Our Brilliant Baby Signing Blog!
Got a burning question about using signing with your baby or toddler? Perhaps you'd like to know where to start with baby signing - or which signs are important for toddlers - or why you should use baby sign anyway? Chances are we've talked about it here...Tips for Toddlers Who Don’t Share
To share - or not to share? That is the question.. Toddlers. And sharing. Not generally two words that we tend to think of, together, with any degree of equilibrium, really! Toddlers, it seems, are brilliant at understanding the concept where sharing relates to...
I Mean It! How children add signs to speech for emphasis.
If I SIGN it, I MEAN it! This phrase definitely goes for me and my Little Signers. Lyla is 3 (and 3/4s!) and Noah is 2. They know very well that signing adds importance, urgency or emphasis to what they want to say – and the same goes for when mummy does it! Signing...
Ten Reasons to Sing Nursery Rhymes; why you should be using them with your little one
Wind the bobbin up, wind the bobbin up...Sometimes it feels that if you should 'Wind the Bobbin Up' one more time you might just pop! But traditional nursery rhymes have a really important place in the hearts of our little ones - and rightly so, it turns out.Having...
Non-Verbal Cues Your Baby is Hungry (what to look for and how baby signing fits in)
Wouldn’t it be incredible to be able to understand exactly what your little one wants? This parenting malarky is hard. Harder than you expected - and certainly harder than anyone cared to divulge to you before hand. We all desperately want to get things right, first...
First Signs for Babies – How to Sign Milk
Very first signs for you and your baby. What if... crying and tantrums are actually a last resort, not the first way young children look to have their needs met or their wants listened to? What if... little ones as young as 10 weeks could let you know that they want...
Early Literacy and Language? It’s right at your fingertips (not at Clarks)
It’s a busy Saturday. You need new shoes for your little one. It should have been done a couple of weeks ago but somehow there is never quite the time. You know, before you get there, that there will be a queue so you prepare with snacks and games and hope to goodness...