March nursery rhymes & hand play songs! Spring songs you can enjoy with your kids
Are you looking for children’s songs and fingerplay rhymes to sing together with kids in March, as they get ready for graduation ceremonies and moving up to the next class?Songs that let you feel the changing seasons are perfect for creating memories unique to this time of year.Lyrics about springtime flowers and the gentle warmth of the season will naturally resonate with children.In this article, we’ll introduce nursery rhymes and fingerplay songs that are perfect for March.They’re all easy to use not only for activities in daycare and kindergarten, but also at home—so be sure to find your favorites!
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March nursery rhymes & hand-clapping songs! Spring songs to enjoy with children (71–80)
Thump-thump, boom! First Graderssakushi: itō akira / sakkyoku: sakurai jun
After graduating from kindergarten or nursery school, it’s finally time for first grade! This song expresses the mixed feelings of excitement and anxiety as children face a year full of many firsts that are different from anything before.
But even while holding onto those jitters, that’s okay—let’s take a step forward together with this song!
Happy HinamatsuriKawamura Junko
This song that heralds the arrival of spring beautifully portrays traditional Japanese events.
You can almost see the Hina dolls surrounded by peach blossoms and paper lanterns.
It’s perfect not only for Girls’ Day, but also whenever you want to feel the coming of spring.
Sing it with family and friends, and it’s sure to become a delightful memory!
Mukkuri Kuma-sanSakushi/sakkyoku: Suwēden min’yō
Bears that hibernate through the winter wake up and become active when warm spring arrives.
The children’s song “Mukkuri Kuma-san,” which lets you feel a bear’s springtime, can be enjoyed as a hand-play song or a game.
In the hand-play, you use your hands to act out the bear sleeping and then waking up in time with the lyrics.
For the game, you choose someone to be the bear and others to be the ones who run away from the bear.
In the song, when the bear wakes up, it’s hungry and eats whatever is around.
Following those lyrics, when the song ends and the person playing the bear “wakes up,” they chase the runners like a game of tag.
Give it a try outdoors in the warm spring!
First Grader MarchSakushi / Sakkyoku: Shinzawa Toshihiko
As the title “March” suggests, this is a very bright piece that vividly evokes graduates, about to become first graders, holding their heads high as they set off on a new path.
It sings about how, as they enter elementary school, the scenery of the town they see appears to sparkle in their eyes.
If the graduates sing this cheerfully at the graduation ceremony, both teachers and parents will feel reassured!
dandelionsakushi: Kadokura Satoshi/sakkyoku: Horikoshi Kiyoshi
In this song, it sings, “Let’s give dandelions to someone special.” It portrays dandelions as they wait for spring—so strong, resilient, and patiently enduring—that you can vividly picture them.
Because they’re such lovely flowers, perhaps that’s why we want to offer them to someone dear.
Little Horsetail
Spring is the season when you can see colorful flowers like cherry blossoms and tulips looking their most beautiful! Among those blossoms, horsetail shoots (tsukushi) poke their heads out of the soil in spring.
The song “Tsukushi no Bouya” is themed around those slender, cute horsetail shoots.
But it seems the little horsetail boy in this song is a bit of a sleepyhead.
Let’s sing out with lots of energy, as if we’re waking up that sleepy little horsetail boy! If we do, the horsetail shoots that haven’t shown their faces yet will surely pop up and wake right up! Try singing it while looking for horsetail shoots on a springtime walk!
In conclusion
Nursery rhymes and hand games for March offer precious moments to share the changing seasons with children. Watching them express the arrival of spring with their whole bodies through song warms the hearts of those looking on. Be sure to incorporate songs unique to March into your everyday life.