Sing and Sign is the multi award winning original British baby signing programme!
Have you ever looked at your crying baby in despair, wishing there was a way in which he or she could let you know what he/she'd like? Well there is!
Babies naturally use all kinds of signs and gestures as a natural part of learning to talk, such as pointing or waving. Encouraging your baby by showing extra signs such as 'milk,' 'more,' 'change nappy' or 'tired' will help your baby to communicate his thoughts, desires and needs - resulting in a content little person!
Baby signing with Sing and Sign is easy because we make it great fun to learn! Your baby will recognise important words sooner and can use the signs to communicate with you before speech.
We use puppets, props and instruments during our fun sessions to enable parents to remember signs and for babies to enjoy the musical and social aspects of our classes! We build each week on what we have learnt in our baby centred topic of the week and show the most useful and motivating signs that a baby might want to use.
Sing and Sign Stage 1 classes are ideal for babies from around 6 months plus, although it is never too early to start signing with your baby. I also run our NEW Sing and Sign babes class, for babies under 6 months, in Harlow, please see my other listing. If you are unable to make that class, please see the main Sing and Sign website, www.singandsign.co.uk, for details of our brilliant DVD which can help you start signing at home.
Netmums award winning 10 week courses starting in September, January & April/May. Courses can stand alone or as part of our 4 term programme.
Stage 1
Tuesdays 9.40 and 11.40 am, Bishop's Park Community Centre
Stage 2 (for older babies who have completed 2 terms of Stage 1)
Tuesdays 10.40am, Bishop's Park Community Centre
I also run classes in Sawbridgeworth and Harlow, please see my other listings for details.
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Guest
Katy hosts wonderful structured classes where the children not only have the opportunity to learn but enjoy themselves too, classes include playing with instruments, pulling toys out of bags, and getting excited as Jessie Cat plays peekaboo out of the box! Every child gets the chance to join in and Katy is so good with all of them. I have found baby signing easy, fun and useful, it's been a joy to watch my child communicate with me before speech and I really believe her speech is so good because of the signing. It's useful to know she wants her milk or is hungry but more importantly she has been able to tell me through signing about something that has excited her and gets excited that I understand what she's telling me! Highl recommended!!
Guest
Sing & Sign has been a defining part of my daughter's life so far! She was able to use signing to communicate well before her first birthday and I know that Sing & Sign has played a significant role in her development. Now 21 months old, she continues to communicate using signing alongside her speech which is excellent (I know we all think our little ones are geniuses, but honestly, her speech really is good!!). I am sure that this is down to Sing & Sign tapping into the innate ability that they all have to communicate from a very young age. Not only is Katy one of the nicest people you will ever meet, she is also very obviously committed to teaching and gives 100% in every class, creating a fun, friendly and relaxed atmosphere whilst adeptly teaching both the babies and the adults to sign. It doesn't feel like a 'class', you learn without even realising it! If you want to give your baby a head-start, Sing & Sign with Katy is a must!
Guest
Sing and Sign is by far the best class I have signed up to. It is a full and funpacked hour and I find I can actually sit back a little whilst my little boy enjoys every second. I intially thought it was all about learning, learning, learning but it's not! We sing and play and the babies just love it. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Katy, our teacher is just amazing. It's also so reasonable for what you get.
Guest
Sing and Sign is a great activity for your little ones. Regardless of the benefits of having a way of communicating with little ones before language develops (which is in itself a great thing) it also helps language skills form by using music and labelling with pictures and actions. Katy is a brilliant teacher, very entertaining for the little ones and happy to let the kids engage on their own terms.
Guest
I took my son Joe to 3 terms of sing and sign with Katie and they were fab! We did the 4th term in another area due to relocating and really missed Katie's classes. We are going back to sing and sign with Joe's little brother as it was definitely money well spent. Joe absolutely loved the classes (as did all the children) and learnt to sign from an early age and could communicate before he was able to talk. Katie is a fantastic teacher and all of the children love her - she's a natural. We only wish we could have taken her to our new area! Sign up today - you won't regret it!
Guest
My son, Thomas, attended four terms of Sing and Sign with Katie and my daughter, Harriet, is half way through her second term. Katie is a great teacher who obviously loves her job! Thomas started talking quite late and relied on his signs to communicate, the whole family soon learnt all the signs too! He now enjoys signing to Harriet, although she's started talking a lot earlier than he did she is using some signs now too! We love Sing & Sign, Katie and Jessie Cat!!
Guest
I took my son Thomas to all 4 terms with the wonderful teacher Katie. Thomas loved it, really enjoyed the class and was able to pick up signing and therefore communicated before he could speak. We are hopefully returning soon for Thomas little sister to start signing. Thoroughly recommend sing and sign classes and if you have Katie teaching, you will be very lucky. Katie is a natural and all the children love her.
Sue S(288)
I took Alice to Katie's classes for all 4 terms from when she was 9 months and she loved them. She's now 3 and still wants to watch the DVD's and play with her Jessie cat. It really helped our communication, as she would sign when she wanted something so less tears of frustration from her!
Guest
Great class - my son really enjoyed them, especially seeing Jessie every week and playing the instruments. He picked up the signs really well and its really helped with his communication! Katie is also really lovely!
Claire N(182)
My son and I are now in our third term of Sing and Sign. Its great fun and Katy is a wonderful teacher. The class sizes are ideal for maximum interaction and the venue in Bishops Stortford is easy to get to with plenty of parking.
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