Baby Sensory Signbook

Got the app after attending the classes. The signs are a combination of makaton and asl. As I teacher I’ve used many of the signs and found the app great at refreshing my memory and teaching my son. Not really useful if you want bsl but, this is much easier to teach babies and makaton is commonly used in UK primary schools anyway.

Really disappointed. I expected more than typing a word and a demonstration of how that word is signed (and not even in BSL). I think I expected more of an “education” on how to use them/introduce them to baby. Also the songs just show signs for certain words in the song so if you don’t know how the songs sound this is useless (you can listen to the songs but only if sign up to Spotify etc).

Just purchased and really disappointed with the lack of words available. I would not have bought. Some random words unlikely to use, but others that would be typical and everyday aren’t here

To help the users who are wanting to learn British signs, most of the signs on this app aren’t completely appropriate but the following signs are OK: aeroplane, baby, banana, ball, bed, bicycle, big, big bed, bird, biscuit, black, blanket, blue, boat, book, bottle, breastfeeding, broken, bubble, bye, car, chair, cheese, child, clean, cold, come, cuddly toy, day, drawing, drink, dry, duck, elephant, face, film, fish, fork, girl, give, hat, hear, hello, help, here, house, hungry, hush, I, ice cream, idea, ill, inside, little, man, me, mittens, night, no, orange, outside, paper, pig, round, sailor, same, sand, shop, sign, sister, sky, sleep, sorry, stand, TV, teacher, time, tree, white, winter, yellow, you. For the 165 words in this app that shouldn’t be copied by BSL learners, you can find correct British signs from Deaf Books, Spread the Sign, BSL Signbank, Famlingo, Sign BSL, British-Sign. Although the functionality of the app is good and user friendly, only a third of the signs (83 out of 248) signs are from British Sign Language (BSL). As someone in the UK, I think it’s important that the signs used as a communication tool are also signs that are part of a recognised language used in the UK. This will help with communication with the wider community and when children are in UK schools. Most of the signs in this app aren’t useful for this or are American signs, which British sign language users don’t use. The signs in this app may only be intended for members of the Baby Sensory community but it would be good if the app displayed a disclaimer to inform all users that the majority of the signs aren’t correct for BSL or are based on another country’s signs. Any signs will work as a communication tool but for those wanting to learn official British signs, it would be helpful to let users know which 1/3 of the signs are from BSL and that 2/3 of the signs (165 out of 248) are shouldn’t be copied. A few other things that might be help for the developers to know: There is a video glitch on a couple of the videos; are, how, you. Some of the signs go off the screen and you can’t see them fully. The sign for tomorrow is going the wrong direction. Aside from the content, it’s a cool app and I like the design! It’s just a shame that most of the signs aren’t transferable to British Sign Language. Best wishes

It’s a great app and love teaching my little one to communicate, but it’s really pricey for so few songs. There are so many songs in the baby sensory classes, I expected them all (or at least more than just 5!) to be on the app. Bit disappointing.

All of the signs are completely wrong. Even ‘hello’ is wrong!

Love this app, it’s taught me and my baby how to communicate with each other!

The app is easy to use, but the number of words are limited so really not worth the money.

This app is so easy to use and makes signing at home with your baby so much easier! I like how you can see the sign in slow motion by holding your finger down and moving across the screen which enables you to see clearly how to do it. Would highly recommend!

This app is so useful and easy to use. It shows the sign in a very clear way. The music behind some of the signs links it nicely to the Say Hello to the sun song from classes. Highly recommend