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

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 – but feel free to do fewer signs initially if that helps.  And don’t forget to sing and sign I WENT TO THE PARK with Singing Hands to reinforce the signs you’ve learnt in this book.  Happy signing!

Story text and Sign Transcription

Poppy and Jack are going to the Park today.  Hello Poppy! Hello Jack! (P / J / GO / PARK / TODAY / HELLO / P / HELLO / J)

It’s raining outside.   They put on their wellies and raincoats – then off they go to play. (RAIN / OUTSIDE / WELLIES / ANORAK / GO / PLAY)

“Look! There’s a pond.  Let’s go and find some ducks,” says Jack.  Quack! Quack! (LOOK / POND / GO / FIND / DUCKS / TALK / J / DUCK SIGN FOR QUACKS)

Poppy runs and jumps in some puddles.  Splash! Splash! (P / RUN / JUMP / PUDDLE / SPLASH)

Jack and Poppy play hide-and-seek in the trees.   Can you see them? (J / P / PLAY / HIDE / LOOK / TREE / SEE)

Next, the friends go the playground.  “What shall we do?” says Poppy (NEXT / FRIENDS / GO / PLAYGROUND / WHAT / DO / TALK / P)

Poppy pushes Jack on the swing. “More! More!” says Jack (P / J / SWING / MORE / MORE / TALK / J)

Poppy goes down the slide – wheeee! (P / SLIDE)

The friends go on the roundabout.  Round and round they go.  “Stop! I’m dizzy,” laughs Jack (FRIENDS / ROUNDABOUT *AND RPT / STOP / I / DIZZY / LAUGH / J)

Next the friends go up and down on the seesaw. “Hold on tight Jack,” says Poppy.  “This is fun,” says Jack (NEXT / FRIENDS / SEESAW / *GESTURE HOLD HANDLE TIGHT / J / TALK / P / FUN / TALK / J)

It’s time to go home.  “Don’t forget your scooter,” says Jack (TIME / GO / HOME / NO / FORGET / SCOOTER / TALK / J)

They get home and take off their coats.  “Let’s sit down and have a hot chocolate and a biscuit,” says Poppy.  Goodbye! (HOME / TAKE OFF COAT / SIT DOWN / HOT / CHOCOLATE DRINK / BISCUIT / TALK / P / GOODBYE

Vocabulary and Makaton Stages

Stage 1

BISCUIT

GO

GOODBYE

HELLO

HOME

I

LOOK

MORE

NO

SEE

TO SIT

WHAT

Stage 2

TREE

Stage 3

JUMP

RUN

 Stage 4

DO

FRIEND

OUTSIDE

PLAY

Stage 5

STOP

TIME

Stage 6

FORGET

TALK

Stage 7

RAIN

TODAY

Stage 8

FIND

NEXT

Finger Spelling Alphabet

J

P

Animal Transport and Vehicles

DUCK

National Curriculum part 1

LAUGH [FUN]

POND

Food and Drink

HOT CHOCOLATE DRINK

Other Resources / Makaton Hub

ANORAK

DIZZY

HIDE

PARK

PLAYGROUND

PUDDLE

ROUNDABOUT

SCOOTER

SEESAW

SLIDE

SPLASH

SWING

TAKE OFF COAT

WELLIES