Nursery rhymes I want to sing in July: fun summer songs
July, the beginning of summer, is hot but such a fun season, isn’t it?
How about singing joyfully in the hot summer to blow the heat away?
To prevent kids from getting heatstroke, spending time indoors singing fun songs is also recommended!
Here, we’ve gathered classic children’s songs and ones often sung at nurseries and kindergartens.
There are songs you can enjoy with hand play, too.
There are lots of songs children love, so sing and play together and feel the summer!
You can have a great time at home as well.
Use this as a guide so both kids and adults can have fun together!
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Nursery rhymes to sing in July: Fun summer songs (71–80)
One little starToshihiko Niizawa
The charming melody and lyrics are the highlights! Let us introduce “Ohoshisama Hitotsu.” It’s a wonderful song that evokes vivid scenes as you listen.
With stars as the main motif, a variety of stories unfold.
It could be fun for children to use their imaginations to think up what happens next.
Through the Tanabata festival, some children may become interested in stars or deepen their curiosity about them.
This is one of those wonderful songs that’s sure to spark excitement.
World of StarsHymn
Let’s sing it to the melody of the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”! Introducing “Hoshi no Sekai” (Starry World).
In connection with Tanabata, how about getting familiar with songs that feature stars? Set to an easy-to-learn melody, children will likely pick it up quickly.
Through the song, their interest in stars and the night sky can grow, and their engagement with Tanabata festivities may deepen as well.
Incorporating it before Tanabata crafts or during morning circle time can help everyone enjoy and appreciate the seasonal tradition more fully.
It’s a song you can sing in a gentle, calm atmosphere!
water play
In summer, we get more chances to play in the water at pools, the sea, and rivers! Here’s a hand-play song with a water-play theme.
Scoop up lots of water and strike a pose as you go “shoo, shoo, shoo” with your water gun! In the second verse, it seems you scoop up hot water and turn it into a hot-water gun.
Doing this makes you want to go beyond a hand-play song and play with a real water gun! Use this for image training and have a blast with water-gun battles at the pool or the beach!
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a famous song that everyone knows.
In nursery schools and kindergartens, it’s often sung with choreography.
Children all love it, and even very young kids can remember it right away after hearing it once, thanks to its clear and lovely melody.
Why not listen to it while gazing at the twinkling stars in the sky?
Slurping somen noodles
When it comes to hand-play perfect for summer, “Somen Tsurutsuru” is the one.
It’s a hand-play song about somen noodles, which most people eat at least once in the summer.
You twirl your hands around and mimic eating somen—it’s very simple choreography, so even little kids can enjoy it.
Different types of somen appear in the lyrics, and the movements change depending on the type.
Even children who’ve never eaten somen might learn about it through this hand-play and think, “I want to try it!” If you’re looking for a summer hand-play activity, this is recommended!
Mitsuya Cider
Mitsuya Cider’s fizzy carbonation is so tasty! In summer, you really crave something crisp and refreshing like this, don’t you? There’s even a hand-play song for Mitsuya Cider! It’s an adorable counting-style tune where you form numbers with your hands to the rhythm and make gestures like bubbles popping… For the final part, try saying it in a cute, extra-sparkly way—more bubbly than the soda itself! After singing and dancing a lot, be sure to enjoy a Mitsuya Cider!
Crunchy shaved ice
The hand-play song “Gari-Gari Kakigoori” by childcare singer-songwriter Aramaki Shake is included on his CD “Smile.” In this song, you make kakigori (shaved ice), a summertime treat kids look forward to.
The choreography is very simple: whirl your hands to shave the ice and drizzle syrups like strawberry or melon.
The final move—sticking out your tongue colored by the syrup—is sure to delight kids and make them want to imitate it! Because it’s an easy hand-play, even infants can enjoy it.