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Press Releases:

23 February 2010
babyboomboom recognised as one of the UK’s Smartest Small Businesses

12 February 2010
babyboomboom Performing Multi-lingual Songs Live on the Main Stage at ExCel London Baby Show

30 September 2009
babyboomboom Gets Top Marks at 2009 Practical Pre-School Awards

18 May 2009
babyboomboom Announced as Finalist for The Oxfordshire New Business Award

22 April 2009
babyboomboom Returns to Main Stage at NEC Birmingham Baby Show Performing Multi-lingual Songs Live

10 March 2009
babyboomboom Strikes The Right Note at The London Baby Show ExCel

3 February 2009
babyboomboom returns to Harrogate Nursery Fair with extended range of multi-lingual musical fun products

30 January 2009
babyboomboom to perform multilingual songs live at Baby Show ExCel, London, 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2009

15 December 2008
Congratulations to Our Sunday Mail Competition Winners

26 November 2008
Born in Britain Sold in Spain - Distribution of babyboomboom's multi-lingual nursey song CDs expand to Europe

14 October 2008
Babyboomboom celebrates its first birthday with the launch of Italian and German versions of its "multi-lingual fun" products

4 August 2008
Babyboomboom finalists of Product Innovation Awards at Kind und Jugend, Cologne

24 June 2008
Summer Fun Starts Early with babyboomboom. Toddlers and babies prepare for summer hols with multi-lingual CD

20 February 2008
Babyboomboom plays live at Theatre of Fun, The Baby Show, ExCel, 29 Feb - 2 Mar 2008

13 November 2007
Babyboomboom advocates fun for babies and toddlers

25 October 2007
Multi-lingual songs for babies and toddlers

10 October 2007
Children sing and play in English and a second language

23 February 2010: babyboomboom recognised as one of the UK’s Smartest Small Businesses

The Smarta 100 is the ultimate business accolade, recognizing the UK’s smartest small businesses. Smarta.com has uncovered remarkable companies who have gone the extra mile to differentiate themselves from the market or found clever ways to compete, from their marketing plan to their ethical stance. The result is a fascinating insight into the unique business ideas that are thriving in the current economic climate.

The finalists proved to the judges that they have what it takes to run a successful venture, from spotting a new opportunity to making it a reality. And the high-profile panel were delighted to see that ambitious people are saving hard and raising finances to turn their ideas into flourishing businesses.

Deborah Meaden commented: “Discovering great new businesses is a passion of mine as is encouraging businesses to think and work better. The Smarta 100 does both of these things – and celebrates the best of British business at the same time. I was delighted to see ambitious people saving hard and raising finances to turn their ideas into flourishing businesses.”

Smarta.com founder Sháá Wasmund said: “Socially conscious, disruptive businesses that are not afraid to challenge the status quo are being set up in the four corners of the country. I founded Smarta to make sure these enterprises are supported at any stage of development. The results speak for themselves – the Smarta 100 list is a collection of remarkable success stories.”

Co-founder Juliet Machan said: “We are delighted to have been selected as a Smarta 100 company. What began as a ‘middle of the night idea’ to help familiarise children with languages has really caught on. Since launching in 2007 we have been committed to developing our range of multi-lingual fun products and take pride in listening to the views of our customers, both consumers and retailers, to ensure that we deliver the best that we can.”

Visit www.smarta.com to learn more.

12 February 2010: babyboomboom Performing Multi-lingual Songs Live on the Main Stage at ExCel London Baby Show

babyboomboom performs live Saturday 20th February on the main stage at the The Baby Show, ExCel

The Baby Show, ExCel, London, 19 – 21 February 2010

babyboomboom, are excited to be returning to the main stage at The Baby Show, ExCel London after their debut main stage performance at the 2009 show. Entertaining little ones with songs and nursery rhymes sung in English and a second language, the performance will be take place at 4pm on Saturday 20th.

Every day will see a slightly different performance with a guitarist and singers performing songs in the babyboomboom range of languages; French, Spanish, Italian, German and Polish. And everyone can join in!

30 September 2009: babyboomboom Gets Top Marks at 2009 Practical Pre-School Awards

The National Practical Pre-School Awards identify excellence in educational equipment, books and toys. Each product is tested by children and their carers in at least two separate settings, providing assessment of appeal to children, durability, adaptability, educational value, play value and value for money. The babyboomboom multi-lingual CDs, which contain songs and nursery rhymes in English and a second language, came out on top after this rigorous testing.

