Aussie Rhyme And Song Sing-Along by Matthew Perry

Specially created for children from Preschool - Year 2, this fantastic, full colour book and CD pack contains musical activities to accompany all your favourite Australian songs like Click go the Shears, Waltzing Matilda, Botany Bay, The Old Bark Hut and others that are new like The Bondi Boogie, The Cockatoo Flap and Travelled all over Australia. Great fun with a unique Aussie flavour! Australia draws its musical influences from a wide variety of sources including our indigenous population, convict and colonial heritage, waves of migration from countries around the world and our geographical location in the Asia-Pacific region. This eclectic concentration of musical influences reflects the nature of our rich and diverse society. Rhyme and Song Sing-along AUSSIE provides parents and carers with a wonderful collection of entertaining and informative Australian songs for young children that encourage participation through singing, dancing, playing and moving. Some of the songs are traditional while others have been specifically written to showcase various aspects of our beautiful country and way of life. Each of the musical arrangements reflects some of the cultural influences that helps to make Australia so interesting and unique. Responding and interacting with songs, dances and music really makes a difference to the development of childrens language ability, self expression, problem solving skills, reasoning capacity, memory retention, social skills and music ability but can also help to enhance coordination, confidence, concentration and self esteem. All this while you’re also having fun together singing, dancing and celebrating Australia ! The echo/response format of the CD encourages immediate participation for everybody so “have a go” and “come and join us mate!”.