[Childcare] Recommended for Entrance Ceremonies! A Collection of Fun Performance Ideas
As the season of cute cherry blossoms arrives, it’s finally time for the entrance ceremony.
Children come to the ceremony with all sorts of feelings—excitement and nervousness, and sometimes a little anxiety.
We want to create a warm, wonderful ceremony that supports those feelings and conveys how fun the kindergarten is.
In this article, we’ll introduce fun performance ideas recommended for the entrance ceremony.
We’ve gathered ideas for songs, dances, paper puppet shows, and short plays—performances from teachers and current students that share the gentle message, “It’s okay” and “Let’s have fun every day.”
We hope you find them helpful.
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[Childcare] Recommended for Entrance Ceremonies! A Collection of Fun Performance Ideas (31–40)
Dance with everyone
A dance performed by older kids who already attend the kindergarten or nursery brightens up the atmosphere of the entrance ceremony.
In a setting where everyone except them is an adult, even very young children can get tense due to shyness or wariness.
But seeing slightly older children like themselves dancing can help ease that tension.
By dancing together to the music, they can feel, “This isn’t a scary place—it’s a fun place,” which makes it perfect for an entrance ceremony that marks the start of a new chapter.
It’s an activity that builds excitement and anticipation for the children who are about to enroll.
Teachers’ dance “Goroppu Jaga Jaga”
“Goroppo Jaga Jaga,” composed by Yasuo Kosugi.
It’s a song that has also been used on Okaasan to Issho.
With its cheerful rhythm and simple melody, it’s sure to get everyone excited.
As the lyrics mention, it’s common to dance the boogie-woogie to it.
The dance is easy, which is another big plus.
Fingerplay ‘It’s Fun’
Hand play activities performed by current preschoolers are also recommended.
For children who are about to enroll, it helps them easily imagine themselves as preschoolers, making it a great activity from that perspective as well.
After the current preschoolers put on their performance, it might be nice to try the hand play together with the incoming children.
Nursery Introduction Slideshow
It’s easy to introduce the kindergarten’s events and systems just with words, but presenting them in a slideshow format is also recommended to make them easier for the children to understand.
It takes effort, but if you prioritize the children, it will be a very meaningful presentation.
Congratulations from the current kindergarteners
Since this will focus mainly on current students, a practice period is necessary.
By creating individual parts like in an elementary school graduation ceremony, it’s also possible to provide moments for the enrolled children to shine.
Because some children are shy, let’s prepare parts for everyone.
This also has the benefit of conveying the atmosphere of the nursery or kindergarten.