The testers concluded that “The CDs provide an enjoyable insight into other languages. Research shows if babies are exposed to different languages then they easily become bilingual as it's much easier for them to pick it up. The children in our nursery love these CDs and listen to them daily - because they're always asking for them! They are already starting to pick up French and Spanish words.”

Juliet Machan, babyboomboom managing director, is delighted to have won the award. Juliet says, “The concept behind babyboomboom is that through active play and listening, babies and toddlers pick up simple sounds and words. Recent research, published in the journal Infant Behaviour and Development, shows that toddlers can pick up a foreign language at the age of just 20 months even before they have fully mastered their native language.” She continues, “The research used methods of repeating sentences in two languages, which is similar to the babyboomboom approach, except that we use nursery rhymes instead. This gives a feeling of familiarity, making a second language less daunting and more enjoyable for both children and adults.”

babyboomboom is going from strength to strength. The company was also short-listed at the 2009 Nursery World Awards, in the ‘Birth to Threes - Tried and Tested Favourites’ category, for their CDs and band bags which contain a CD and four instruments specially designed for small hands.

Visit www.practicalpreschool.com/magazine/awards.shtml to find out more about the awards.

18 May 2009: babyboomboom Announced as Finalist for The Oxfordshire New Business Award

babyboomboom has made it into the final three for the 2009 New Business Award presented by Oxfordshire Business Awards and sponsored by Business Link. The winner will be announced on Friday 19 June at the Awards Dinner taking place at the Oxford Thames Four Pillars Hotel, Sandford on Thames.

For fifteen years, the Oxfordshire Business Awards has been rewarding the excellence of Oxfordshire-based companies and this year Henley company babyboomboom has succeeded in making a great impression. Managing Director Juliet Machan, has seen babyboomboom go from strength to strength since its launch in October 2007 and comments; “We are extremely proud to have been recognised by the Oxfordshire Business Awards and to have reached the finalist stage. What began as a ‘middle of the night idea’ to help familiarise children with languages has really caught on. Introducing young children to the sounds of other languages through music and song is great fun, and helps to encourage language learning from an early age.”

22 April 2009: babyboomboom Returns to Main Stage at NEC Birmingham Baby Show Performing Multi-lingual Songs Live

babyboomboom performs live every day on the main stage after their successful debut at the The Baby Show, ExCel

The Baby Show, NEC, Birmingham, 15 – 17 May 2009

babyboomboom®, producers of fun and participative multi-lingual products for babies and toddlers, are returning to the main stage at The Baby Show, NEC, Birmingham, 15 to 17 May 2009 after their successful debut performances at the The Baby Show, ExCel, earlier this year. babyboomboom will once again entertain little ones with songs and nursery rhymes sung in English and a second language. The Friday performance will be held at 4.15p.m, with the Saturday and Sunday performances being held at 4.00pm.

Leah Tidy, Show Manager of The Baby Shows enthused, “We are really pleased with the reception that the babyboomboom performance received from our visitors at the ExCel event. It was great to see the children getting so involved by singing and using the instruments to join in. We’re looking forward to seeing babyboomboom back on stage at The Baby Show, NEC, Birmingham.”

10 March 2009: babyboomboom Strikes The Right Note at The London Baby Show ExCel

babyboomboom®, producers of fun and participative multi-lingual products for babies and toddlers, made its debut appearance on the main stage at the recent Baby Show in ExCel, London. Following the success of the launch of its multi-lingual music groups, babyboomboom held daily live performances on the stage at the Baby Show using a guitarist and native language singers. Each performance entertained little ones with songs and nursery rhymes sung in English and a second language from its range of languages; French, Spanish, Italian, German and Polish.

As well as wowing show visitors with the performances, babyboomboom’s multi-lingual products and instruments were such a hit that they had sold out by lunchtime on Sunday. What’s more, babyboomboom also caught the attention the Times Online Alpha Mummy Blog. Jennifer Howze, Lifestyle Editor of Times Online and Alpha Mummy contributor chose four products worth braving the show for and enthused, “It's like an investment: They (children) absorb the lyrics to Cinq Petit Canards now, and you save an hour of language tutor's fees in the future.”

babyboomboom’s multi-lingual musical fun products have proven to be an instant hit with parents, toddlers and nursery groups around the country since launching in 2007. 2009 has seen the launch of babyboomboom music groups which introduce babies and toddlers to a second language in a fun and interactive environment.

