A collection of classic nursery rhymes and hand-play songs for September! Enjoy autumn with your child through songs.
With the refreshing autumn breeze comes a cool season filled with children’s smiles.
During such delightful autumn days, why not incorporate songs and fingerplay that are perfect for the season into life with the children? In fact, there are many children’s songs for September that gently depict autumn scenes, such as ginkgo leaves, chestnuts, and moon-viewing.
Here, we will introduce a wide range of songs that will be useful in September childcare—from pieces that express autumn landscapes like moon-viewing and autumn foliage to fingerplay songs.
Be sure to find songs that let you enjoy the season together with the children while experiencing the ambiance of autumn.
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September Nursery Rhymes & Fingerplay Classics! Enjoy autumn with your kids through songs (61–70)
Acorn picking
In places where there are oak trees, acorns fall in such numbers in autumn that they cover the ground.
Children are great at finding acorns because they’re closer to the ground.
The weather is pleasant in autumn and it’s easy to play outside, so how about going for a walk and picking up some acorns while you’re at it? Acorns are edible, and there are fun toys you can make with them, too!
Shopping at the bakery
Here’s a fun hand-play song for autumn: “Buying Bread at the Bakery”! In this game, players split into customers who buy bread and shopkeepers who sell it.
The customers shop while naming the breads they want.
Can the shopkeepers sell all the requested breads without making a mistake? It’s a hand-play song that kids love—give it a try!
Village Festival
Here is a children’s song that perfectly captures the feel of “classic old Japan.” It’s a piece included in the 1912 publication Standard Elementary School Songs, and it depicts an autumn harvest festival.
The festival music sounds described in the lyrics evoke scenes of traditional Japanese festivals.
It’s also interesting that about half of the lyrics are filled with onomatopoeic festival chants.
Since the scenes in the lyrics reflect older times, many children today might find them hard to understand.
It’s a good idea to sing it together while explaining the traditions of old festivals.
Child of Autumn
This is one of the works by Hachiro Sato, who wrote the lyrics for many children’s songs, and it features various symbols of autumn in its lyrics.
It portrays children and is a song that warms the heart.
As you listen, it may remind some of you of your own childhood.
Autumn Moon (Moon)
This piece is the song sung in the autumn section of Rentarō Taki’s suite “The Four Seasons.” The suite consists of four pieces depicting the landscapes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and the spring section is the best-known piece, “Hana” (“Flowers”).
Rentarō Taki is also known for works such as “Kōjō no Tsuki” (“Moon over the Ruined Castle”) and “Hakone Hachiri,” and was an active composer during the Meiji era.
While these beautiful Japanese melodies may be challenging for young children, please do let them listen.
They will surely provide some kind of stimulus to the children’s minds and hearts.