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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Helpful for childcare! Birthday party performances and popular entertainment ideas (41–50)
Circle Dance: Everyone Is a Hero
“Minna ga Minna Eiyū” is a song well known as the folk dance standard “Oklahoma Mixer.” In the au commercial, Ai sang an arranged version of this song.
Even small children can do the simple dance, and both adults and kids can enjoy it together.
It works with large or small groups, so I think it’s an easy and fun activity for entertainment.
Helpful for childcare! Birthday party performances and popular entertainment ideas (51–60)
Sushi Picnic
The song “Sushi Picnic,” familiar from children’s TV shows, features all kinds of sushi toppings.
Let’s have fun performing a dance to “Sushi Picnic.” Beyond dancing, you can prepare toppings, wear them on your back to become a piece of sushi, or throw on something like a black cape and hold the topping to turn into a sushi roll.
Kids get excited when their favorite sushi topping makes an appearance.
Hula hoop performance
It’s a performance that combines dance with hula hoops—“hula hoop performance.” When you think of hula hoops, you usually picture them spinning around the waist, but you can also spin them around your neck or hands.
Younger children who can’t spin them well still look adorable just holding the hoop and twirling it.
You can decorate the hoops with sparkly tape to make them look more eye-catching.
Try dancing to your favorite song!
Magic Theater
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We’d like to introduce a magic theater where, whenever the little ghost eats some food, its body color mysteriously changes.
Before starting the magic theater, do some fingerplay or a simple hand game to create a relaxed atmosphere with the children.
After that, it’s a great time to begin the magic theater.
Playing a bright, slower-tempo song during the performance can help liven things up.
We recommend creating a simple magic theater with a cheerful, seasonal feel so the children can look forward to their days at the preschool.
Apron Theater: Curry and Rice
How about trying an “apron theater,” which mixes elements of picture-story shows, puppet plays, and singing games? Just like doing hand motions while singing, you build a story using felt puppets attached to an apron.
Make stuffed felt figures and fasten them to the apron with hook-and-loop tape.
You can also use the pockets to stash pre-made pieces in advance.
It seems like there are lots of ways to play.
[Magnet Theater] Five Melon Buns at the Bakery
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Magnet theaters are a huge hit with kids! Here are five ideas for “Five Melon Breads at the Bakery.” A magnet theater is a dramatic play activity where you use a whiteboard and move characters attached to magnets as you perform.
“Five Melon Breads at the Bakery” is also well-loved as a fingerplay and with finger puppets, so many teachers and parents may already be familiar with it.
The interactions between the customers and the bakery staff are so adorable, aren’t they?
Theater: Birthday Feast
When you think of birthday parties, everyone gets excited and has fun, right? One of the biggest highlights of birthdays is the party—especially getting to eat a feast.
Everyone has different favorites, but that’s part of the fun: chatting about this and that while enjoying it together.
I’m sure an activity where you turn birthday treats into a song and present it in a little theater would really liven things up.
You can make shapes like circles and triangles out of colored paper, in a way that isn’t obvious at first glance, then layer them on a clear board—like acrylic or shrink plastic—so they turn into food.
It’s easy to make with a sketchbook, shrink plastic sheets, and colored paper.