For one day a week during the school term, families with pre-school aged children, volunteers from the Traralgon Family Fellowship and some year six students will meet up for music, morning tea and a chat at the Flinders Christian Community College in Traralgon.

"Mainly Music is a great way of building relationships; music is great stimulation and helps work both sides of the brain, and so much fun," Mainly Music Traralgon coordinator Naomi Thorne said.

The program, which is run all over the country, originated in New Zealand and brings families together to learn music and rhymes, as well as develop essential skills for kinder or school such as learning to take instructions, basic responsibilities and recognising name tags.

The children are also exposed to different styles of music and could experiment with musical instruments.

"The Traralgon sessions are unusual in that the year six students sometimes come in and play with the kids while the parents have morning tea and socialise," Ms Thorne said.

"It's an amazing program with good resources, and people come from Rosedale and Churchill."

Ms Thorne was involved in setting up the Traralgon Mainly Music program after learning the ropes several years ago in Western Australia.

While the demand for the program is present, Ms Thorne said she was not able to set up more programs elsewhere.

She said in general, Mainly Music had become increasingly popular, with some groups across the state imposing waiting lists.

Anglicare Victoria Gippsland community development officer in Gippsland Sarah Gover, who has facilitated the Mainly Music program across a number of communities, said the volunteer-run program provided a "very intentional connection" between the parents or carer and their child.

She said there were up to 20 Mainly Music groups across Gippsland involving up to 700 families, and the "very affordable" program was gaining popularity.

The program was also gaining recognition, with medical professionals referring new mothers with post-natal depression to the group.

"I'm hoping it will take off in more places," Ms Gover said.