3 February 2009: babyboomboom returns to Harrogate Nursery Fair with extended range of multi-lingual musical fun products

babyboomboom®, producers of fun and participative multi-lingual products for babies and toddlers will be exhibiting their extended range at The Nursery Fair, Harrogate International Centre, 22 – 24 March 2009. Due to consumer demand, in the last year babyboomboom has launched English-Italian, English-German and English-Polish bi-lingual nursery rhyme CDs to complement their multi-lingual musical products in French and Spanish.

babyboomboom’s multi-lingual musical fun products have proven to be an instant hit with parents, toddlers and nursery groups. Since their debut at the Nursery Fair in 2008 the company has gone from strength to strength.

Co-founder Juliet Machan says, “In the last year we have spent a lot of time listening to parents and carers who are interested in introducing children to other languages as well as finding out retailers’ views about our products. As a result we have added three new languages to our range with several more planned for the coming months including Welsh and Mandarin. We have also redesigned the packaging for our band-bags, which contain a CD and four musical instruments, so that it is more retailer friendly.”

English and a second language is the foundation of all of babyboomboom’s products. Developed by busy working mums for children aged 0-5 years of age, the core products are multilingual musical CDs playing well-known and traditional nursery rhymes and songs in English, with each verse repeated in a second language. CDs are also available in band-bag packs that include a range of instruments specially designed for small hands.

30 January 2009: babyboomboom to perform multilingual songs live at Baby Show ExCel, London, 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2009

babyboomboom®, producers of fun and participative multi-lingual products for babies and toddlers, will be appearing live on the main stage at The Baby Show, ExCel, London, 27 February to 1 March 2009. Performances will be held daily at 4.00p.m, where babyboomboom will entertain little ones with songs and nursery rhymes sung in English and a second language.

Every day will see a slightly different performance with a guitarist and native language singers performing songs in the babyboomboom range of languages; French, Spanish, Italian, German and Polish. And everyone can join in!

babyboomboom’s multi-lingual music fun products have proven to be an instant hit with parents, toddlers and nursery groups around the country since launching at the Earls Court Baby Show in 2007.

Co-founder Juliet Machan says, “We are really excited about performing on the main stage at the Baby Show for the first time. We look forward to demonstrating how young children can be introduced to the sounds of other languages in a fun, lively and participative way. Children love joining in with our exciting combination of music, song and dance.”

Visit babyboomboom on stand C26

15 December 2008: Congratulations to Our Sunday Mail Competition Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our recent 25 CD Giveaway in the Sunday Mail's Baby Supplement. The winners are listed below.

- Tracy Newton from County Durham
- Tom Seaman from Devon
- Stephen Oates from Worcester Park
- Sanaz Harvey from Dover
- Samantha Hardy from Rugby
- Petra Nohejlova from London
- Michelle Webbe from London
- Lucy Palmer-Jones from Swavesey
- Lisa Botfield from the West Midlands
- Karen Ries from Leeds
- Jackie Johnston from Belfast
- Debbie Davies from Birmingham
- Carrie Sillince from London
- Belinda Porter from Surrey
- Barbara Cairns from Leyland
- Anna Pritchard from London
- Adrian Crook from Macclesfield
- Andy Campbell from London
- Joanne Wilson from Isle Of Man
- Vicky Haddock from Bolton
- Vicki Loftus from Wigan
- Veronika Diosegiova from Swindon
- Vincent Reeves from Basingstoke
- Tracy Baker from Abertillery

26 November 2008: Born in Britain Sold in Spain - Distribution of babyboomboom's multi-lingual nursey song CDs expand to Europe

Distribution of babyboomboom's multi-lingual nursery song CDs expand to Europe.

babyboomboom, producers of multilingual music CDs for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers is to be sold in the cosmopolitan capital of Spain, Madrid, from specialist retail outlet, Baby Deli. Baby Deli is a new concept store offering ecological products, bio- foods, specialist toys and games. In the centre of this fantastically vibrant city, Baby Deli gives mums a welcome rest with its excellent coffee while children play in the games zone whilst listening and singing along to babyboomboom songs in English and Spanish.

