sing and sign birmingham
London
I live in Birmingham with my Partner James and my 3 wonderful Children - Flynn,
Coel and Phoebe. I have enjoyed signing with my older sister, through my work -
working with children/adults with additional needs and A/autism and with my own
children! Using baby signing with my children (starting with Flynn in 2001!), it
helped them to tell me what they wanted/needed or how they were feeling. Baby
signing boosted their confidence, helped them to be included and lessened their
frustration! It really is amazing when your baby can start a 'conversation' with
you about something that they are interested in! My children could tell me so,
so much with their signs, before they were physically able to tell me with their
voices - just wonderful! They were all super keen to say the words that they
were signing too, which eventually happened in abundance! Flynn and Coel are
both now very articulate, happy boys, who are proud to still be able to sign. My
Daughter Phoebe is now 5 and she adored her Sing and Sign journey! She really is
an avid dinosaur fan and I believe that she could actually talk the hind legs
off a donkey (or T-Rex), telling you all the dinosaur names! She has started
school now and as with her brothers, her teachers are amazed at her astounding
vocabulary and she proudly shares her signing! It really is a magical and
wonderful skill to learn together and one that can be taken on through life too!
My work prior to this has always been promoting rights and inclusion - why
shouldn't little ones have this too?! I study British Sign Language (BSL) also
and I am currently at Level 3 and I am passionate about Deaf Awareness too.
Being so passionate about communication and baby signing lead to me wanting to
tell the World! - well Birmingham at least and so I bought my own little bit of
Sing and Sign! I am very excited and happy to be able share Sing and Sign with
you!