Here's an album that babies, kids and parents all enjoy listening too. Sophisticated enough for adults and very appealing to children. In a throughly entertaining way each song fuses new lyrics to well-known opera, classical and fun kids tunes in order to promote development, interaction and play. These clever songs provide a framework for teaching your child shapes, self-feeding, babbling, learning to walk, emotional intelligence and bonding through tickling. Structured like a fun 30 minute music class the format is 20 minutes of fun and interaction followed by 10 minutes of relaxing, wind down music to soothe and settle. This CD will be a firm family favourite. Album features the music of Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Rodgers and Hammerstein, J.S Strauss & Kylie Minogue.Activity ideas for each track are provided below:Hi Hello and How Are YouTune of London Bridge: TraditionalArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinInteract with your baby during this song by encouraging them to wave while singing, ‘Hi, Hello’ and shaking hands while singing, ‘Very well I thank-you’. When you are out and about you can encourage you baby to wave or shake hands with other people by singing the song – try it, it works!Hi hello and how are you, how are you, how are youHi hello and how are you, how are you todayVery well I thank you, thank you, thank youVery well I thank you, very well todayHere Is the BowlTune of The Blue Danube: J StraussArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinAt around 6 months your baby will start eating solids. Here’s a fun song to introduce the bowl, the spoon and the concept of yum, yum to your baby. Give your baby a bowl a spoon to tap whilst listening and feel free to waltz around the room with your baby and groove to the musical interlude section. Here is the bowl (yum yum, yum yum)Here is the spoon (yum yum, yum yum)Here is the food (yum yum, yum yum)You’ll be eating soon (yum yum, yum yum)Open your mouth (yum yum, yum yum)The food goes inside (yum yum, yum yum)It tastes really yum yum yum yumYum yum yum yum yum yum yumThe Popping P DuetTune of Papageno/a Duet from Magic Flute: MozartFeaturing Baritone: Shaun BrownArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinFrom as early as 6 months your baby may start the babbling milestone combining vowels and consonants such as ga-ga, ma,ma, da, da. This song works really well with sock puppets and is designed to get your baby babbling away with you. Put on your sock puppets and move their mouths in time to the pa, pa, pa. Encourage your baby to vocalise the pa, pa, pa by singing along and exaggerating your lips as you say Pa. Pa, Pa. PaPa, Pa, Pa….This is how we say a PCome and say a P with meBring your lips in close like mineYes that’s it you’re doing fineThen our lips make gentle poppingThen our lips make gentle poppingOur lips make gentle popping p’sPopping p’sFirst I’ll say a little pa pa pa paThen you’ll say a little pa pa pa paThen come another pa pa pa paIt is so easy you can seeSay p with meLet’s WalkTune of Habanera from Carmen: BizetArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinBefore they can actually walk babies love to practice walking holding on to someone else’s hands. The beat in this aria is a perfect tempo for walking practice so hold your baby’s hands and walk in time to the beat as the words of the song say. At the end you can let go and give your baby a big cheer if they stay upright for a moment or two before toppling over.Now we’re learning how to walkDon’t be scared you mustn’t baulkHold on tight to grown up handsIt isn’t hard look you can standWalk in time to the beatThis walking’s fun and its such a treatTake little steps around the placeDon’t take that smile off your faceLet’s walkLet’s walkLet’s walkLet’s walkLet’s walk up high on tippytoesThat’s right that’s exactly how it goesNow let’s walk down on our feetKeep going now you look really sweetYou’re walking nowKeep stepping now in timeThe song will help just fineLet go now see you can walk without meRound, Square, Heart & StarTunes of Wheels On The Bus & Twinkle, Twinkle: TraditionalTune of Over Here, Over There: Arrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinThese tunes will are a fun way to learn shapes. You can draw some shapes for your baby while listening to this song and of course singalong as you draw. Babies may start spontaneously scribbling between 14-16 months so give your baby a crayon as well and encourage them to draw alongside you. I also use this song in the 9-12 month program with a felt board and shapes – circle, square, heart and star. When you get to the heart shape you can teach your baby some baby sign language while singing – I Love You and You Love Me. I = point to yourselfLove = Cross your arms in front of you with each fist touching your opposite shoulder like a hugYou = Point to the person you loveA circle goes around and round and roundround and roundround and roundA circle goes around and round and roundA circle goes aroundIt’s a squareIt’s a squareOver here, over thereIt’s a squareIt’s a squareIt’s not a circleIt’s a 1,2,3,4It is a squareYes I love youAnd you love meLook at all the hearts we can seeI love youYou love meThis is the place your heart should beI love you And you love meLet’s make a heart we both can seeTwinkle, twinkle little startHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so high Like a diamond in the skyThe Tickle SongTune of Ein Madchen oder Weibchen from The Magic Flute: MozartArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinBabies learn behaviour from