Baby Deli’s founder, Tatiana Arelle, said that she had bought a babyboomboom CD when she was in England at the Baby Show last year and has been playing it in her shop ever since: “It is so popular that my customers wanted a copy of their own, so we decided to start selling it and we have already had to place a second order to replenish our stock! We are also just about to introduce the band-bags which come with four carefully selected instruments, as they offer young ones the perfect accompaniment to the music, encouraging active participation.”

Juliet Machan, co-founder of babyboomboom said: “To be loved by Spanish mums for our multilingual CDs, which include a version of nursery rhymes in English with each verse repeated in Spanish, is a real seal of approval. We are delighted to be able to help Baby Deli give its customers the best multilingual products around”.

14 October 2008: Babyboomboom celebrates its first birthday with the launch of Italian and German versions of its "multi-lingual fun" products

Available for the first time at The Baby Show, Earls Court, 17-19th October 2008. Visit babyboomboom at stand F36.

Babyboomboom, producers of smash-hit multi-lingual nursery song CDs for babies, toddlers and pre-school children, celebrates its first birthday this month with the launch of two new "multi-lingual musical fun" products in Italian and German. The fun and interactive CDs, already available in Spanish and French, contain well-known songs and nursery rhymes sung in English with each verse repeated in a second language.

Launched in a year ago to great acclaim, babyboomboom is the brain child of working mums wanting to familiarise their own children with the sounds and shapes of other languages in a fun and familiar way that can be enjoyed by parents and children.

Co-founder Juliet Machan said: "Our new Italian and German recordings have been produced in response to demand from parents. The babyboomboom idea is very simple and has proved enormously popular. What's more it actually works! babyboomboom is not trying to teach a language, but it is an easy and participative way for parents and children to familiarise themselves with the sounds, and have fun together, with other languages. Because we've chosen familiar songs, parents don't feel intimidated by the new language and that helps them to relax and have fun with their child."

"We have big plans for the next year, expanding the range of "multi-lingual musical fun" products. We will be continuing to add new languages to our range of CDs and band-bags - Polish will be available soon, as well as other product ranges, so watch this space!" Reports from parents are universally encouraging, with many parents saying that their young ones now happily sing along in more than one language. And despite the fact that the CDs are not designed to teach, many children have learnt to count to 10 in another language as well as learning colours and animal names. The CDs are available individually or in band bags that include four carefully chosen, very high quality musical instruments designed for small hands. Each CD includes all the lyrics in each language.

All products are available from www.babyboomboom.com, as well as a number of retailers. CDs are priced at £9.99 and the band-bags are priced at £19.99. There are two band-bags available: one bag suitable for babies from 6 months and one suitable for older children (tested from 10 months, recommended from age 3). babyboomboom offers parents and children hours of endless fun.

4 August 2008: Babyboomboom finalists of Product Innovation Awards at Kind und Jugend, Cologne

Babyboomboom, producers of smash-hit multi-lingual nursery song CDs for babies and toddlers, are pleased to announce that they have been selected as finalists of the Product Innovation Awards at the Kind und Jugend event in Cologne.

The CDs and band bags were selected from 100s of applicants to make the final 8. For more details see the babyboomboom web site www.babyboomboom.com. Babyboomboom welcomes discussions with individual retailers, multiples and distributors. Contact Juliet Machan at juliet.machan@babyboomboom.com or on +44 1491 636262.

24 June 2008: Summer Fun Starts Early with babyboomboom. Toddlers and babies prepare for summer hols with multi-lingual CD

Babies and toddlers are getting themselves ready for their European summer holidays with babyboomboom's musical, interactive, multi-lingual CDs. The CDs contain well-known songs and nursery rhymes sung in English with each verse repeated in a second language – available in French, Spanish, with German, Italian and Polish to follow shortly.

The concept behind the idea is that through active play and listening, babies and toddlers pick up simple sounds and words. Before they can talk, parents and carers may find the children doing the actions in the right places (even in the second language) and as they start to talk will witness them gradually repeat more and more. In time, the children familiarise themselves with the language, and amaze parents and carers at just how much they have picked up – giving them a headstart in life whilst having lots of fun. The babyboomboom series aims to stimulate the children's minds with sounds such as drum beating, clapping hands as well as the familiar sounds of the repetition of traditional nursery rhymes, albeit in another languages. The whole idea is that children will be learning without realising it and enjoying themselves at the same time.

