We love this classic book by Paul & Henrietta Stickland – so brilliant for our little friends who LOVE dinosaurs or for practitioners who have dinosaurs as an EY topic. It’s also as a great way to practise our opposites signs too! Don’t forget to buy a copy of this book to enjoy at home…
We are thrilled to have been invited to perform at the first ever GREAT WONDERFEST on the beautiful Isle of Wight from the 1st to the 4th August, 2019. This four-day family-friendly festival will be hosted by Dick and Dom and will feature acts such the Vamps, Conor Maynard, Busted, Sigma, Rastamouse, Peppa Pig…….and us…
We are so excited to see yet another Makaton signed bedtime story – this time told by Mr Tumble himself! Have a go at signing along with him. And you can also print off this handy FREE Makaton handout to help you with the story too: Find the download HERE! Enjoy! SMI x
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Eric Carle’s classic story, here is our Makaton signed version for you to enjoy. We must have read this story a million times to our own children but also in our Singing Hands classes – it’s such a favourite and is brilliant for learning signs for days of the…
As you all know, we love singing and signing about colours, but we also love reading stories with colourful themes. This story about a little child discovering lots of colourful farm animals introduces some perfect EY vocabulary in a fun way! As with so many of the books we like to sign, this story has…
We are delighted to announce not one, but two new products available now over on our shop this month! The first is the Sweet Imagineers DVD by our friends Shabang Theatre company. The DVD features 11 original and catchy songs, all signed in Makaton. Meet Mimi & Flo-Bo, daydreamers with memories and imaginations to keep them…
We’ve had an amazing month of activities celebrating with different support groups across the UK for #WDSD19 and enjoyed rocking our socks with you all! In early March we visited our friends at South Manchester DS Support group for a concert, followed by a concert in Bolton for High Five Support Group. Later in the…
To celebrate #WDSD19, the Cbeebies Bedtime Story slot featured another Makaton signed story – but this time by none other than Mr Tumble! The story is called ‘Susan Laughs’ which is written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Tony Ross. The beauty of this story is in the simple vocabulary with colourful, engaging illustrations. These…
This song is one of our favourite tracks from our SINGING HANDS GOES POP DVD. It’s a cover of Robbie Williams’s LOVE MY LIFE and the lyrics are just perfect for our community. It’s so uplifting and positive! This track appears on our Pop DVD which we were able to make due to the amazing…
The 21st March is World Down Syndrome Day and the #wouldntchangeathing hashtag is destined to be all over our screens again and we are thrilled once more to have been able to support this amazing Charity. Even more so this time because Miles features as one of the young people in the video – look…