Baby Boom Boom
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Baby Boom Boom make bilingual products to teach babies and toddlers a foreign language through use of musical instruments and CD's. Juliet Machan, Co-founder of Baby Boom Boom says: 'As all good playgroups and nurseries have known for years, playing music, singing and dancing, and repetition is a good, and fun, place to start introducing language. English and a second language is the foundation of all babyboomboom products.'

I am English but decided from the start to bring my daughter up as bilingual, and decided on Spanish as the second language, which I had learnt at college, and is spoken in many places around the world.

I had been looking for a while for a nursery rhyme CD in both languages, so the Baby Boom Boom CD was absolutely perfect! The instruments are also great quality and add fun to listening. Recently I did a long car trip with my 22 month old who is normally a nightmare to keep occupied in the car, and the CD kept her quiet the entire way there and back! Amazing! It was very well pronounced etc too, although the numbers pronounced in South American way rather than Spanish way, but not a significant thing.

Of course, you don't have to have a bilingual child to use these products, they are a great way of introducing a second language to babies and toddlers. Young children have a special gift for absorbing languages that we adults no longer have, and they are like little sponges! These would therefore make a great unique Xmas gift for a baby or young child.

Junior Band-Bag £22.50
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The junior band-bag comes with a babyboomboom CD (you choose English plus the other language), along with a tambourine, a recorder, a castanet and a maraca. The CD features nursery rhymes and songs in English and a second language, depending on which one you choose. Each verse is sung in English then repeated in the second language. Words in both languages are included with the CD.

Songs include:

• Old MacDonald
• Five Little Ducks
• The Mulberry Bush
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
• This Little Piggy
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
• Itzy Bitzy Spider
• Round and Round the Garden
• Tommy Thumb
• The Alphabet Song
• Brother John
• The Wheels on the Bus
• London Bridge
• If you’re happy and you know it

Junior band-bags are tested from 10+ months recommended from 3+ years. However, my daughter is only 22 months and she loves it, do I would say from +18 months personally.

Baby Band-Bag £22.50
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The baby band-bag comes with a babyboomboom CD (again you choose English plus the other language), along with a baby drum, a rainbow-shaker, a “fishy shake-shake” and a cage-bell. All the instruments are ideal for small hands to grasp and play. This is a musical, fun and participative way to familiarise youngsters with the sounds of a second language! Each verse is sung in English then repeated in the second language. All the words are included for both languages.

Nursery rhymes on the CD include:

1 Old MacDonald
2 Five Little Ducks
3 The Mulberry Bush
4 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
5 This Little Piggy
6 Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
7 Itzy Bitzy Spider
8 Round and Round the Garden
9 Tommy Thumb
10 The Alphabet Song
11 Brother John
12 The Wheels on the Bus
13 London Bridge
14 If you’re happy and you know it

Instruments in the baby band-bag are tested from 3+ months but recommended from 6+ months.

You can also buy the CD separately for £9.99, or do a digital download.

The Baby Boom Boom products are available in the following languages:

• French 
• Spanish 
• Italian 
• Polish 
• German 
• Welsh 
• Chinese Mandarin 
• Scottish Gaelic

As an educational gift I can highly recommend, and it's great value too.

CB