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Practical Parenting and Pregnancy Awards 2009/10
Finalist as seen in the January 2010 "Practical Parenting & Pregnancy" magazine |
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Featured on Ireland's TV3 A review of Bamba was shown on Ireland AM (September 2011). Click here to watch the clip - TV 3 Baby gadgets. Eilis Fitzgerald from Heybaby.ie reviews all the latest baby gadgets on the market, including baby signing Bamba. |
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All Signs Point to Bilingual Success
Amanda and Yvonne announce the launch of a bilingual DVD In 2008, Yvonne and Amanda created and produced Bamba’s First Comforts – winning the pair British Female Inventor of the Year Award, Silver at the Practical Pre-School Awards and Playtime Product of the Year Award. Since then Bamba’s First Comforts has added a string of accolades to this list including Talking Tots Great Toy Award, Great Toy Guide Award Winner and most recently Right Start Best Toy Award (highly recommended). “Bamba” is a soft-toy monkey that forms part of a package to teach sign language to babies, allowing them to communicate before they learn to talk. Yvonne said: “The reaction to Bamba’s First Comforts has been wonderful. Babies learn through hearing, seeing and touch and Bamba has been carefully designed to follow the beginnings of normal language development." “Signing can be introduced to your baby as early as six months. Some parents worry it may delay speech, but, in fact, babies who learn to sign typically start speaking and saying their first words before babies who have not learned to sign.” Pictured in both papers was Baby Rose whose mum Yvonne Burson had already bought Bamba’s First Comforts for friends and family. Yvonne said: “The Bamba kit is a really lovely set of toys and Rose absolutely loves them. It is very exciting to be able to help Rose to communicate with us through English and Welsh.” Yvonne and Amanda have used signing professionally for over 20 years to help people with communication difficulties but they have also seen babies without any such difficulties reap benefits from the technique. They now plan to develop links with the US market with the continued support of the Welsh Assembly Government and were recently invited by Carwyn Jones First Minister of Wales, and the US Ambassador, The Honourable Louis B. Susman, to a reception aimed at developing trade links between the US and Wales.
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Featured on BBC Wales Bamba was shown on BBC Wales on Monday 4th October 2010. Babysignfactory was featured as one of a number of great Welsh Inventions. |
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Talking Tots Toy Awards Talking Tots have announced the Winners of the Toy Awards. The Talking Tots Awards judges selected a Winner and a Highly Commended toy from an impressive shortlist in each category. Bamba was Highly Commended in the Communication category. Talking Tots described Bamba's First Comforts as "the latest innovation in Baby Signing suitable for all babies from 6 months. This box contains 6 beautifully crafted items to help with first words and gestures" |
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Amanda interviewed on the news programme Wedi7 S4C (Channel 4 - Wales) Nia Wyn Jones spoke to Amanda about baby signing and Bamba's First Comforts, as well as the company's many awards. Nia also visited Llanelli to meet Gwilym and his baby daughter Seren who are both big fans of Bamba
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"A South Wales company has continued its award winning trend with 2 new prizes" Advances Wales, the journal for research and development on science, engineering and technology in Wales has featured the Baby Sign Factory. |
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As seen in the November "Mother and Baby" Magazine Bamba's First Comforts baby signing kit is described as hot stuff and given the thumbs up by "Mother and Baby" For more info click here - www.askamum.co.uk |
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"I'm Pregnant !" Magazine |
Talking Tots Great Toy Guide November 2009
Bamba's First Comforts is a highly commended winner in the communication category in the
Talking Tots Toy Awards 2009
Talking Tots Great Toy Guide November 2008
THERE ARE GOOD TOYS...
AND THERE ARE GREAT TOYS!
Talking Tots Great Toy Guide November 2008
Independent review (Talking Tots Great Toy Guide www.greattoyguide.com):
The 2008 Talking Tots Great Toy Guide: the independent guide to educational toys for pre-schoolers said:
"This first signing kit promotes natural gestures and language development. We love the fact that it's based on the words that are most meaningful to young babies. It's beautifully made and gorgeously tactile, too!"
Great Toy for Communication
"Communication is one of the most important skills your child will ever learn. Good communication is about so more than just talking; it's the ability to be understood, to listen to others and to share and take turns in a conversation."
Practical Pre-School Awards 2008
Silver Award Winner
Independently reviewed in Practical Pre-School Awards Magazine
"...the children loved to play with it..."
What the testers said:
"Gorgeous, cute toys that are exceptional quality and have a luxury feel. The idea behind the kit is fantastic, as communication is important, and this kit works surprisingly well with such young children. Bamba's First Comforts is durable, portable and storable. It catered well for the age range and the children loved to play with it. It is extremely useful to develop skills, such as physical, social and emotional development, communication and understanding of the world. It really appealed to the children throughout the trial, with interest and enjoyment from start to finish."
Description:
"Bamba's First Comforts is a baby signing kit that uses simple gestures, allowing babies and toddlers to express their needs. Babies love to hold and feel the specially designed toys which help them communicate, encouraging speech and reducing frustration."
Baby Products Association
Playtime Product Overall Winner 2008
Yvonne Miller and Amanda Rees are award winners receiving the British Female Inventors and Innovators Network Special Recognition Award in 2008
If you have a baby or are looking for a gift for a baby then Bamba's First Comforts is for you.
"Baby signing classes are a current favourite but this gift makes it easy to do at home".
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