Welcome to the Instructional Video for Signing Friends – Poppy Goes to the Beach

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.

Underneath the instructional video, you will find a list of the concepts featured in this book and their source (Core or Resource vocabulary).  We have also listed all the signed used per page so you have the option to do the same as us or choose to do fewer signs initially if you wish.  And don’t forget you can sing a couple of Singing Hands songs related to this story – 5 Little Sandcastles and Wheels on the Bus to reinforce the signs you’ve learnt.  Happy signing!

Story text and sign transcription

Poppy and her friends are going to the beach today.  The sun is shining and it is hot outside. (P / FRIEND / BEACH / TODAY / SUN / SHINE / HOT / OUTSIDE)

Jack puts the swimming trunks, swimming costumes and towels in a bag. (J / SWIMMING SHORTS / SWIMMING COSTUME / TOWEL / BAG)

Lola finds the sun lotion, buckets and spades.  What else do they need? Ah yes – sunhats! (L / FIND / SUN LOTION / BUCKET / SPADE / WHAT / WANT / YES / HAT [WITH BRIM])

The friends go on the bus to the beach.  They are very excited.  (FRIEND / BUS / BEACH / EXCITED)

“Look – I can see the sea and the lighthouse,” says Poppy (LOOK / I / SEE / SEA / LIGHTHOUSE / TALK / P)

Zack builds some sandcastles and Lola looks for some seashells.  Can you help her find them? (Z / SANDCASTLE / L / LOOK / SHELL / HELP / FIND)

Jack catches some crabs.  How many can you see in the bucket? (J / CRAB / HOW MANY / SEE / BUCKET)

“I’m feeling hot. I want an ice cream,” says Lola.   “Can I have a lolly?” says Poppy.  (I / HOT / I / WANT / ICE CREAM / TALK / L / I / LOLLY / TALK / P)

The friends swim in the sea. Splash! Splash! The sea is cold.  Brrrr! (FRIEND / SWIM / SEA / SPLASH / SEA / COLD)

Where’s Poppy now? Over there! She’s buying fish and chips for tea.  (WHERE / P / NOW / THERE / BUY / FISH / CHIPS / DINNER)

!Look out Poppy! The seagull has flown off with some of your chips!” laughs Zack (LOOK / POPPY / SEAGULL / FLY / CHIPS / LAUGH / Z)

That was a great day at the beach.  The friends had lots of fun.  “Let’s go home on the bus,” says Poppy.  Goodbye! (GOOD / DAY / BEACH / FRIEND / FUN / GO / HOME / BUS / TALK / P / GOODBYE)

Vocabulary and Makaton stages

Stage 1

BUS

DINNER [1]

GO

GOOD [1]

GOODBYE

HOME

I

LOOK

SEE

THERE

WHAT

WHERE

YES

Stage 2

COLD

HOT [1] [FEELING HOT]

ICE CREAM

 Stage 3

NOW

SWIM [TO]

 Stage 4

BAG

FRIEND

OUTSIDE

Stage 5

HELP[1]

WANT

Stage 6

SEA

TALK

Stage 7

BUY [TO]

HOW MANY

SUN

TODAY

DAY

Stage 8

FIND

Additional

CHIPS

FISH [2] [FOOD]

LOLLY

TOWEL

Finger Spelling Alphabet

J

L

P

Z

Animal Transport and Vehicles

CRAB

SEAGULL

National Curriculum part 1

LAUGH [FUN]

BEACH

Other Resources

FLY [BIRD]

BUCKET

EXCITED

LIGHTHOUSE

SANDCASTLE

SHELL

SHINE [SUNSHINE]

SPADE

SPLASH

SUNHAT

SUNLOTION

SWIMMING COSTUME

SWIMMING SHORTS