Children’s songs, folk songs, and nursery rhymes for March: fun spring hand-play songs.
In this article, we introduce children’s songs, folk songs, and traditional nursery rhymes perfect for March.
We’ve gathered tunes that are easy for kids to listen to and simple to sing along with!
If you’re looking for children’s songs that suit spring, songs you can sing while doing hand-play motions, or something you can sing to your child, be sure to check these out.
As the weather warms up, you’ll likely have more chances to go on walks with your child.
If you take a stroll while singing March songs, it’s sure to be even more fun than usual!
We’ve also picked out famous graduation and school entrance songs, so feel free to use them as references for songs to sing at graduation or entrance ceremonies.
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Nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children’s songs for March: Fun spring hand-play songs (11–20)
Children all over the world
This song portrays how children’s innocent smiles and tears spread across the world.
When you sing it, you’ll naturally want to clap your hands and sway to the rhythm.
Its simple lyrics and melody make it perfect for singing with children! You can compare the sound of snapping your right and left hands with the sound made when you clap your friend’s hands and your own together, and sing while listening closely to the voices around you—helping everyone discover the joy of singing together.
Let’s have fun adding movements and singing while making eye contact with friends and teachers.
Stroll MarchLyrics and Music: Miho Tsujibayashi
On sunny spring days, it’s so much fun to play outside, isn’t it? “Osanpo March,” the song featured as this month’s tune on Okaasan to Issho, is a wonderful piece that’s perfect for this refreshing season.
Just hearing the marching rhythm might make you want to head out with a spring in your step, even on a chilly day when the crispness of winter still lingers in the air! Singing it while you stroll is highly recommended, too.
Medaka Brotherschild; children; little kid (archaic/poetic)
A heartwarming spring children’s song that gently wraps the dreams and hopes of a little brother and sister.
Just listening to it brings a sense of calm, doesn’t it? The way sparrows, kitties, and medaka fish talk about their big dreams is sung as if it’s unfolding right before your eyes.
The waltz-like 3/4 melody is easy for children to sing and perfect for hand-play games.
Since its release in December 1982, it has been loved by a wide audience and has become a popular piece in kindergartens and elementary schools.
Back then, there was a flood of inquiries for the sheet music.
The flower smiled.Lyrics by Kogo Hotomi / Music by Akira Yuyama
This is a very cute song.
Just singing it might make you feel energized.
Since similar lyrics are repeated, your child will remember it quickly after hearing it once.
Try singing this song while looking for flowers that bloom in spring.
Friends are a good thing.Lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani / Music by Takashi Miki
“Tomodachi wa Ii Monda” (“Friends Are a Wonderful Thing”) was born in 1977 and has remained a beloved classic among many children.
Tokiko Iwatani’s lyrics capture the purity of children’s hearts, while Takashi Miki’s melody seems to embrace them gently.
Perfect for moments of new beginnings like kindergarten or school graduation ceremonies, this song never loses its luster with time.
It’s also the kind of song you’ll want to sing after accomplishing something together as a team.
Carrying a warm, hopeful message, it’s a tune that adults can hum along to while watching children grow.
butterflyLyrics by Akiashi Nomura / Music by Spanish folk song
It was first introduced to Japan in the Elementary School Songbook, the first music textbook in Japanese music education after the Meiji Restoration.
In selecting the pieces, assistance was received from the American music educator Mason, and it is said that, in addition to this piece, many hybrid works combining Western melodies with Japanese lyrics were included.
Nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children's songs for March: Fun spring hand-play songs (21–30)
Little Horsetail
Spring is the season when you can see colorful flowers like cherry blossoms and tulips looking their most beautiful! Among those blossoms, horsetail shoots (tsukushi) poke their heads out of the soil in spring.
The song “Tsukushi no Bouya” is themed around those slender, cute horsetail shoots.
But it seems the little horsetail boy in this song is a bit of a sleepyhead.
Let’s sing out with lots of energy, as if we’re waking up that sleepy little horsetail boy! If we do, the horsetail shoots that haven’t shown their faces yet will surely pop up and wake right up! Try singing it while looking for horsetail shoots on a springtime walk!