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You can now keep up to date with Bongo Club through Facebook! We now have our own fan page which you can join to keep abreast of what we’re talking about in the world of early years music making. Whether you’re a Mum, Dad or practitioner, Bongo Club is full of useful information on using music with 0 - 5 year olds. Join Bongo Club’s Facebook fan page and keep up to date with our latest info:

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Mums, Dads and practitioners that have signed up to Bongo Club’s newsletter are all eligible for a 10% discount at MusicBugs.co.uk. The online toy shop has teamed up with Bongo Club to give readers a great reduction on their selection of music-based toys.

Music Bugs is an award winning company providing fun and interactive singing and music classes for children aged 6 months to 4 years. The company also has a brilliant online shop where parents and practitioners can purchase musical instruments and toys for little ones.

The shop includes the likes of finger puppets, songbooks and CD’s, not to mention instruments and specialist musical toys for babies too. The website is easy to navigate with a bright, colourful design that makes shopping online seem that little bit more seamless.

If you’d like to sign up to the Bongo Club newsletter to receive your 10% discount, simply register at:
http://www.bongoclub.org.uk/mailing-list.html

(Subscribers will receive instructions for the MusicBugs discount in the newsletter).

Bongo Club has teamed up with Talented Tots to offer two lucky readers an interactive DVD boxset entitled ‘Learn to Play the Piano with Mimi’.

Each DVD is presented on-screen by a fun, friendly character called Mimi the Musical Clown, who lives in Piano Land. Complete with a voice-over, Mimi takes the viewer on a magical musical journey that is fun, educational and of course musical!

(Owning a piano or keyboard to accompany these DVDs is preferable, but not essential. A small, two-octave keyboard of the kind available in most toys shops is sufficient to learn and practise the basics. The DVDs are great as fun, educational tools to have in the home to help support private or school-based piano lessons, or simply as an inspiring introduction to the joys of making music).

For more information on the Talented Tots DVD boxset, please visit:
http://www.bongoclub.org.uk/parents/resources/music-at-home/talented-tots.html
How to enter
To enter the competition, simply email us your most positive experience of using music either at home with your child or as a practitioner in early years settings. Keep entries under 100 words and email to: marketing@youthmusic.org.uk.

(Please include your name, phone number and postal address in the email).

Please note:
When you enter this competition, you will be added to the Bongo Club mailing list, if you’re not already subscribed. Entry applicable to UK residents only. Closing date: 24th May 2009.

Additional Music Start packs now available

There are now some additional Music Start packs being distributed, which are available to Sure Start Children’s Centres in the 25 participating areas. Music Start is a fun, easy to use pack developed by the national charity Youth Music, to help families with 2-5 year olds make music at home. Youth Music has developed the Music Start pack as part of its commitment to early years music making. The Music Start pack has been developed for parents of all musical ability, including those with no experience at all, and is a multi-activity resource for supporting music making at home. Each pack contains a fully illustrated story book, an accompanying CD, instruments, an information booklet for families and a sturdy bag to keep everything in. 

How to order a pack:
To order a Music Start pack (created specifically for 2-5 year olds), simply email marketing@youthmusic.org.uk with the number of packs you would like and the name and address of your centre, along with a contact telephone number. Keep up to date: If you would like to keep up to date with future developments please sign up to the Bongo Club newsletter. 

More info: For more information on Music Start, what it’s all about, and the people involved in putting the pack together, visit the Music Start home page. Please note: Due to the product recall of the cymbal that was originally included in the Music Start packs, the packs no longer include the cymbal. For more details, read through the product recall information.

The cymbal included in the Music Start Packs was found to be non-compliant with European toy safety standards and presents a potential health and safety risk. We are advising parents to return them via their local Sure Start Centre immediately. For more info, please go to the Music Start area of the website.