Here’s a great song for any TWILIGHT fans – Christina Perri’s beautiful song – ‘A Thousand Years’. As Tracy is currently recovering from a shoulder operation, I thought I’d do a bit of Carpool karaoke signing here with my daughter Ella (this is one of Ella’s favourite songs). Ella turned 18 last year so the…
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We’re off to Whipsnade Zoo Special Children’s Weekend so thought it would be fun for a wild Makaton sync and sign this week with our new lion wig. So grab yourselves a pith helmet, safari shirt, a lion wig, some facepaint and an inflatable saxophone and you are good to go! Here is the…
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We are thrilled to announce that we are going to be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival again this Summer! Come and join us this August on a magical, musical journey around the world! The show will feature rhymes and songs from our DVDs and CDs plus some exciting new songs for older participants! Come…
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Welcome back to another Makaton Sync and Sign post! To celebrate the fact that we are going to Scotland for the EDINBURGH FRINGE festival in August, we had a spare 15 minutes after we finished in the studio and before Miles’s School bus came back! So, we grabbed a couple of denim shirts, popped the…
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We are thrilled to announce that we have launched a Pledge Music Campaign to create a fresh and contemporary album and DVD of Makaton signed pop songs for older children / teenagers and adults who use Makaton. As you know we are well-known for creating Early Years / Schools resources to help young children learn…
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Here’s a tuuuuuuuuune for you to enjoy! We really had a laugh doing this Carpool karaoke of “It’s Raining Men” by the Weather Girls. When this 80s classic comes on at your next party, thanks to us you can now dazzle your friends with a full-on signed rendition. All you need to do is grab…
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This week it’s time for a bit of 70s cheese! We both grew up with parents who loved (and still love!) the Carpenters so it was inevitable that many of their top tunes have become ingrained in us. We love “SING” – the message is great for both children and the adults that we work…
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Happy New Year everyone! Now that we are firmly in 2017, it’s time for us to put down the jingle bells and take off the Santa hats……just for a little while at least! It’s a really short term this Spring, so we were straight back out on the road again this week. To pass the…
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Foxes Hotel is a very special place. Delightfully situated on the seafront of the beautiful seaside town of Minehead it is the UK’s only training hotel for young people with learning disabilities. Miles will be 18 next summer and moving into adulthood. He is currently in a 6th form at a special school and will…
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Inspired by James Corden, we’ve decided to start a Makaton Carpool Karaoke series for a bit of fun – and what better song to do towards the end of the Summer Term than Cliff’s ‘Summer Holiday’! Here’s the Makaton sign translation – it’s nice and simple with only a couple of signs per line: We’re…
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