Little Signers Club

My name is Catriona and I am the Little Signers club teacher for the Bletchley, Leighton Buzzard, Woburn and Woburn Sands areas.  I live in Milton Keynes with my young son, Taig.

I heard about the idea of signing with babies when my nephew was born in 1999, and it seemed like one of those ideas that was fabulous in it's simplicity.  I first learnt to sign with my son when he was only a few months old, and although he didn't sign back very much himself, he was enthralled with the process, and seemed to understand what we were trying to acheive.  For a long time after he started talking, the words "thank you" were invariably accompanied by the sign; and I now find it impossible to sing "Twinkle Twinkle" without the gestures alongside.  These days, I swear my son has a vocabulary well in advance of his few years - although this is possibly helped along by a mother who's rarely quiet!

Lessons at your home with a group of friends are also possible - you just need to provide a kettle.