I have been taking Mia to Sing and Sign since she was 13 months old. I wish we had started sooner as Mia has absolutely loved going to this class! I had heard of baby signing before but had never considered taking Mia to a baby signing class. Partly because I was a little sceptical at first as to whether it would work for Mia. Mostly because I knew I was unlikely to use the signs at home. I'm very forgetful with things like that and rushing around most of the day too. Surprisingly I did remember to use a few signs (drink, eat and aeroplane) these I tried to use often with Mia. The funny thing is Mia didn't use the eat or drink or aeroplane sign, however she did start using some signs just from the lesson we had once a week. She
uses a lot of the signs in the songs for example the sign for music, sing and rainbow. She does also sign the word for sign, cat, gone and hat. It's not always clear when they are signing as they're not always as obvious and precise as us. That's why when singing songs you can see which parts they are signing and then know which signs they use. I was impressed that Mia had picked this up so quickly considering we hadn't been attending long and I wasn't signing much at home.
The other part to the class which Mia loves is when Jessie the cat is introduced. Jessie starts by hiding and then pops up. Jessie then comes round to each child individually to say hello.
This is Mia with Jessie cat. Mia loves to feel Jessie's whiskers and touch her nose.
We have also learnt a good song for potty training which I'm sure will come in very useful once we start thinking about potty training. I bought Mia a book staring Jessie about using the potty. It's a lift the flap and Mia loves it! You can also purchase DVDs to use at home. I know mums who use these DVDs at home and their babies love them!
We will miss sing and sign but now Mia is turning 2 soon and beginning to use language more and more I felt our time had come to a natural end at sing and sign. I will definitely start again if we have another baby in the future though.
If you are looking for a fun class to take your baby to why not give sing and sign a try.
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