SING AND SIGN CHELMSFORD, SOUTH WOODHAM, WITHAM AND MALDON

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Signing with your baby is the most rewarding, awe-inspiring and quite incredible adventure. I am so lucky to be experiencing it first-hand with my second baby boy having already reaped so many rewards from signing with my eldest.

The music is catchy, the words nice and simple; before long you will be singing in your sleep! We have a song for your every day routines so that baby can associate a given tune with a given action such as changing a nappy, going to bed or having a bath. It makes life that much easier.

My eldest rewarded with me with signs from around 9 months and soon followed with beautiful speech. I wholeheartedly attributed his wonderful pronunciation to signing, as you learn to speak clearer, define key words and annunciate. His vocabulary was also incredibly vast from a very young age which made "conversation" so interesting whether that was spoken or signed! The Stage 2 curriculum set him in good stead for school too even though it was a couple of years away - we returned to the alphabet and phonics which brought his reading along leaps and bounds. I believe that signing eliminated the frustration of being misunderstood as we could always communicate with one another and more importantly shared a language that we both understood.

Babies are so clever - they can hear the sound, see your hands AND see your mouth moving too. My baby boy is rewarding me daily with signs and sounds showing a fabulous understanding of his world around him whilst letting me in to his world too. It really is so much fun but useful too! You just need to remember the importance of repetition and consistency at home, then enjoy reaping the rewards of your efforts.