Kent Libraries endorse Singalong Baby Sign - try signing with your baby whilst reading their favourite book.

Singalong Baby Sign are thrilled to be invited into Kent Libraries once again to carry out free baby signing demonstrations. These are to be held in the following libraries during August and bookings can be taken for classes at the end. Dartford, Gravesend, Hartley, Longfield, New Ash Green, Otford, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks, Swanley and West Kingsdown library. Please go to www.babysign.org.uk for more details of dates and times.

Why not give your child a head start in language development and the most rewarding gift ever – the gift of being able to communicate with you before he can actually speak.

Hearing babies from around 8 months old are able to communicate simple signs to their parent - how?

Many of you probably use some of the signs with your baby already without realising it.  You wave, point, and say all gone with your hands outstretched, shake or nod your head, and clap hands.  All we do is build on that and give your baby some more signs to help him to let you know what he is thinking.

Parents and babies can come to our signing class from newborn to around 2 years old.   However, from around 6 months old babies become increasingly receptive to language, and as a rule babies tend to make their first sign at around 8 months old.  Signing with your baby is really easy to learn as we sing to nursery rhymes that you already know replacing the “actions” with “signs”.  We also use toys, puppets and musical instruments to assist the learning process and stimulate your baby. 

I often get asked “will my baby still talk if he signs”.  The answer is yes, of course.  If you baby crawls he will still want to walk, it’s just the next step.  Your baby is desperate to communicate with you.  We always say the word as we sign and because you are thinking about signing you tend to speak more slowly helping your baby’s language development further.