Product Description

A collection of action songs, dances, sound effect songs and songs to act out. They are all designed to develop literacy, social and communication skills, and build young children's confidence. The songbook contains the music, words, piano accompaniments and play-along percussion ideas. The CD contains a recording of all the accompaniments to sing along with. No music reading is required.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #240254 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-30
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio CD

About the Author
Harriet Powell was one of the organisers behind Prof Dogg's Troupe, a community theatre group for children. She is now a qualified music therapist.

Customer Reviews

Action songs/dancing to good music and songs.
I ordered this book not knowing what songs it contained. I'm very pleased I took the chance -it's excellent. The songs are simple and words clear for all to learn and follow; often accompanied by the piano. The children's favourites are 'I've got a body' and 'Walking in the jungle' - good 'jungle' sounds on that track. There are many more songs - and new ones such as 'Say hello...' etc. A good buy.

Fantastic resource
I bought my copy of this brilliant book for 30p in a library sale in about 1985 and have not stopped using it since. I hope I have made up for my bargain by the number of people I have recommended it to. It is the best resource I have ever found for music groups (and individual sessions in a special school) with everyone from babies of 6 months, whose spontaneous actions can be included in the simple fromeworks, through primary aged children including those with communication difficulties and other special needs, to adults in training workshops. I have used some of these songs regularly for over 20 years. They never seem to date and never get boring, because the possibilites for extension and development are endless. If you are hestitating, just buy it!

A great resource for teachers!
I was introduced to this book and cd whilst training as a teacher, and having seen how much fun the kids had I just knew I had to buy it! The voices don't sound tacky like they do on some childrens cd's, and the book comes with the sheet music and accompanying activities which are great for extending learning. Definitely a buy you'll be pleased with.