English/French Nursery rhyme book and CD

Counting nursery rhymes introduces young children to the sound of a new language. Songs and rhymes play an important role at the early stage of learning. They help stimulate interest in language and provide a fun way for children to play with sounds and explore words. This particular collection of songs and rhymes focusses on numbers which are indicated in red. The English songs are traditional favourites, sometimes with a twist or largely forgotten verses. The French is a translation while keeping rhythm, cadence and rhyme . This book has easy to read text with fun to follow actions, colourful illustrations and a CD so that you can sing along. It will help young children take their first steps in English and French with ease. This bilingual book introduces children to a foreign language in a natural and relaxed way by combining it with the enjoyment of nursery rhymes. It is set in large, clear, dyslexic friendly font and is helpfully illustrated to tie in the song text. The illustrations or the small text shows the difference in meaning between languages. You can listen to the CD and hear the songs sung simply and clearly in English and French by the author and follow the song text in the book to share the fun of learning the words and tunes in both languages with your child/ren.