Juliet Machan, co-founder says, "We are not trying to teach children languages, but to familiarise and stimulate with a view to unlocking the potential of our little one minds whilst having lots of fun". Research shows that babies recognise music that they have heard frequently from a very early age – even whilst in the womb, and we all know how good babies are at mimicking what they see and hear in their daily routine.

"Languages are an important aspect of the future, to such an extent that many pre-schools have introduced French into their curriculum. We are certainly not trying to take over their role but want to give our little ones exposure to the sounds of foreign languages so that in years to come they won't be an alien concept."

All products are available from www.babyboomboom.com. CDs are priced at £9.99 and they are also available with a range of four carefully selected musical instruments with one bag suitable for babies from 6 months and one suitable for toddlers. The band-bags are £19.99, providing the child with hours of endless fun.

20 February 2008: Babyboomboom plays live at Theatre of Fun, The Baby Show, ExCel, 29 Feb - 2 Mar 2008

Babyboomboom, hit producers of multilingual musical CDs for toddlers, will be making a star appearance at The Baby Show, ExCel, London, 29 February to 2 March 2008. Performing live every day at 2.00 p.m. in the Theatre of Fun, babyboomboom will entertain children and toddlers with songs and nursery rhymes in English, French and Spanish.

And everyone can join in too! While playing babyboomboom instruments and dancing along to action songs, toddlers love joining in with babyboomboom's exciting combination of music, song and dance.

An instant success, babyboomboom launched at The Baby Show Earls Court autumn 2007, and is now very popular with parents, toddlers and nursery groups around the country.

Co-Founder Juliet Machan says, "What began as a 'middle of the night idea' has really caught on. Introducing young children to the sounds of other languages through music and song is great fun, and helps to encourage language learning from an early age."

English and a second language is the foundation of all of babyboomboom's products. Developed by busy working mums for children aged 0-5 years of age, the core products are multilingual musical CDs playing well-known and traditional nursery rhymes and songs in English, with each verse repeated in a second language. CDs are also available in band-bag packs that include a range of instruments specially designed for small hands.

Inspired by the growing demand to introduce modern languages to young children at home and in pre-school environments, babyboomboom is designed to be a fun, participative way for parents and carers to familiarise babies and toddlers with the sounds of other languages.

Available to buy on-line at www.babyboomboom.com, the range starts at £9.99 for single CDs up to only £26.00 for two CDs packaged with a selection of very high quality musical instruments in sizes suitable for babies or toddlers.

Come and meet the babyboomboom team at The Baby Show, ExCel, 29 Feb - 2 March, 2008, on stand C26.

13 November 2007: Babyboomboom advocates fun for babies and toddlers

Multi-lingual music and language company babyboomboom is advocating a return to fun for babies and toddlers and thinks its band bags which contain a CD of well-known nursery rhymes in English and a second language with a selection of musical instruments, will do just that.

babyboomboom takes traditional and well-known nursery rhymes in English and repeats each verse in a second language – currently available in French or Spanish. The idea is that children sing along and in the process pick up some of the sounds that will help them learn a second language as they grow up.

Founding Director of babyboomboom, Juliet Machan says: “It is very easy to put too much pressure on children to achieve greatness before they have learned to have some old-fashioned fun, not least because fun has been shown to significantly enlarge our ability to learn and understand.”

babyboomboom works through active learning – in essence, the children teach themselves. Even before they can speak, babies and toddlers listening to babyboomboom CDs participate by joining in with the actions in the right places, and the idea of the instruments is that children can play along too.

Myra Barrs, an expert in what happens when young children begin to read and how they transfer this to their writing, talks about ‘tuning the page.’ She says children listen to the tunes in the words; their patterns and rhythms, and has shown through years of research that children get a lot of their implicit understanding of how language works from that enjoyment. A simple thing, like reading stories aloud to your children, has a huge impact on their lifetime enjoyment and ability with reading and writing. And nursery songs and rhymes remain very powerful and potent for children. These songs and rhymes are whole stories, with linguistic patterns and are musically enticing. They don’t have to make sense, or be based in the natural world (who ever said a story had to make sense?) but they do engage children and they learn a vast amount about how language and ‘literacy’ works from them. It seems a pity that schools, under pressure from a government insistent on measurement, and in their urgency to impart the science of words and sentences, reducing the sense of enjoyment.

