DVD Reviews: Play School Nursery Rhymes

Once again the Playschool crew come to the rescue of parents everywhere with a collection of over 30 delightful nursery rhymes and songs that your child will love. Running for 100 glorious minutes, this feature stars many of the Play School mainstays and guarantees that your kids will recognise at least some of the presenters, responding to a friendly face.

Although the title of the DVD is Nursery Rhymes, there is a lot more to the show such as little skits in between each song that segue nicely.

One of the things that has always endeared me to Playschool, as a child watching it, and even now as a parent of two small children, is how much the presenters honestly seem to enjoy what they are doing. Everything on Play School is done with a smile and a real sense of fun. Presenters on this 100 minutes of fun are:

Justine Clarke, Noni Hazelhurst, Jay Laga'aia, Deborah Mailman, Andrew McFarlane, Rhys Muldoon and Karen Pang

Songs on the DVD are (get ready for this as there's a lot of them):

1. Polly Put the Kettle On

2. Little Bo Peep

3. Baa Baa Black Sheep

4. Humpty Dumpty

5. Hey Diddle Diddle

6. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

7. Hickory Dickory Dock

8. Hokey Pokey

9. Teddy Bear Twist

10. Digging in the Garden

11. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

12. Little Miss Muffett

13. Jack and Jill

14. Old King Cole

15. Lavender's Blue

16. Ring-a-Ring of Roses

17. Georgie Porgie

18. Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

19. My Dog Bill

20. Three Little Ducks

21. Little Boy Blue

22. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

23. Round and Round the Garden

24. Rock-a-Bye Your Bear

25. Sing a Song of Sixpence

26. Old Mother Hubbard

27. Blow up a Balloon

28. Wee Willy Winkie

29. Looby Loo

30. Bump a Deedle

31. Mary Had a Little Lamb

32. Pease Porridge

33. Diddle Diddle Dumpling

34. To Market To Market

35. This Little Piggy

36. Hush Little Baby

37. Rock-a-Bye Baby

38. Moon Moon

39. Twinkle Twinkle

40. Standing on One Leg

41. I'm a Little Teapot

42. Dino Stomp

Phew! If you aren't all sung out after this one then I guess you'll just have to play it again! There are a number of extras on the disc that are entertaining and a lot of fun to watch. The thing is that the main feature is so packed with fun that there is a good chance that for most of you, the extras most likely won't get a look in by the average viewer.  That's not a bad thing, it's actually testament to the quality of the content on the disc.

Picture quality on the disc is nice, retaining it's television ratio of 4:3 full screen image. Colours are crisp and the overall presentation is very good. Menu systems are also easy to navigate, however I still don't think that little kids could negotiate it very easily. In fact, just an observation but I don't think I have ever seen a kids disc that the child would have been able to get going by themselves.

Playschool Nursery Rhymes is a must own DVD for anyone with toddlers up to about Grade Prep in Primary School. It will delight the youngsters, and best of all has songs that everyone will know and sing along together.