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 (71–80)
Rock-paper-scissors tournament
Since many children can play rock-paper-scissors, it’s one of the easiest games to include at kids’ events.
Have an emcee stand up front and play rock-paper-scissors with all the children to decide the winner—an RPS tournament is sure to get everyone excited! It would be great to have a fun prize for the first-place child.
There are also many variations like the “Rock-Paper-Scissors Train” and “Addition Rock-Paper-Scissors,” so be sure to look them up.
Finger action
Finger Action is a performance style that expresses various movements using only the hands.
Performers wear colorful gloves or gloves decorated with ornaments.
The rest of the body is dressed entirely in black, like a stagehand, and the background and table where the hands are placed are also covered with black cloth to make everything pitch black.
In this setting, the hands move and express in many ways to music.
By collaborating with several teachers rather than performing alone, you can create a vast world using only hands.
Children will surely be captivated by the mysterious atmosphere, so different from the hero shows and plays they usually see! It can be used in a variety of situations, such as events and birthday parties.
Fingerplay song ‘Ton ton ton ton Anpanman’
This is a hand game that’s popular with children and widely used in childcare settings.
To the melody and rhythm of “Ton ton ton ton Hige Jiisan,” you imitate Anpanman characters.
Kids might not get excited about the bearded old man or the tengu versions, but with Anpanman it’s a sure hit! Give it a try—it’s a hand game that delights children every time.
fife and drum performance
A children’s drum and fife band performing in matching costumes is so cute, isn’t it? It consists of bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, and an Electone.
The cymbal players strike while dancing, and when the drummers aren’t playing, showcasing stick tricks is another highlight.
Matching outfits really enhance the cuteness, so coordinated costumes are definitely recommended.
Dance “Mickey Mouse March”
Let’s try dancing to Mickey Mouse’s theme song, the ‘Mickey Mouse March.’ It’s such a famous tune that everyone knows it, so I think it will be easy to get into and liven up the mood whether adults are watching or even grandpas and grandmas.
When little kids dance to it, the cuteness multiplies many times over! Try coordinating or making costumes and decorations with Mickey and Minnie in mind!
