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[Childcare] Songs we want 6-year-old kindergarten seniors to sing! Perfect songs for recitals and graduation ceremonies.

9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherRisa Shibata
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.
Nursery Teacher Mom WriterMoe Tsukada
After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

The time when children graduate from nursery school or kindergarten.

It’s a major milestone for both the children and the teachers.

The children have grown so much, and their ability to express themselves through song has surely become richer.

Here, we’ve gathered songs we’d love for six-year-olds to sing.

They’re perfect for performances like recitals and graduation ceremonies, so if you’re a teacher unsure about song selection, please use this as a reference.

Let’s fill the venue with the children’s wonderful singing voices and make it a presentation where teachers and parents can join together in wishing for the children’s bright and joyful future.

[Childcare] Songs we want 6-year-old seniors to sing! Perfect songs for recitals and graduation ceremonies (11–20)

Children all over the world

♪ If all the children of the world (with gestures) If all the children of the world laughed at the same time ~ ♪ [Hand-play/Children’s song]

Children all over the world

Why not dance energetically to the song “Sekai-jū no Kodomo-tachi ga,” whose lyrics wishing happiness for children around the world are truly moving? You can have fun with simple choreography—march in place while swinging both arms, or hold hands with your friends.

Choreography using sign language is also popular, so this is a great chance to try a sign-language dance.

If you slow the tempo a little, it also works well for a chorus.

Please feel free to use it for a variety of recreational activities.

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Until the world becomes one

Until the World Becomes One (Nintama Rantarō)

Until the world becomes one

This is a song by Ya-Ya-yah that was used as the ending theme for the anime Nintama Rantarō.

Centered around the piano, it has a calm atmosphere, with vocals that feel like they’re speaking to you, giving the impression that the singing itself is emphasized.

The sound and lyrics evoke a sense of overlapping voices and heartfelt connection, making it a perfect fit for choral performance.

Another key point is that the choreography incorporates sign language; by paying close attention to the movements, the message of the lyrics comes through even more strongly.

Using simple words to express human connection, it’s a song that people of all ages can sing.

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Randoseru RunLyrics by Naomi Abe / Music by Naomi Abe

“Randoseru Run” Lyrics & Song Included (Recommended for 4-year-old class)

Randoseru Run Lyrics: Naomi Abe / Music: Naomi Abe

It’s a bright, hopeful song that expresses both the admiration of younger children saying “How cool!” to the older kids, and the feeling of “Congratulations” for a new beginning.

With its buoyant rhythm, you can feel the excitement of becoming an elementary school student.

Written and composed by early childhood education specialist Naomi Abe, the piece was included in December 2023 in the song collection “With Feelings of Congratulations: 75 Best Songs for Graduation and Enrollment.” If you’re performing it at a recital, it would be lovely for the children to wear handmade paper school backpacks.

That will heighten their sense of longing and make for a moving stage.

By all means, try singing it at events celebrating advancement or graduation from kindergarten.

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Dreaming Yukkuri-sanHiromichi Sato

Dreaming Yukkuri-san (Okaasan to Issho) – Vocals: NEUTRINO (with lyrics)

Dreaming Yukkuri-san Hiro-michi Sato

A gentle, easy-to-listen-to tune! Let us introduce “Yumemiru Yukkuri-san.” It’s a wonderful song whose lyrics express the desire to cherish and watch over individuality.

The song was presented as the song of June 2025.

Lyrics by Shinzo Higurashi.

Music by Bearground.

It’s great not only at home but also for use in preschools and kindergartens.

It feels like it teaches, through song, that it’s okay for people to be different.

Pay attention to the lovely lyrics about accepting your own individuality and that of others!

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Precious friend

Dear Friends – <Graduation Song> [Japanese Songs / Shoka]

Precious friend

A popular graduation song at kindergartens and nursery schools.

It’s an original song created by Benesse Corporation, and it brings back memories of daily life and events at the school.

The realistic, straightforward lyrics are easy for children to relate to, and they’re moving even for adults.

It’s also nice that there are various versions, such as nursery school, kindergarten, and best-friend versions.

Children turn the days spent with teachers and friends into sparkling memories and step forward into the next world.

Seeing how much they’ve grown makes them feel so reliable.

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Ballad of the MonstersLyrics by Fumiko Okada / Music by Osamu Shoji

Ballad of the Monster (with choreography)

Ballad of the Kaiju Lyrics: Fumiko Okada / Music: Osamu Shoji

Enjoy a picture book–like world where kaiju appear in “Ballad of the Monster.” It was created as an original song for an NHK music program.

While many children might think of monsters as scary, the kaiju in this song are very gentle.

They dream of becoming better friends with humans and leaving the place they’re in to see many different sights.

Would you like to sing a song that takes the first step into the kaiju’s world? Try singing while imagining what kind of monster it might be.

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[Childcare] Songs we want 6-year-old seniors to sing! Perfect songs for recitals and graduation ceremonies (21–30)

365 Days' Paper AirplaneAKB48

Keio Kindergarten (Ehime, Matsuyama): Paper Airplane of 365 Days (2016.3.11)

365-Day Paper Airplane AKB48

Many people probably remember singing “Aogeba Tōtoshi” at their graduation ceremony.

“365 Nichi no Kamihikōki” is a song that stands alongside such graduation staples and will likely continue to be sung for years to come.

Its lyrics compare life to a fragile paper airplane, conveying a slightly mature message like, “Life has its ups and downs, but we keep moving forward.” Of course, some parts may feel difficult for kindergarteners and preschoolers, but there’s no doubt it will become a song that lingers in their memories, and years later they’ll think, “Oh right, we sang a song with lyrics like that.” It’s an easy-to-sing, highly recommended piece with no high notes.

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