imitating other children and adults – especially their parents or siblings. This social development usually occurs in babies from about 18 months. This song will help baby learn the joy of laughing, clapping and feeling happy. Make sure you laugh out loud during the laughing bits and encourage your baby to do the same.Teach your baby the fun of tickling and being tickled during the tickling music. As your baby learns the song you will be amused to see your baby coming to you with out-stretched fingers ready to tickle you. Lots of fun.We’re happy when we clap our handsWe’re happy when we singWe’re happy when we laughSo clap your hands and sing (ha, ha, ha)Tickling, tickling, tickling youTickling, tickling, tickling youTickling makes you laughTickling makes you laughI tickleYou tickleWe tickleTickling makes you laughTickling makes you laughIt makes you laughYes it makes you laughThis Is My Happy Face, This Is My Grumpy FaceTune of La Donne Mobile from Rigoletto: VerdiArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinThis song is designed to nurture your toddler’s emotional development. This song is designed to reassure them that we can all feel happy, grumpy and sad. Toddlers need your help to understand and name feelings. I teach this song with mirrors, and emotion cards to help the toddlers understand and eventually name their feelings. Babies learn social behaviour through imitation so sing along and pull some faces to encourage your baby to copy you. I also use this song with my toddler to diffuse possible tantrums – we all end up laughing as I show her my grumpy face and sing the song.This is my happy faceLook at my lovely smileThis is my happy faceLook at my lovely smileHappy face when I smileHappy face on my dialI am so happyYes I am happy I am so happyLook at my smileLa, la, la, la, la, laLook at my smileThis is my grumpy faceLook at my grumpy frownThis is my grumpy faceLook at my grump frownGrumpy face when I’m madGrumpy face when I’m badI am so grumpyYes I am grumpyI am so grumpyLook at my frownStamp my feet, stamp my feetGrumpy frownThis Is my sad faceLook at my pouty lipsThis Is my Sad faceLook at my pouty lipsSad face for when I crySad to say goodbyeThis is my sad faceLook at my pouty lipsBoo hoo, boo hooLook at me cryBoo hoo, look at me cryPut Your Hat On Top of You Head (Parody)Tune of Can’t Get You out of My Head: Arrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinMost babies go through phases where they won’t wear a hat! No matter how many times you put it on they will just take it off again. Here’s a song to take the frustration out of this process. Have some fun. Sit down with your baby and heaps of different hats, play this song and sing along whilst putting hats on you and your baby. This hilarious parody of Kylie's great song is lots of fun and you can all join in for the repetitive la,la,la chorus which is also great for language development – see if you can get your baby to join in with you.La, la, la, la, la, la etcPut your hat on top of your headBaby wear it when its sunny outEvery timeEvery dayDon’t take it off your headLet it stayWear it forever and ever, and ever and everLa, la, la, la, la, la etcSo Long FarewellFrom the Sound of Music: Rodgers and HammersteinArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinThere are a few word changes in this popular music theatre song to adapt it especially for babies. Sing along and teach your baby to wave ‘bye,bye’.There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hallAnd the bells in the steeple too.And up in the nursery an absurd little birdIs popping out to say cook-coo Regretfully they tell us But firmly they compel us To say goodbye To you...So long farewell, auf weidersehen good-bye I hate to go and leave this pretty sightSo long farewell, auf weidersehen adieuAdieu, adieu, to you and you and youSo long farewell, auf weidersehen adieuAdieu, adieu, to you and you and youSo long farewell, auf weidersehen good-bye I hate to go and leave this pretty sightI'm sad... to go.... I cannot tell a lieI fleet, I float, I fleetly flee I fly...The sun... has gone... to bed and so must I...So long...farewell...auf weidersehen goodbye….O My Beloved BabyTune of O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini Arrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Melanie MaslinUse this beautiful song as a soothing lullaby or share an intimate bonding moment with your baby by holding them in your arms and gently rocking side to side whilst listening to this music. Your baby will also enjoy it of you hum along to the melody. O My beloved babyRest in my arms so gentlyI’ll sing to you so sweetlyJust close your eyes so sleepyYes yes I will not leave youTill you are gently sleepingAnd if you wake before thenI will be right beside youMy dearest oneI love you soMy baby, I love you soBubba sleep well tonightBubba sleep well sleep well Time for Bed Tune of Rock-a-Bye Baby – traditionalArrangement: Brett FowlerLyrics: Mem FoxMem Fox is Australia’s most highly regarded picture-book author and Time for Bed is on Oprah’s list of the twenty best children’s books of all time. The hypnotic dreamy rhythm of this beautiful book works perfectly with the famous lullaby tune for Rock-a-Bye Baby. The BabyLoveMusicFun program encourages the singing of books as a great way of keeping interest and providing a new way to enjoy a favourite book. If you have a copy of the book play the song, sing along or have a conversation and point out the different animals and pictures on each page. It can also be used to establish a soothing bedtime ritual that your baby will love.