Sing and Sign Amersham, Berko, Chesham and Hemel

Jessie and Nicole hosted our first Christmas party class yesterday! It’s such a magical and fun time of year with our little ones💫👶

We still have space a few spaces left in our Ashley Green class next week, so why not come and join us!🎄🎅

https://bookmyclass.co.uk/singandsign/?FID=48

For those who can’t make a Christmas class or would just like some more; it’s nearly time for our Sing and Sign Christmas to begin!
Exclusively for our online members ... songs, videos and arts & crafts.
Access begins on December 12th and lasts for three weeks, so plenty of time to book.

https://www.bookmyclass.co.uk/SingandSign/booking.aspx?BFID=100&CID=95204

Are you coming along to our Christmas class?!

Lots of Christmas songs, signing and fun; including coffee, tea, mince pies and Xmas gifts for the little ones. Details of this can be found on the ‘special events’ tab on the link below.

You don’t have to be currently in classes to attend, great way to come and also try out a class. Aimed at little ones under 2🥰

https://bookmyclass.co.uk/singandsign/?FID=48

What a great first half of this term!🤩
We are now on our 2 week break and return w/c 3rd of November.
Don’t forget that you can still keep learning and having fun at home, with your online membership😻

If you are still thinking of joining us; why not come along the first week of November, as we have a few trial spaces available😊

Top Tip Tuesday…. What does your baby love and engage with? ❤️ If you observe your little one closely you’ll see, just like us adults, there are things they are more drawn to than others.

🤩 If they’re excited by something, they’ll be more motivated to use the sign, so incorporate signs for those things into your baby signing as well as the signs that are most useful to you.

Using signs for animals 🐶🐷🦁🐵🦆🐸🐴, vehicles 🚙🚒🚲🚜✈️🚂 and people 👵👦👨‍🦳👶 can often really engage your baby and give them the tools to tell you what they’re excited about.

What signs does your baby use to tell you what they love? 😍

Tuesday’s Top Tip 😁….. If you’re new to Sing and Sign, maybe you’re feeling excited about all the signs you’ve seen and are keen to use them or maybe you’re not sure where to start! 🤔

Or maybe you and your little one have been doing Sing and Sign classes for a term or two already and perhaps you’re now feeling tempted to use lots of signs together. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Whatever your stage• KEEP IT SIMPLE •

Our golden rule of one sign per spoken sentence will draw your baby’s attention to the most important word, helping them to understand more of what you’re saying and helping them to make connections between words, signs and their meaning. Remember baby signs are visual signposts for words 😊 Simplicity is key!

Why sign with your baby? 👶💬

👩‍🍼 Baby signing helps little ones understand that communication isn’t just noise - it’s a meaningful way to express needs, feelings, and experiences. Whether it’s “milk,” “more,” or something as profound as “ouch” and “home,” signing gives babies a voice before they have words

🧠 Research by R. Thompson et al., shared via the National Institutes of Health, found that babies who learned signs had fewer episodes of crying and tantrums. A calmer, more connected start to life? Yes please!

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1868823/

Curious about this magical early communication tool?
✨Come along to class for a trial.

First week and lots of signs and new themes being covered in class 🙌

Remember if this is your first term, to introduce the signs slowly.
It’s better to use 1 sign consistently all week, rather than lots only a couple of times.

Tuesday’s Top Tip…..

At Sing and Sign, our aim is to encourage speech. 😊

We use signs to highlight key words in our spoken sentences and to help babies and toddlers make connections between words, objects, people and activities.

Remember to always say the word (or make the noise of the animal or vehicle) when you sign - never sign in silence.

You’ll probably notice that you start to emphasise the key word too as signing naturally slows your speech down around that word and that draws attention to it even more!🙌

LIBRARY SESSIONS THIS WEEK! 🎶📚🤝😻
Tuesday 9th 10:30am - Amersham Library
Wednesday 10th 10:30am - Chesham Library

Before our new term starts next week, Nicole will be running 2 free library sessions aimed at under 2’s. We’d love to see you and your little one there 🥰
Book ahead for Chesham on their website.