March nursery rhymes & hand play songs! Spring songs you can enjoy with your kids

It’s spring, isn’t it? It’s spring!sakushi/sakkyoku: Abe Naomi

With cheerful lyrics ♪ “It’s spring, it’s spring!” [Preschool music activity, hand play song, an all-purpose game]

This is the soothing hand-play song “It’s Spring, It’s Spring,” the kind that makes you smile and think, “Maybe this is what spring feels like for animals.” With its relaxed tempo, it’s gentle and easy for children to learn.

It could be fun to imagine how animals spend spring and try arranging the song with that in mind.

There are call-and-response parts where you can call out to the animals, which makes it enjoyable.

The melody is simple, so it’s a song children are likely to sing out energetically.

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The children’s song handed down in Saga Prefecture has horsetail shoots as its theme, heralding the arrival of spring.

The lyrics call out to the sprouts as they peek up from the soil.

There are many ways to enjoy it—swaying together as parent and child or playing with a cloth, for example.

Reflecting the local culture, it is a cherished tradition passed down across generations.

It also seems to encourage interaction with springtime nature and promote rhythm and language development.

Widely enjoyed by various ages in nursery schools and kindergartens, it is a lovely song that expresses hopes for children’s healthy growth.

Children all over the world

Children all over the world

This song portrays how children’s innocent smiles and tears spread across the world.

When you sing it, you’ll naturally want to clap your hands and sway to the rhythm.

Its simple lyrics and melody make it perfect for singing with children! You can compare the sound of snapping your right and left hands with the sound made when you clap your friend’s hands and your own together, and sing while listening closely to the voices around you—helping everyone discover the joy of singing together.

Let’s have fun adding movements and singing while making eye contact with friends and teachers.

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[Children's Song] Little Horsetail Boy

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!

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Simple yet profound, this nursery rhyme captivates children’s hearts.

The part where everyone stands in a circle and calls each other’s names is perfect for nurturing communication skills and social development.

Its rhythmic lyrics and melody are fun and easy to memorize.

In preschools and kindergartens, it’s also used as an icebreaker to ease the nerves of new children.

At home, singing and playing it together as a family can make for a delightful time.

It can be enjoyed from infancy.

When the spring weather invites you outdoors, why not form a circle and sing it together?