Useful for childcare! Birthday party performances and popular entertainment ideas
Nursery schools and kindergartens have lots of events throughout the year, like birthday parties and fun gatherings.
It can be quite a challenge to come up with performances and content every time! Many teachers may be struggling with a lack of ideas.
In this article, we introduce recommended skits and entertainment for nursery schools that will liven up events for both teachers and children.
We’ve gathered ideas that are sure to make participating kids smile, including solo performances as well as plays and dances put on by all the teachers together.
Event performances are a great chance for teachers to shine! Make full use of your creativity and put on a wonderfully fun event for the adorable children who are looking forward to it.
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Useful for childcare! Birthday party performances and popular entertainment ideas (61–70)
Hand play ‘The Flower Smiled’
How about enjoying a hand-play activity with the children’s song “Ohanaga Waratta,” which is perfect for spring entrance ceremonies? You can make flowers with your hands and open them with a pop—it’s a very simple and cute choreography.
Playing it together with children who may be nervous in a new place, or having teachers perform it, could help ease some of that tension.
This song might also convey that kindergarten or nursery school is a fun place.
Please consider it as a performance idea.
Fingerplay paper puppet (Pepaato)
Let’s put a fun twist on hand games that are super popular with kids and put on a show! Here are some ideas for hand-game paper puppets.
How many times a day do you play hand games with the children? Among those, take the hand games they’re most into and adapt them into paper-puppet versions to play! It could be fun to set a special Hand Game Day and try playing by adapting them into paper puppets, a panel theater, or even picture books.
Use the children’s reactions as a guide and enjoy the event together with them!
Dance “Jamboree Mickey”
Disney and Mickey Mouse are beloved by all children.
How about trying the “Jamboree Mickey” dance and having fun dancing with Mickey? It’s the same dance the characters joyfully perform at Disneyland.
It’ll be exciting if the teachers dance and show it off, and it would also be fun for the kids to join in and dance however they like.
The movements are big, so it’s enjoyable just to watch, and it’s perfect for livening up a birthday party!
body slap
Here’s a body percussion activity that kids can enjoy together.
“Body percussion” means using your body like an instrument—patting or slapping parts of your body with your hands, stomping your feet, and making sounds with your own body.
You don’t need any instruments; all you need is yourself.
If you tap your body rhythmically to music or stomp your feet, it can even look like you’re dancing.
For preschool teachers, try practicing some cool body percussion routines that children will love, using various videos as references.
And when you invite the children to join in, it’s great not to set strict rules—let them freely make sounds with their bodies however they like!
Bon Odori ‘Anpanman Ondo’
When it comes to summer festivals, the classic is the Bon Odori.
It’s a recreation everyone can enjoy, from children to adults, dressed in yukata or happi coats.
There are even versions where characters dance the Bon Odori in anime endings.
Kids naturally get more excited about anime characters than traditional Bon Odori songs.
The Anpanman Ondo is perfect for little ones.