[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 Finger-Play Songs and Traditional Children's Rhymes Perfect for the Rainy Season (31–40)
On rainy days, a rain song
Gymnastics/Dance: “On Rainy Days, the Rain Song.” Recommended for children of preschool and kindergarten age! This charming song spotlights little Drippy, the raindrop that falls from the sky on rainy days—an adorable tune.
It’s hard to play outside when it’s raining, right? That’s when you should dance to this song! By the time you finish, you’ll be in a wonderfully happy mood!
Rainy Day Heartbeat
June is the rainy season, so I bet many people are looking for rain-themed songs.
For you, I recommend “Amenohi Dokidoki.” It’s a song from the hugely popular children’s TV show “Okaasan to Issho,” so kids are sure to love it.
Even on rainy days, try spending time happily with a song!
Amepon
Here’s a recommended rainy-day hand game song for June.
The choreography is simple enough for little ones to imitate with ease.
The lyrics, which describe raindrops hitting the ground and bouncing, are wonderful from a child’s perspective.
It’s great for parent–child play on a rainy day, or for everyone to enjoy together at kindergartens and nurseries.
Although it’s a hand game, if you have a spacious area, it would be fun to pretend to be the rain and jump around!
Beyond the rainbow
This song is from April 1996 and was sung by Ayumi Shigemori and Kentaro Hayami, who served as the “older sister” and “older brother” singers on NHK’s Okaasan to Issho.
It’s a very uplifting and fun song.
The rainy season brings a lot of rain, but the rainbow that appears after the rain is so beautiful it feels cleansing to the heart.
drip drop (of raindrops)
This song is a hand-play tune that cheerfully depicts the falling rain.
The lyrics are very simple, and since they mostly repeat short phrases, even small children can quickly learn them and have fun.
The song ends at the second verse, so depending on the situation, you can enjoy it in different ways by arranging it like a parody—changing the lyrics and even the choreography.
[June Nursery Rhymes] Fun Hand-Play Songs and Traditional Children’s Songs Perfect for the Rainy Season (41–50)
hail; sleet; a shower of (things)
This is a hand-clapping game with a rain theme, perfect for the rainy season.
It’s played in pairs as Pot-ton and Pi-chan.
The rules and song are simple, but you might get surprisingly tangled up and find it hard to do! Plus, when someone says “Kero!!,” Pi-chan should grab Pot-ton’s hand.
Even on rainy days when you can’t play outside, it’s an easy hand game you can enjoy indoors.
Elephant and the Spiderweb
The comical hand-play song “The Elephants and the Spiderweb” features, amazingly, five elephants coming to a spiderweb made of thin threads.
At first, you show the number of elephants with one hand while spreading the other hand to represent the spiderweb, acting out how the elephants get caught on it.
After that, you make a motion to call other elephants and continue singing while doing actions that match the lyrics.
When the elephants reach five, the spiderweb can’t hold them anymore, so you clap your hands to show the web snapping.
This song isn’t just for hand-play—children can also take on the role of elephants and use their whole bodies to play along with the music! It’s perfect for indoor play during the rainy, early-summer monsoon season.