What happens when other languages are introduced into this exciting and heady mixture of words and music? In short, it is hard to determine a measurable effect, but we can make a reasonable judgement based on the excellent work done by language teachers, our own intuition and the observation of our own children in how they react to being exposed to other languages through song and rhyme. The children love it, and quickly begin to repeat and play with the sounds of other languages. The emphasis is not on learning for assessment; it is about allowing children, from the time of their birth, to hear the sounds of languages in a fun and enticing way. There is a growing interest in introducing young children to other languages in a variety of ways, and already babyboomboom’s multilingual musical CDs are proving extremely popular; not just with parents who want their children to be well-rounded people, but with the children themselves. Childhood is mercilessly short in our modern world, and anything that can return fun to literacy has to be good in itself.

25 October 2007: Multi-lingual songs for babies and toddlers

The launch of babyboomboom’s® multilingual musical CDs struck a chord with parents and parents-to-be at this year’s Baby Show in London. The CDs familiarise babies and toddlers with other languages by repeating well-known English language nursery rhymes and songs in a second language. Conceived two years ago, and launched after much careful development, babyboomboom proved to be one of the major hits of the show.

Parents buying babyboomboom have already reported that their young children love the CDs and are quickly learning to sing in other languages.

Father of two, Chris Low said: “My three year old daughter has been listening to the French for just the weekend and I am amazed at how much she has picked up.” Another parent said, “I talk to my two year old only in French and my husband speaks to her in English, but despite my best efforts, she has only been speaking in English. After a week of babyboomboom, I caught her sitting on the toilet singing babyboomboom songs in French. I was really impressed.”

The CDs, sold direct at www.babyboomboom.com, are currently available in English with French and English with Spanish, and can also be purchased in baby or toddler babyboomboom band-bags. The band-bags contain beautifully made and colourful musical instruments as well as a CD. All CDs come with the song words in both languages and are only £9.99. Prices for band-bags start at £19.99 making babyboomboom the perfect Christmas gift.

babyboomboom spent a long time choosing the right songs, making original recordings and selecting the instruments to sell with the CDs. Managing Director, Juliet Machan said, “We worked with our children and our friends’ children along the way, watching what they liked and responded to. We also asked the children for their help in choosing the right instruments. We are delighted with the response to babyboomboom at the show and are looking forward to the pre-Christmas period.”

10 October 2007: Children sing and play in English and a second language

Babies and toddlers are set to outshine their parents in their familiarity of other languages with the launch of babyboomboom® – a multi-lingual musical CD of well-known and traditional nursery rhymes sung in English and a second language – currently Spanish or French.

babyboomboom CDs, priced only £9.99 each and developed by busy working mums for children aged 0-5 years of age, play well-known and traditional nursery rhymes and songs in English, with each verse repeated in a second language. Knowing that children who grow up in bi-lingual families can easily switch between languages from a very young age, and seeing the growing demand to introduce modern languages to young children at home and in pre-school environments, babyboomboom is designed to be a fun, participative way for parents and carers to familiarise babies and toddlers with the sounds of other languages.

From birth we pick up all the necessary sounds needed to begin to form language, and one of the best ways to do that is by hearing and repeating rhymes and songs. Toddlers pick up simple sounds and repeat them and, in time, become familiar with the sounds of a language. Potentially giving them a head-start in our modern multi-lingual world, babyboomboom children also have a lot of fun.

The founding directors of babyboomboom are careful to explain that the CDs are not a language course, but are a fun way for young children and their parents and carers to become familiar with the sounds of other languages. The participative, shared experience of repeating rhymes and songs together encourages and stimulates young minds. “Our little ones also love to dance along to babyboomboom and now switch easily from one language to another,” says co-founder Juliet Machan.

Juliet knows that familiarity is very important for parents too, and translating the songs she knew when she was young is a fun way to introduce the sounds and ideas of other languages for her child. It is also terrific fun to share the experience, “it has benefited me too. Now, after several plays of babyboomboom, I can not only speak some French and Spanish but can sing it too – if singing is the right term! I am sure many parents would relish the same advantage – stimulating toddlers and helping them to become familiar with another language at the same time.”

All the songs are original recordings made by professional musicians and played on acoustic instruments. babyboomboom believes strongly in active participation and are planning to launch a new range that include musical instruments designed for small hands so that toddlers can accompany the songs. babyboomboom is also beginning to work with play-schemes and children’s groups and welcomes any input from nursery and playgroup leaders.