ALISON:

"We love toddler sign. It's Fab, so much fun but so good for them. I wish I'd managed to get her started sooner!! But I'm a big fan! Alison is great and really good fun with the kids. Freya has been signing away and talking like a champion since we started. Am really enjoying it!"
(Jude, Freya's mum, Feb 2010)

"My 2.5 year old son and I love "sound of music" (as my son calls it) on a saturday morning in bangor. Our teacher Alison is just THE BEST. I didn't know how much Charlie was picking up until I starting singing some of the songs and with out being prompted he started signing along as I sang! Alison you are doing a great job !!!!!"
(Sheena, Charlie's mum, Feb 2010)

I am on my second course with my almost 1 year old. He loves them, I love them, my husband also goes and loves them too. We go to the classes in Bangor with Alison and there is a wonderful relaxed atmosphere. My baby has just started signing, which is great, but the main reason we go to be honest is the the social aspect. Alison is a great teacher and really engages the babies and adults. The babies are free to roam around if they want which is great as there's no pressure for them to sit quietly on your knee. It's very interactive! My little boy loves the bubbles at the end and I love the coffee and chat at the end with the other parents while the babies play! I would thoroughly recommend these classes.
(Gillian, Jan 2010) 

We love baby signing! Very enjoyable classes for both my daughter and I. Fun, good songs and well structured classes. Very well prepared materials to take home too. Highly recommended! 
(Jessica, Holly's mum, Nov 2009)

DEIRDRE:

My daughter Emma loved both the baby and toddler classes - i think it really helped with her speech development but most of all she loved the songs, the musical instruments and the really laid back and non-pressurised environment of the class - would definitely recommend this class!
(Wendy, Emma's mum, Nov 2009) 

"Course content is exceptional and the delivery fantastic. This has helped understand the needs of Danu and improved her quality of communication, especially at 5am! Just keep being as great as this:)"
(Lisa and Brian, Danu's parents, Jun 2009)

I attended Deirdres class with my little one when he was 9 months old, the classes were wonderful really good fun. Little Zack is now 19 months old and using lots of signs, it certainly makes life a lot easier as we don't have the frustrations which come from him not being understood. I thoroughly recommend Deirdres classes, they are amazing and I learnt loads as well!
(Margaret, Zack's mum, Jun 2009)

"Brilliant, even the second time around and we have already signed up for the next class" 
(Helen, Dylan's mum, Jun 2009)

"Excellent, very impressed. Good structure to the sessions, well thought out delivery and first class information and handouts. Very useful for both parents and children to learn signing, and delivered in a way that is fun to learn. Tea and buns at the end of class is also a nice thought!" 
(Jessica, Holly's mum, Jun 2009)

"Erin really enjoyed the songs, instruments and interaction with other children and it kept her engaged for the whole class. The use of puppets to signal the start and end is very good and putting the songs to popular tunes is brilliant" 
(Deborah, Erin's mum, Jun 2009)


"Very good, a consistent level of repeatability of songs. Sang many of the songs at home. Music is a great help to the songs as you are more inclined to sing with background music. Fun -  a good way for kids to meet other kids and parents to meet other parents" 
(Paul and Ann, Daire's parents, Jun 2009)

"Excellent presentation / content. Thoroughly enjoyable and amazing how babies can pick up so quickly" 
(Fiona, Tara's mum, Jun 2009)

"Very hard to better this - all great. Fun, relaxed, very enjoyable. Starter pack great, themes each week very good, songs a fun way to learn. Abi and we really enjoyed and looked forward to each class"
(Diane and Greg, Abi's parents, Jun 2009)

"The delivery, relevance and materials used were very good. It's lovely to see them interacting with teacher and children of various ages" 
(Judith, Harrison's mum, Jun 2009)

"Very good. Good build up of words used and summaries of the previous class helpful"
(Gill, George's mum, Jun 2009)

I just had to write what a fantastic time my 2 year old daughter Lottie and her friends had on Saturday during her Sign To Music Themed Party. Deidre was exceptional !! As a Nursery School owner, I have used many performers and companies, but Deidre outshone them. My husband said "even better than signing hands on mr Tumble's Something Special". The joy on the childrens' faces was just amazing !
Will definitely use again , don't miss out ! 
(Diane, Lottie's mum, April 2009)

"Excellently structured, resources are brilliant and Deirdre is great – huge amount of energy and clearly thinks carefully about the course. Course was excellent and combined extremely well elements of play, learning, music and free play.  The resources such as Daisy Dog and Signing Sandy and the bubbles were really good and the theory and worksheets at each session really helped to remember what was learned.  I also attended another class and the Sign 2 Music class was longer, much better quality and included resources to take away.  I’d definitely recommend this course."

Leo has gone from the baby class where he used a couple of signs (eg more) but with an understanding of a lot more signs to the toddler class where he consistently uses more signs such as please, thank you, yes, dirty nappy , all gone etc and is beginning to use more words. His understanding of what I’m saying is greater than what I remember from my other children at this age. I myself have enjoyed the learning.
(Catherine, Leo's mum, Jun 2009)

"Great for mummy and baby. Fab for communication development. Each week was really well planned with great songs and toys. The handouts were excellent and of a high quality. Plenty to keep Lexi’s attention throughout the session."

(Lynne, Lexie's mum, Dec 2008)

"Daniel and I have really enjoyed the sessions and have both learnt a lot.  Daniel appears to be getting a real sense of satisfaction from communicating and it is really nice to be able to understand some of the things he wants or needs!!!! Really good weekly topics, good range of activities, really appropriate - Daniel is now really starting to communicate, with the help of many signs. Handouts useful, puppets really nice, bubble machine was the highlight for Daniel!!!!!!"    

(Jill, Daniel's mum, Jun 2008)

"Loved it!!  Daniel is signing away and we as a family are really seeing the benefit from it! I feel Daniel got a lot more out of the course this term, and got to know the structure of the sessions, what was happening and who the puppets were!!"

(Jill, Daniel's mum, Nov 2008)

"A fantastic course with great songs and rhymes to sing with your child.  It was great that the course was on a Saturday as ‘working mums’ tend to miss out on classes with their babies.  The content was great as all topics were relevant to the child’s day!"

(Louise, Ruby’s mum, Dec 2008)