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…
Friday 15th March 2019 is Comic Relief aka #RedNoseDay so we were delighted to be asked to create a video for Comic Relief Schools. Here’s our Makaton-signed version of the ‘Put a Nose on It!’ song by Out of the Ark Music. Warning! It’s a huge #earworm!! Incase you haven’t seen them already, there are…
We’ve just updated our “Forthcoming Events” page with lots of exciting trips around the UK. These include trips to both London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo Special Children’s Day in May and June – both great weekends out for the family! We’ve got loads of events for #WDSD19 and concerts anywhere from Brighton, the Midlands, then…
For World Book Day 2019, we are thrilled to have collaborated with a group of organisations led by disabled children’s charity, Family Fund, to create a video using Makaton sign language of The Snail and the Whale, written by former children’s laureate Julia Donaldson.. York-based Family Fund, which supports families raising disabled or seriously ill…