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Review added 3/18/2010
My family has taken several of the their "Spanish Language in Play" classes (parent & child and pre-school), and has also attended a couple of their Spanish summer camps. The teachers are so enthusiastic and come up with so many fun and creative activities that my daughter is learning and loving it!
Review added 10/23/2009
The classes are set up in a clear educational pattern. They include fun and games, music, signs, toys, books, and other things the kids love! The teacher, Christina, is incredibly knowledgeable (not just the signs, but how to remember, use, and combine the signs to make them perfect for baby use) and wonderful with the kids!
Review added 7/31/2009
We went to the intro. class at around 5 months and we learning so much in just 1/2 hour. Our daughter was a little young to understand what was going on but it is definitely somewhere we will be going in the future.
Review added 6/9/2009
Christina is an amazing teacher and her curriculum and methodology is rock solid. She uses songs, toys, and fun activities that really grab the babies' attention and help the parents learn the signs and how to work with your baby. We took series A, B and C and at 18 months our baby could use more than 75 signs! It is so rewarding for us to be able to communicate with him this way and it eliminates a lot of frustration for all of us. A highly worthwhile experience!
Review added 4/22/2009
We just completed 6 weeks of Baby Sign Language class through PELP series A. I have to say that the material given to us was very helpful. I have zero experience with signing prior to taking this class (every Tuesday afternoon). When we started the class my son was 9.5 months. I started the basic signing with him and meal time is our favorite 'signing' time (as suggested by teacher Christina to start picking a specific time to sign with baby). First 4 months I almost thought that signing was not for him, he screamed impatiently everytime I pause the feeding to do some signs. But I started to see a great improvement at week 5, he started to engage and pay more attention when I sign (although he hasn't signed back).
And taa taa raaaa....on week 6 he started signing "more" repeatedly during meal time.
I was overjoyed and encouraged to keep on signing w/ my baby eversince.
The program was fun, signing with lots of songs and wonderful toys. Great tips and encouragement from Christina (we had a very positive experience with her). She was always cheerful, patient and very friendly with all the babies.
The only thing I wish was that I have a much more relax and friendly group. It would of made learning as a new parents more relaxing, positive and encouraging.
Definitely would recommend this class to all parents with babies though...
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