[Kindergarten/Daycare] Games and Performances for Fun Events
At kindergartens and daycare centers, fun parties and birthday celebrations are held for the children.
Games and performances are essential for these events.
While many teachers are brainstorming ideas to delight the kids who eagerly look forward to them, some may be struggling with a lack of ideas.
In this article, we introduce games and performances that are perfect for such parties.
We’ve gathered a wide variety, from activities led by teachers to ones where children participate and have fun.
They’re all engaging ideas that spark children’s curiosity! Many of these games and performances are actually used in kindergartens and daycare centers, so feel free to use them as a reference.
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[Kindergarten & Nursery] Games and Performances for Fun Events (21–30)
ensemble
How about enjoying the classic event activity of an ensemble? Interacting with music and instruments is very important for nurturing children’s sensitivity.
Playing together fosters teamwork, and if it goes well, they can also experience a sense of accomplishment.
For older kindergarten classes, you could present it in a recital format, and if you want infants and toddlers to participate, it would be best for the teachers to lead the main performance while the children join in with tambourines or hand clapping.
To finish, you might pick a dance track and let everyone dance their hearts out.
It’s a performance that will make your party wonderfully festive.
paper puppet theater
If you work in childcare, you’ve probably heard of “pepu-sāto” at least once.
It’s said to be a coined term based on the paper puppet theater.
Simply put, it’s a paper puppet: you draw a picture on construction paper and attach a stick or something similar.
A full puppet show can be a lot to prepare, but a paper puppet show is relatively easy to get ready.
Stories with fewer characters—like Kachi Kachi Yama or The Tortoise and the Hare—tend to hold children’s attention better, so they’re well-suited to paper puppet theater.
Be sure to make your paper puppets in sizes that match the venue for your party or performance!
What sound is this?
It’s a quiz where you listen to a sound and guess what it is.
Even sounds you hear all the time can become unrecognizable when you hear them on their own.
For example, the sound of putting ice in a glass, opening a door, or opening an umbrella—everyday sounds can be especially tricky.
The world is full of sounds, so you’ll never run out of material for the quiz.
Try collecting a variety of sounds and making your own quiz.
If it’s for children, it’s a good idea to prepare some hints.
Panel Theater “Quiz Bus”
A “panel theater” that’s like a picture-story show crossed with a puppet play, where you can tell various stories and enjoy how they unfold.
This “Quiz Bus” also offers developments that only panel theater can deliver.
A bus appears to the rhythm of a song—at first glance it looks like an ordinary bus, but it’s actually a Quiz Bus.
If you peek open a window, you can glimpse something inside.
From that quick peek, you try to guess what’s riding on the bus, making it a panel theater you can enjoy as a quiz.
Several kinds of fruit are hidden inside, and the highlight is that, in the end, those fruits come together to become juice.
Hands, hands, hands
In 1760, Father de l’Epée established the world’s first school for the deaf and is later credited with developing sign language.
As the saying goes, “The eyes speak as much as the mouth,” and when we think of sign language, we realize just how powerful our hands and fingers can be.
Let’s liven up the party with a hands-only performance—“Hands, Hands, Hands.” Perform a bird-themed routine with white gloves, create water and wind with light blue gloves, and spark everyone’s imagination with a world expressed only through hands.
You can even depict rainbows and fireworks using seven different colors of gloves! It’s a perfect act for teachers and staff to perform, or for children to practice and present themselves.