Sing and Sign baby signing classes in... East Bristol
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Sing and Sign opens a window to your baby's world!
Hello!
By being here, you are doing something wonderful for your baby and family: developing your little one's early communication. We hope to meet you and your baby soon.
Our Summer Term is almost over with just 1 more week for trials! Book Your Space HereSummer Holidays Term is only available online - Look for Class@Home Book Your Space Here
Our Autumn Term is now available to book with spaces already going - Book Your Space Here
Stage 1 is for 6-12 months, Stage 2 is for 13-24 months and both are 10 week programmes for £85 each.
Optional very popular Festive class to round off the term can be added on.
Our class-based terms also include access to our award-winning online platform, on-demand lessons for those at home and fortnightly zoom.Babes is for those under 6 months and is an 8 week programme that also includes online mini lessons and insights into your baby's development.
Where do we teach? (also, look at our venues page for further afield)
Tuesday: Speedwell/St George in Crofts End Church
Wednesday: Longwell Green Community Centre
Friday: Lyde Green
Saturday: zoom catch ups in case you miss your class (alternate Saturday morning, dates TBC)
Classes generally last 35-45 minutes and 30 minutes for Babes.
For more class information and to BOOK - click HERE
For South and West Bristol please look at our sister site HERE
Can't make our classes?
We've got you. Class@Home can be online only for stages 1 and 2. This includes membership to our award-winning platform and 10 on-demand lessons that follow our class-based programme. £50
New for this term, you can now watch the lessons in any order to enjoy which one you like when you like. Perfect when our babies have a favourite!
Read what one of our happy families wrote:
'If there is one thing you do with your child, make sure it is Sing and Sign. The session is enormously enjoyable, whilst sneakily teaching your small person lots of skills (tidying up, sharing, communicating, & socialising as well as signing), all hidden within familiar tunes and lots of laughter. I am coming to the end of my third term with my two year old and I will miss it greatly! This has been the friendliest and most lovingly-held space within which L. has flourished greatly. We both leave taking many good friends with us. What a treat it has been to relax and let the teacher take the reigns once a week!'
About MeI am Tess and I came to teach Sing and Sign 6 years ago after it had a profoundly positive impact on my family. I feel so passionate about baby signing, it’s wonderful to be able to share it and see the benefits in our families.
I attended 9 terms in total with my two children and as well as the enormous fun they had in the classes, it shaped our relationships and we are still seeing the benefits years later of that early communication in their language and communication skills.
I hope you have the same experience and look forward to seeing you and your little one soon,
Tess
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What will you learn at Sing and Sign?
Sing and Sign is a fantastic activity to do with your baby!
> You will learn over 100 signs in each stage to help you connect and communicate with your baby.
> You will discover new songs and games to help make every part of your day together fun.
> Your baby will learn to engage and socialise with others whilst learning life skills such as making friends, helping others, taking turns and of course, communicating.
> It is so special when your baby first tells you something through signing - whether it is naming a favourite animal or asking for 'milk' and a bite to 'eat'! You will also meet other parents from your area with babies of a similar age. Some lifelong friends have been made at our classes!!
>Your baby will love listening to the singing, engaging with the teacher, playing the instruments and interacting with the other children - and Jessie Cat!
My families tell me over and over again how much they enjoy our classes and how beneficial signing has been for them. We are lucky to have welcomed back many families with their new babies so we know we must be doing something right!
Everyone has fun at Sing and Sign: they are special musical classes with a BIG difference!
Tell me more about your online platform - The Jessie Cat Club
This is an award-winning resource that is included with all of our bookings. For Babes you have access to valuable insights from a speech and language therapist on your baby's development as well as mini lessons to share with those at home.
For stages 1 and 2, Gold or Premium access is included (respectively) and includes:
- 12months membership
- Over 250 baby-useful signs with video clips
- Printable bespoke signing resource with over 250 words
- Themed lessons and music videos taking you through the curriculum
- Interactive Games with Jessie Cat's Peekaboo being the favourite! The counting and phonics games are great too!
- Complimentary access to Class@Home during your booked term
What is Sing and Sign CLASS@HOME?
