyu-nyo” with your mouth wide open can also serve as a great mouth exercise for kids.
Get fully into the cat mindset and sing cutely with all your heart! Adding some choreography makes it even more fun.
Waltz of the Rain
It’s a playful song where you imagine the rain as a character and sing to it.
You can even draw the character called “Ame” (Rain) while singing, so you can enjoy drawing at the same time.
If such an adorable character really existed, you’d almost find yourself wishing for rain, wouldn’t you?
Rainy Amusement Park
“Amusement Park in the Rain” is a Japanese song performed by Seiji Tanaka.
It was featured on NHK’s Minna no Uta in February 1962.
The original version comes from the track included in the Victor Japan release Shishu: Tooi Hi no Uta, and its lyrics depict an amusement park in the rain.
The composer, Hachidai Nakamura—also known for composing Kyu Sakamoto’s “Ue o Muite Arukou” (“Sukiyaki”)—crafted a cheerful melody that subtly evokes a similar atmosphere.
In conclusion
We introduced nursery rhymes and fingerplay songs perfect for June. It’s a pity that we can’t play to our hearts’ content outdoors… but there are also sights you can only see and fun experiences you can only have during the rainy season. On drizzly days, it might be enjoyable to put on rain boots, take an umbrella, and go out for a walk.