[Entrance Ceremony] Songs We All Want to Sing! A Collection of Recommended Cheer Songs for Spring Send-offs

Spring has come!NEW!Sakushi: Nakamura Masato / Sakkyoku: Nakamura Masato

[Children's Song] 'Spring Is Here!' (Sign Language Video) Sign Choreography: Aono [Nursery Rhyme/Song] [Sign Language Song] [Kindergarten/School Entrance Ceremony]

A perfect song for entrance and advancement ceremonies that captures the feeling of spring’s arrival.

Its warm melody wraps around the flutter of excitement that comes with a new environment.

Lyricist and composer Masato Nakamura draws on his experience as a special needs school teacher to create songs that are easy to sing.

This piece was composed in January 2015 and is now enjoyed on video-sharing sites.

The lyrics feature springtime creatures and flowers, as if they were welcoming the children.

There’s also sign-language choreography, making it appealing because it allows expression not only with the voice but with the body as well.

April is a time when hearts swell with the prospect of new friends.

Even the tense faces of children will naturally turn to smiles when they sing this song.

Teachers and parents can hum along too, celebrating this new beginning together.

Donsukapanpan Cheer SquadNEW!Sakushi: Yamada Hiroshi / Sakkyoku: Nishiwaki Tatsuya

Dance for Kids | Don-Suka Pan-Pan Cheer Squad (Kid-Pleasing Dance Arrangement, Popular with Toddlers, Kindergartens, Nursery Schools; Playtime Dance/Exercise; Takumi Mitani, Daisuke Yokoyama)

This is a lively, high-energy cheer song that aired on NHK Educational TV’s “Okaasan to Issho” as the Song of the Month for January 2009.

With its unique call-and-response rhythm and fun handclaps, just listening to it makes your body start to move.

The lyrics are by Hiroshi Yamada, and the music is by Tatsuya Nishiwaki.

At the time of broadcast, it became so popular that inquiries flooded in, leading to the unusual release of a single CD in March 2009.

Even children feeling nervous at their entrance ceremony will naturally smile if they clap along to the rhythm of this song.

By singing and dancing together with friends and teachers, their anxiety about a new life will turn into courage.

It’s a perfect classic for springtime new beginnings—consider incorporating it into the ceremony.

Kindergarten starting in springNEW!Sakushi: Yoda Jun’ichi / Sakkyoku: Nakada Yoshinao

[Children’s Song] From Spring: Kindergarten (with lyrics) / Lyrics by Junichi Yoda, Music by Yoshinao Nakata, Arrangement by Shirō Hayakawa / Entrance Ceremony, Events, Kindergarten / Piano Accompaniment, Singing with Piano

This is a children’s song that brims with the joy of starting a new preschool life along with the warm spring weather.

It features short, repeated phrases and a bright melody, gently conveying children’s anticipation for the kindergarten or nursery days ahead.

The lyrics were written by Junichi Yoda, and the music was composed by Yoshinao Nakata.

Loved since the postwar era, it has been included in many collections of seasonal songs, beginning with the album “Spring Entrance and Enrollment Songs,” released in March 2010.

It’s perfect as an introduction to ease the nerves of children at entrance or advancement ceremonies.

If the teacher plays it on the piano and everyone sings along or claps in rhythm, it will set the stage for a wonderful, smile-filled start.

Magic of SmilesŌhara Yuiko

Yuiko Ohara “Egao no Mahou” Music Video - DANCE ver. / New Opening Theme for the TV Anime “Hanakappa”

Famous as the opening song of the anime Hanakappa, Egao no Mahou is likely a tune that many new kindergarteners already know.

Cheerful and full of energy, this song gives you courage just by listening.

It’s also recommended for teachers to dance to at the entrance ceremony.

Children show many emotions at the ceremony—tears, fussing, and more—but this song might bring out their bright smiles.

It’s a track that both teachers and children can enjoy together.

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rainbowSakushi: Shinzawa Toshihiko / Sakkyoku: Nakagawa Hirotaka

Niji (Rainbow) Lyrics by Toshihiko Shinzawa, Music by Hirotaka Nakagawa

You can feel kindness throughout the entire song “Niji.” It’s often used in commercials, too.

In fact, it was featured in the “Meiji Probio Yogurt R-1” commercial starting in August 2020.

Ever since it was created in 1990, it has remained a long-loved classic.

Listening to it to the end gives you courage.

As the weather gradually improves, your spirits naturally lift, don’t they? It feels as if the song gently stays by your side and cheers you on.

It’s a song I’d love to have sung at a kindergarten entrance ceremony.

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Big SongNEW!Sakushi Sakkyoku: Nakajima Kōichi

Big Song ♪ It’s a big song, from beyond that mountain — Lyrics & Music by Koichi Nakajima — My Big Song

Its hallmark is a “call-and-response,” echo-like style where you sing along by trailing the lyrics, making it easy for children hearing it for the first time to start humming right away.

With expansive words like sky and dream, it carries a warm message perfect for an entrance ceremony that wishes for growth ahead.

Written and composed by singer-songwriter Koichi Nakajima, the song was broadcast on NHK’s program Minna no Uta in June 1979.

It was later included in music textbooks and has long been cherished in educational settings.

The teacher sings first, and the children imitate, naturally creating a sense of unity even in the often-tense setting of a ceremony.

It’s a recommended springtime song for new beginnings, gently giving a push to children stepping into a new world.

Let’s join the Dandelion Group!!NEW!Sakushi: Sakata Osamu / Sakkyoku: Sakata Osamu

[No. 410] Let’s Join the Dandelion Club!! (from “Okaasan to Issho”) / Nahoko Miyazaki

With the arrival of spring and dandelions blooming bright yellow, “Let’s Join the Dandelion Club!!” is a song that makes you want to sing out with energy.

Its lyrics invite both the shy and the showy to all become members of the “Dandelion Club,” offering strong support to children who are about to make new friends.

The only requirements to join are to wave at the sun and breathe in the spring breeze! The song was featured as the “Song of the Month” in May 2003 on NHK’s educational program “Okaasan to Issho.” Written and composed by Osamu Sakata, it’s a popular track also included on the album “Let’s Join the Dandelion Club!” If teachers and children sing it together at a kindergarten entrance ceremony, it will ease nerves and create a warm, welcoming atmosphere.