Collection of winter nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children's songs. Includes fun winter hand-play songs too.
Do you like winter?
Winter is very cold, but you can enjoy the beautiful silvery world created by pure white snow and feel the special warmth unique to winter—like hot pot dishes and igloos.
There are so many ways to have fun that you can only experience in winter.
Winter also brings lots of fun events, such as Christmas and New Year’s!
Children are probably looking forward to making snowmen, having snowball fights, and enjoying Christmas presents and cake.
In this article, we’ll introduce nursery rhymes, folk songs, traditional children’s songs, and hand-play songs with various winter themes.
There are many songs that can turn a winter that’s just cold into wonderful memories, so be sure to give them a listen!
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Collection of winter nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children's songs. Fun winter hand-play songs too (61–70)
Christmas on Rabbit MeadowLyrics by Toshihiko Shinzawa / Music by Hirotaka Nakagawa
Usagi Nohara no Christmas (Christmas on Rabbit Meadow) depicts rabbit children eagerly awaiting Christmas.
The lyrics are by Toshihiko Shinzawa and the music by Hirotaka Nakagawa.
Bright sleigh bells and a bouncy piano part ring out with a lively sparkle.
It’s fun to clap along or play bells to the rhythm of the song.
The lyrics, which conjure up cute rabbits braving the cold winter, also evoke the season, making it a classic children’s song for winter.
As you make wishes upon the night stars and wait for Christmas with the children, be sure to give it a listen.
Knock knock knock, Christmas
This is the Christmas version of a famous fingerplay song often sung at kindergartens and daycare centers.
It’s usually sung as “Hige Jiisan” or “Anpanman,” but this version features a reindeer and Santa.
If you start singing “Ton ton ton ton,” the children will probably say, “I know that one!” I wonder what expressions they’ll make when they realize it’s a Christmas song!
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
This song is one of those you hear all over town at Christmastime, so I imagine everyone knows it.
The lyrics were written by Haven Gillespie and the music by Fred Coots, while the most famous Japanese translation is by Takao Kobe.
It was first broadcast on a radio program in 1934, and as soon as it aired, over 400,000 copies of the sheet music were sold.
The idea of sheet music selling like that really feels of its time, doesn’t it? The song also ranks as the seventh highest-earning composition in music copyright history.
Amazing, isn’t it?
Santa on the road
As Santa Claus walks down the road, his nose stretches, his neck stretches, and he transforms into different things.
Children have rich imaginations, so they can use their whole bodies to become Santa, singing and dancing along for lots of fun! When singing, adding intonation and changing your voice will give the song even more expression and double the enjoyment.
Try transforming into all sorts of things!
Where is Santa Claus from?
Haven’t many of us wondered where Santa Claus comes from and what kind of person he is? This song, “Where Is Santa Claus From?”, is perfect for Christmas, sparking all sorts of imagination from that pure question.
Once used as the ending theme for the long-beloved anime Doraemon, the song is sung by Nobuyo Oyama, who was the voice actor for Doraemon at the time.
The dreamy imaginings of Santa sung in Doraemon’s voice are sure to fill children with excitement and wonder!
skiing
It was released in 1942 (Showa 17) and became widely sung.
The lyrics were written by Shigure Otowa, known for penning popular songs during the Showa era, and the music was composed by Hirai Kōsaku, who also wrote the children’s song “Tonbo no Megane” and numerous school anthems for elementary and junior high schools.
Incidentally, both received the Medal with Purple Ribbon during their lifetimes.
The Ministry of Education school song “Ski no Uta” is an entirely different piece.
Song of the Seven Herbs (Nanakusa Nazuna / Nanakusa Bayashi)
This is a children’s song sung when preparing the seven herbs of spring.
The seven herbs of spring are seri (Japanese parsley), nazuna (shepherd’s purse), gogyō (cudweed), hakobera (chickweed), hotokenoza (nipplewort), suzuna (turnip), and suzushiro (daikon radish).
The song describes the custom of finely chopping these seven herbs on the night of January 6 and cooking them in rice porridge the next morning to enjoy as nanakusa-gayu.