Justine Clarke – Great Big Giveaway!
I’ll admit it – I am as much a fan of Justine Clarke as my children are. She’s our favourite Playschool presenter, we have all her albums and know all her songs by heart. So were the kids and I excited to receive a pre-release copy of her new CD before it was launched last week? You betcha. And thanks to Roadshow Entertainment I have THREE copies of Justine Clarke’s new album Great Big World to give away to SquiggleMum readers!
Truthfully, I was a little apprehensive as I put the CD into the car stereo. What if it didn’t have brilliant tracks like on her first album I Like To Sing..? What if I didn’t love it as much as her second album Songs To Make You Smile..?
As soon as the first track, Little Day Out started, I smiled and relaxed. The kids bopped along in the back of the car, I picked up the catchy tune easily and we all sang along like the first song on the new album was already an old favourite. Justine and her brilliant team (Dasent/Baysting/Lindsay) have again produced a fabulous album which Aussie families will adore. As a primary school educator with a major in music I can be hard to impress – but Great Big World is a great big win for me.
The album is chock full of wonderful songs which are lyrically appropriate for young kids without being musically “dumbed down” in any way. Climbing Up The Rainbow is fantastic early childhood song, with a melody that rises and falls as a reflection of the rainbow. Clever, clever. Though not my personal favourite, Happy Dog was an instant hit with my one and three year olds and has a lovely cyclic story which finishes back at the start. My Granny Loves To Laugh is a beautiful song for kids with elderly grandparents, and Silver Ships and Golden Ships has a sweet message about friendship. And as with previous albums, the title track is a real highlight. Check it out for yourself!
There are 15 brand new songs to enjoy, with a range of styles which will expose kids to some variations in musical genre and ensure parents don’t tire of Great Big World too quickly! The album winds down nicely too, with three soft, starry, beautiful tracks to lull the backseat passengers off to sleep. If I have one criticism of the album it is only that some of the songs such as My Shadow and Me are in a key too low for young kids to sing along with.
Released April 1, Great Big World is available now in ABC shops and online. Well priced and worth every penny, that is – if you don’t win a copy here first! If you’d like to win Great Big World leave a comment below either sharing your favourite Justine Clarke song, or a favourite song you and your kids like to sing together. Aussie residents only please, one entry per person, winners drawn randomly 6pm Sunday 18/4/10.
If you’re a fan, you can join Justine’s facebook fanpage here – and mine too! And if you don’t already subscribe to Squigglemum you can do so here.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Congratulations to the winners of a copy of Great Big World:
- Ros Gittins
- Mon Thornton
- Jess Fealy
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We have her `I like to sing’ DVD. The kids love every song!! I love how the 9 yr old likes it as much as the 2 yr olds! To pick a favorite…mmm that’s hard. 9 yr old says `Watermelon’ the 2 yr old twins love `Hop Hop Hop Hippity Hop’ and my 5 yr old loves `I like to Sing’ and I love `The Dancing Chicken’
We would love the new CD!
We unfortunatley do not have any of Justine Clarke’s CDs but my little miss 3 loves to sing to almost anything. She knows some of the songs off these CDs especially Watermelon … most probably from exposure at child care and kindy.
I adore Justine Clarke, its been so wonderful finding a cd that I enjoy as much as my girls. We have so many favourites its hard to pick one but I love Gum Tree Family especially, as well as Watermelon and Dancing face.
My son loves singing “Watermelon” while the juice from the piece he stuffed into his mouth runs down his chin and arms! We don’t have any Justine CD’s yet but we’d sure love to start collecting them…
We recently sang Gum Tree Family all around Healesville Sanctuary!! We also really love to sing along to Doin’ It in the car. Ned used to go to sleep everytime we played Rainbows to him.
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I am just starting to collect some CDs for my 8 month old. I love ‘watermelon’ – seems appropriate as we both enjoyed some today.
Oooh would love a copy of this CD! I think my 2 young sons would love it! My 2 yr old looooves to dance
We dont have any of Justine’s CD’s but my 2yo loves to sing & dance to Lollypop & we also know Watermelon too. We would love to win a copy!!
My 6mth old son Banyan and I are new to the fantastic world of Justine Clarke. We dance around the kitchen in the morning singing “Watermelon, Watermelon, I love you love watermelon…..” I must admit that I catch myself humming away to the gumtree family song and the hop hippity hop song during the night time feeds.
We’re hooked!!! Thanks Justine for a fun alternative to the wiggles.
This would be absolutely wonderful!!! My daughter loves music and she always beams when we sing the playschool or sesame street theme songs. She also love when we sing a song from Sesame Street, we call it Laundromat, but I don’t think it has a name really but it always makes her stop whatever she is doing and boogie. Who would have thought a song about a washing machine could be so great!
We are all HUGE Justine fans in this house: Mum, Dad and our 2-year old daughter!
It is a bit hard to pick just one favourite song for our daughter – she loves pulling funny faces to “Dancing Face”, creeping a worm up her arm during “Doin’ It” and singing “Off to the Library” when we are indeed going to the library! But best of all is when she gets a balloon and pretends it is an umbrella and dances to “It’s Starting to Rain”, including rolling on the floor.
Dad’s favourite song is “The Gumtree Family” – it is on repeat in the car
And my favourite would have to be “Song to make you smile” as our daughter always comes and sits in my lap for a cuddle when this song is on
We would LOVE to add her third album to our collection
We have only been recently introduced into the world of Justine Clarke. My 2yo has always enjoyed some of my music. His favourites at the moment are The Ramones Blotzkreig Bop (he just knows “piling in the backseat”), and Dolly partons 9-5 (go figure?) He performs a very heavy metal worthy head mosh to both songs!
Since he has developed an interest in playschool, however, it seems that he is beginning to form a little crush on Justine. Imagine his surprise when he saw her come on to sing a song (I think it was about cultery?) and playschool wasn’t even on! It made his day
Although we don’t have Justine’s previous album, we love watching her on Playschool. My 3.5 yr old son and I sing (badly but enthusiatically) morning, noon and night!
Dancing Face….and Jelly Jelly Jelly…….
I love how she can adapt to so many different styles of music…..
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we love Justine!… watermelon is the family favorite!…and thats a family of 6.. from 2 adults,to ,16yrs…10yrs…7yrs..then 2yrs…
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