TinyTalk Baby Signing – Melton Mowbray (Fri AM) Autumn Term 1

Activity Description

Help your baby find their voice with our award winning TinyTalk baby signing classes! You will learn how to communicate with your baby before they can speak, using British Sign Language signs.

What can you expect at a TinyTalk class?

– Weekly themes such as bedtime, family or a trip to the park give you the signs you need to share baby’s world and daily routine, using British Sign Language (BSL) signs
– An interactive music class featuring well-known nursery rhymes, action songs, specially composed music and instruments
– Hands-on sensory activities delight your baby and develop all-round communication skills such as vocalising, listening and taking turns. They also stimulate your baby’s senses, encourage their tracking skills and develop their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills
– Time to relax with a cuppa and make new friends whilst your baby enjoys social playtime

TinyTalk classes are run in blocks of 12 weeks (bookable by half a term at a time), though you can often start at any time (subject to space). Each block covers the most important 50 core signs which we know will make a huge difference. Our classes do not repeat across a year and, as babies’ interests develop, so many families choose to return time after time. We cover 150 signs in all, and a few amazing babies have learned almost all of them!

A signing baby:

– can tell you what they’re thinking about BEFORE they can talk
– can tell you what they want, how they’re feeling or what they’re looking at
– is a very happy, chuffed little being – DELIGHTED to be understood!
– has very happy parents / carers who have ‘a window to their baby’s mind’ (and don’t need to ‘guess’!)
– is a confident communicator, with an early understanding of language AND able to express themselves

And signing does NOT stop babies talking!

In fact, because at TinyTalk we ALWAYS teach signs with speech, showing our babies how to make the signs and how to say the words, many of our signing babies also start to make early attempts at initial speech sounds, e.g. ‘m’ for ‘Mummy’, when they’re making the signs. Our babies are keen to get their message out! (And their parents / carers are keen to support them, knowing how much they have to say before they can actually speak.)

Classes suitable from newborn – 17 months