[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!

Playlist

[Children’s Songs for June] Fun finger-play songs and traditional nursery rhymes perfect for the rainy season
	Title	Playlist	Review
1	A Little Bear in the Rain		A nursery rhyme for the rainy season about a bear cub who mistakes a puddle for a river and waits for fish.
2	The Clock Song		Introduce the lyricist, the composer, and the characteristics of the lyrics of the Clock Song.
3	rainfall		A Parent and Child’s Song for Enjoying a Rainy Day
4	rainbow		Rainbow is a classic song that sings of hope.
5	Rubber Boots March		A song about children enjoying playing in puddles
6	Frog Chorus		The Frog Chorus gets lively with a round.
7	weather forecast		Sing and play with the rainy season weather forecast
8	Whale ClockSakushi: Seki Kazuo / Sakkyoku: Shibuya Takeshi		A classic children's song that teaches the importance of time
9	Pitchanponyukichan, wanwan, u-tan, kukku-		A charming song for enjoying a rainy day
10	Grandfather’s ClockHenry Clay Work		A gemlike ballad portraying the bond between a grandfather and an old clock
11	snail		A song for dancing as if you were a snail
12	Cavity Germ ExerciseTokyo Haiji		A song that joyfully teaches the importance of brushing your teeth
13	A Rainy Day on the Ranch		A cheerful song of animals on a rainy ranch
14	Snack Song		Make snack time fun with fingerplay songs
15	Wonderful dadSakushi sakkyoku: Maeda Keiko		Warm lyrics and music that stays close to children
16	Are you good at brushing your teeth?Sakushi: Enoki Fujio / Sakkyoku: Fukuda Wakako		Support children's habit-building with a toothbrushing song
17	Banana Parent and ChildSakushi: Seki Kazuo / Sakkyoku: Fukuda Wakako		The song of a banana parent and child on a southern island, fun to sing.
18	Story FingerSakushi: Kayama Yoshiko / Sakkyoku: Yuyama Akira		A children's fingerplay song that likens fingers to family members
19	Brushing Teeth SongTokyo Haiji		A popular children's song that teaches the importance of brushing teeth
20	Animal Clock		A song brimming with the chimes of clocks and the charm of animals
21	A raincoat that doesn’t get wet, a kappa that wants to get wet		Enjoying the rain with a kappa hand-clapping song
22	Thunder God has arrived.		A children’s singing game to protect yourself from lightning on rainy days
23	Night Patrol of the Frogs		A children's song that playfully expresses the croaking of frogs
24	Do-Re-Mi Song		June 24 is the anniversary of Do-Re-Mi Song.
25	teru teru bozu (a traditional Japanese handmade doll hung to wish for good weather)		An introduction to a fingerplay song that wishes for good weather, inspired by teru teru bozu.
26	plip-plop (raindrops falling)		Rain hand-play nursery rhymes, perfect for physical closeness
27	A frog		A finger-play song that shows the number of frogs with your fingers
28	Little spider-chan		Introducing a children’s song about spiders for the rainy season
29	Rainy moon		A wedding rite piece published in a 1925 magazine
30	A tadpole is a frog’s child.		A tadpole is a frog’s child.
31	Come, firefly		Introduction to a famous children's song featuring fireflies
32	Cute cook		Cute Chef Drawing Song
33	rainfalldōyō		The kindness of sharing an umbrella in the rain
34	Rainy Aquarium		A fantastical view where the rainy window looks like an aquarium
35	Beyond the rainbow		An upbeat song aired in April 1996 with a rainbow theme
36	It rains.		A fun play song by Keropons with a rain theme
37	On rainy days, a rain song		Exercise for toddlers to dance on rainy days
38	Rainy Day Heartbeat		Let's enjoy a rainy day with songs
39	Amepon		A hand-play song that children can enjoy with their parents or at preschool on rainy days in June.
40	drip drop (of raindrops)		A hand play song that joyfully expresses the rain
41	hail; sleet; a shower of (things)		A hand play song with a rain theme
42	Elephant and the Spiderweb		A hand play song where an elephant gets caught in a spider web
43	rain		A nursery rhyme that portrays the power and sadness of rain
44	Kappa’s dish		A hand-play song themed around kappa
45	Opened, opened		A children's song playing with lotus (water lily) flowers
46	So it rains.		A positive nursery rhyme that enjoys the rain
47	What shall we make with rock, scissors, paper?		Playing a hand-clapping song by combining rock, paper, and scissors
48	Green Green		Introducing children's songs for parents and children to sing on Father's Day
49	Rain, rain, go away.		A fun children's song to sing on a rainy day
50	A frog		It’s a hand play song set to the tune of the frog song.
51	We Are the Frog Choir		A hand-play song where you fully become a frog and croak
52	front teeth of a mouse		Learning the importance of brushing teeth from a mouse’s front teeth
53	loquat		A children's song depicting the growth process of loquats
54	Rain hand play—let’s toss that damp, clammy feeling away!		Blow away the muggy rainy-season blues with a lighthearted song and a hand game.
55	early-rising clock		June 10 is Time Day, which conveys the importance of time.
56	Let’s brush our teeth.		How to make toothbrushing a habit through music
57	Nyanunyonyo Weather Forecast		A song that predicts the weather using cats' traits
58	Here is the weather forecast.		Children can have fun with a weather-forecast fingerplay song
59	Waltz of the Rain		A play song that imagines rain as a character
60	Rainy Amusement Park		Introduce a song about an amusement park in the rain