Hands Only

Happy Mother’s Day to the beautiful mums shaping little hearts and growing bright futures 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

Here's alphabet signing with my kids!

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Today we all celebrate our beautiful language, Auslan. It’s Auslan Day on the 13th of April each year, and I feel so proud of all my little clients who are learning Auslan through Hands Only. I’m also grateful for each child’s wonderful family who are part of this second language journey with Auslan. It’s especially meaningful to see young children feel included, connected, and confident within their community.

With permission from some parents, I’ve shared a little video with you all. Many children are not included, as I respect the wishes and privacy of families, especially for those who are underage.

At Hands Only, we are passionate about supporting deaf children aged 0-5 during the most important years of language development. We focus on creating a rich visual learning environment, both in sessions and at home, so children can learn Auslan naturally through everyday routines, interaction, and family connection. Learning Auslan at home helps build strong communication, confidence, and a deep sense of belonging from the very beginning. Every child deserves to feel seen, understood, and included and through Auslan, we help make that possible.

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Best moment ever: my daughter seeing a pelican for the first time, learning the sign for “pelican,” and excitedly signing it with me. Ducks video too!

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Benefits of Auslan for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Children. See below for ways it can help Parents support their children through playtime and learning Auslan.

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As a parent of a Deaf child, I feel deep pain and heartbreak about the lack of understanding, inclusion, and support for Deaf children in childcare centres. Deaf children deserve the same care, respect, safety, and opportunities as every other child.

This is not just my story. Many Deaf children and families face the same struggles every day. We need awareness, education, and real change, especially in early childhood settings, where children are learning who they are and where they belong understand about Auslan need at the centre.

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