Vegetable Song: A Recommended Food Education Song for Children
I’ve gathered a selection of “vegetable songs” from children’s songs and J-pop! Vegetables tend to get a bad rap, but for kids, they often dislike them just based on appearance or image without ever trying them.
Many moms and dads probably worry because they want their children to eat them for their health.
In this article, I’ll introduce songs that make vegetables feel familiar—cute vegetable songs.
Music has the power to sweep away negative impressions and build a positive image! With their pleasant rhythms, these songs are easy for kids to enjoy, so in addition to singing, try copying the hand motions too!
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Song of the EggplantHaga Takahiro
The title says it all: “The Eggplant Song,” where the word ‘eggplant’ pops up over and over.
It comically sings about how eggplant tastes best and what environments it doesn’t like—fun facts about eggplants set to music.
Hearing ‘eggplant’ this many times might be tough for kids who dislike it, but on the flip side, it might imprint eggplant in their minds and make them feel like giving it a try.
It may be a bit of tough love, but let’s conquer eggplant with this song!
Potato Jaguar
From the intro, it’s exciting! Let me introduce an idea for “Potato Jaguar.” The song “Potato Jaguar” was broadcast on the TV program “Minna no Uta” from December 1991 to January 1992.
Right from the start of the track, you can hear sounds that capture children’s interest.
The lyrics are cute and the tempo is pleasant, making it perfect for kids! It could also be fun to come up with choreography together with the children.
Be sure to give it a try.
Tonton Tomato-chan
With its gentle vocals and refreshing melody, “Ton-ton Tomato-chan” is perfect as a July children’s song! Speaking of summer vegetables, there are tomatoes, cucumbers, and more.
Celebrating the tomato, which is delicious even in summer, “Ton-ton Tomato-chan” has a pleasant rhythm and is a nursery rhyme that even babies from 0 years old can enjoy.
Its comfortable tempo also makes it a relaxing song.
It’s also recommended to move your body to the music with kids while holding maracas or handmade instruments.
Have fun with it!
A mysterious vegetable alien appearskaneko hiroyuki
This is “Mysterious Veggie Aliens Appear,” the song from Ponkikies featuring very strange vegetable characters.
Eggplant Aliens, Carrot Aliens, and other veggies show up looking like extraterrestrials, and some moms and dads might remember footage of them walking around various places, mainly in Tokyo.
The song tells you which Veggie Alien appears and where they can be found.
Their enigmatic look is a little creepy, isn’t it? They won’t harm you, but if you keep leaving your vegetables uneaten, a Veggie Alien might suddenly show up!
Broccolin ExerciseOzawa Kazuto × Uranaka Kouichi
This is also a song themed around broccoli—just listening to it makes you want to dance, it’s such a cheerful tune.
If you watch the video, you can learn the choreography as well.
In Japan, broccoli is most often eaten cooked, but it seems that in other countries it’s also eaten raw.
The Green Peas SongGasshou Kyoku
Isn’t there a child who keeps picking out and leaving behind the green peas that show up in all kinds of dishes? For a child like that, let me introduce the “Green Pea Song.” As you can see, green peas are round, and when they fall, they roll away.
This song depicts, at length, the way those green peas just keep rolling.
Even if you try to stop them with your hands or feet, the tiny peas slip through the gaps and keep rolling.
As they keep escaping farther and farther, you start to feel an overwhelming urge to chase them, and the determination wells up: I’m going to catch them and eat them no matter what! The more something runs away, the more we humans want to chase it.
With this song, conquering green peas is a done deal!
Takeda’s Vegetable SongKABOSU HIROSHI
Taketa City in Oita Prefecture is known as a production area for kabosu.
This song, sung by Kabosu Hiroshi, a local personality who serves as a Taketa ambassador, promotes vegetables from Taketa.
By the way, kabosu is, strictly speaking, more of a fruit than a vegetable, isn’t it?