Both Tracy and I originally learned to use Makaton with our own oldest children, who both have special needs.
As parents, we then found it instinctive to 'sign and sing' with our children. But our company Singing Hands was only formally established when our children were due to attend mainstream nursery in 2003.
At this point we both felt we had more time to begin to develop our programme and resources, which aim to bring signing and singing together in an innovative way.
The programme provides a dynamic but practical approach to signing. Initially, sessions are run with children and staff to introduce the use of signs through songs, stories and games.
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