Welcome to the Instructional Video for Signing Friends – Poppy & Zack’s A-B-C

The video is aimed at parents, caregivers, teachers, support workers and other professionals to pre-learn the signs for this story.  Watch and practise as many times as you need till you feel confident with the Makaton signs.  Then go ahead and enjoy signing the story with your Makaton user.   We hope you have lots of fun learning Makaton together.

You will have learnt the alphabet and the concepts from the video – but your child can also enjoy learning the gestures from characters who are signing all the letters in the book.  And don’t forget you can also practise your fingerspelling with one of the many alphabet songs by Singing Hands (e.g. A You’re Adorable, ABC Goodbye, Alphabet song, Christmas Alphabet).  Happy signing!

Story Text and Sign Transcription

A apple (A / APPLE)

B balloon (B / BALLOON)

C car (C / CAR)

D dinosaur (D / DINOSAUR)

E egg (boiled) (E / EGG)

F fish (F / FISH)

G glasses (G / GLASSES)

H helicopter (H / HELICOPTER)

I ice cream (I / ICE CREAM)

J jigsaw puzzle (and we’ve signed all 3 types in the video) (J / JIGSAW PUZZLE)

K koala (K / KOALA)

L light (L / LIGHT)

M mermaid (M / MERMAID)

N nappy (N / NAPPY)

O octopus (O / OCTOPUS)

P pig (P / PIG)

Q queen (Q / QUEEN)

R rocket (R / ROCKET)

S sun (S / SUN)

T toilet (T / TOILET)

U umbrella (U / UMBRELLA)

V volcano (V / VOLCANO)

W window (W / WINDOW)

X x-ray (X / X-RAY)

Y yoghurt (Y / YOGHURT)

Z zip  (Z / ZIP)

Vocabulary and Makaton Stages

Core Vocabulary

Stage 1

CAR

TOILET

Stage 2

LIGHT

WINDOW

Stage 3

APPLE

EGG

FISH

ICE CREAM

PIG

Stage 7

SUN

Stage 8

BALLOON

Additional  

GLASSES

QUEEN

Resource vocabulary

Animals Transport and Vehicles

HELICOPTER

KOALA

OCTOPUS

ROCKET

Food and Drink

YOGHURT

Personal Social and Health Education

NAPPY (ECO AND DISPOSABLE – THERE ARE TWO SIGNS)

X-RAY

ZIP

Other Resources/Makaton Hub

DINOSAUR

JIGSAW (THERE ARE THREE TYPES)

MERMAID

UMBRELLA

VOLCANO