Most of our families enjoy class based lessons. Class@Home is included with these but is also a stand-alone option if you can't make classes. They are part of our wider Jessie Cat Club online platform also included.
A preview of our fabulous Sing and Sign Class@Home is below. This wonderful resource is a programme of 10 pre-recorded lessons, available on demand with unlimited viewing during the term You can make Sing and Sign Class@Home part of your daily routine!
Filmed by Sing and Sign teachers across the country, the magic of Sing and Sign comes home in 10 weekly, themed online sessions. The online class feels very much like your in person class following the usual format with familiar songs, felt board, instruments and of course Jessie Cat playing peek-a-boo!
If you are not a fan of screens for little ones, you can watch the class without your baby first to see the signs then send the audio through a speaker and sing along with your baby!
These online classes are also great for those returning to work, families who can't find a suitable day, or even those Stage Two graduates who don't want to give up just yet as there is no age limit on our classes@home!
We also have interactive zoom classes every other Saturday during term time so those just doing the class@home can still join in with our teachers and other babies!
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Nurseries
Sing and Sign in local nurseries
Sing and Sign in local nurseries
Does your child attend a nursery? Are you a child-care provider looking to provide a strong foundation in speech and language development for your children?
Sing and Sign has an excellent Nursery Affiliation Programme which ticks all of the EYFS framework boxes and is a full and complete programme. This makes it easy to learn, to implement and really benefits the children too. We currently work with a number of providers across the Bristol Area. We will teach staff a selection of signs, tailor made to the nursery's individual requirements and design an Individual Action Plan to inspire staff and make signing fun and easy to incorporate. Our music and online platform means you don't have to worry about forgetting anything, it is all right there and can be accessed all year round. Our ongoing support has your back through this process too.
If your baby attends nursery, you know of a childcare facility or represent one that would be interested in receiving further information, please get in touch on tessamerison@singandsign.co.uk.
Once trained and having all the fabulous resources to hand, you can be rest assured that these childcare providers will be able to communicate with your baby using sign, familiar songs and have a vested interest in your baby's speech and language development.
East Bristol nurseries currently enjoying Sing and Sign affiliation are:
Happy Days in Lyde Green, Cheswick Village and Yate. Happy Days have been working with Sing and Sign for some time and are enthusiastic champions. Evident in the joyous catch up sessions with the children, all enthusiastically joining in and signing.
Kiddi Caru have Nurseries and daycares all over Bristol so there are lots to choose from. Doing an amazing job with the Sing and Sign affiliation, with some fun training sessions are Kiddi Carus in Hanham, Soundwell, Crews Hole, Downend Road and Coronation Road. You can spot some wonderful Sing and Sign boards up inside with "Signs of the week" and more!
Little Puddleducks in Siston are a Sing and Sign Affiliated Nursery and Pre-school who are doing a fab job and have some super signers in their cohort.
Swineford nursery and Pre-school are now adding Sing and Sign to their lovely team and enjoying making it a part of their daily routine.
Snap Dragons in Bath Weston are part of the Nursery Affiliation programme too with multiple rooms benefitting from Sing and Sign.
Are you a childcare provider?
Many parents are now signing with their babies and looking for childcare which can offer the improved level of communication their baby is enjoying at home. For the last ten years, Sing and Sign teachers have been offering workshops for staff and follow up consultancy to nurseries interested in introducing baby signing in their baby and toddler rooms. Our comprehensive Nursery Affiliation Programme helps staff make the most of communicating with the little ones in their care. In-person training sessions are included along with our amazing online platform for ongoing help and all the help you need to make it become an every-day part of your setting.
Sing and Sign benefits the adults too! Carers themselves also benefit from the greater understanding and lessening of frustration that baby signing can offer. Your nursery staff will find it easy to adopt some simple signs with the right encouragement and motivation. As babies find added comfort in the reinforcing of routines and familiar words it can make a rewarding difference!
The Sing and Sign approach is renowned among parents and professionals and highly regarded. Our material has been used for I CAN’s Chatterbox Challenge for many years, we have run classes in Mothercare and for numerous Sure Start services and children's centres across the UK. Incorporating the Sing and Sign approach will also be of great benefit to any members of your staff currently using signs with children in your care who have special needs and encourage inclusivity.
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