You’re only as old as you feel…

Gone are the days when the biggest decision you had to make was whether to eat the blue playdough or the red playdough, to spin around in circles for hours on end or to paint the walls with mums bright red lipstick or dads shaving cream.

Being an adult means a playdough snack is exchanged for lactose free yoghurt, spinning round in circles is replaced with a spinning class and it’s your own red lipstick or shaving cream that you’re cleaning off the walls. Despite this, we can still enjoy the frivolity of childhood through a new generation of music for kids and families.

Channel your inner 5-year old and move your body, your heart and your mind to the music of Cha Cha Sam She doesn’t have a big red car, a television in her stomach or live in a garbage can but she does have a collection of songs that bring children and their communities together. Through music and dance, Cha Cha Sam assists in developing a child’s emotional intelligence.

Cha Cha Sam is a Melbourne music collaboration that dedicates its talents to making music that encourages kids to play and communicate creatively in the early years of growth and discovery… like when they eventually discover dirt might look like chocolate but sure doesn’t taste like it.

The toe taping, head bopping tunes you hear on Cha Cha Sam were made in close association with specialists in children’s health, education and disability to be inclusive of special needs.

So who is Cha Cha Sam? Cha Cha Sam is a cheeky pooch who was claimed from the pound by a travelling band, she helps encourage the folk/pop songs that the little tackers go (mashed) banana’s for. It’s the perfect way to tucker them out to ensure they have a rejuvenating night’s sleep.

Cha Cha Sam just recently launched Up in the Sky, which has seven songs with lyrics and themes to help in teaching your children important skills. Hello, Hello is a track that encourages the social skills of welcoming people warmly.

At Bear & Duck we’re not just all about the hotel comforts but also the encouragement of exciting, educational and different ideas that are helping to culturally and socially shape our communities and the way we interact within them.

So, we decided to give a few Cha Cha Sam CD’S away. If you can successfully name the last track on the Cha Cha Sam CD we’ll send you a copy. Visit www.chachasam.com.au to find the answer, email it to: blog@bearandduck.com and we’ll send you a free copy. You must be a member to participate.