Thank you for your kind words from my last blog post and I am excited to see that you liked the idea of learning to spell your little ones name in sign language!

So I have started a list and we will be working our way through them over the next couple of weeks – feel free to add your babies name and I can add them on! I promised we would start with my daughter’s name

For those of you that don’t know and haven’t guessed from the above my daughter’s name is Isabella.

The vowels are always spelt out on your left hand which makes spelling of names nice and easy! I always give each parent a copy of their child’s name on week one of the course and then on the last week get them to sign back to me without using the piece of card!

I also just wanted to answer Bethan’s question from the last blog post who asked about tips of signing to a deaf child, I think it is important to ensure that you are using signs that they are also learning, baby sign language can be a mix of both Makaton and British Sign Language so there could be two different signs being used, a child with hearing difficulties may only be being taught BSL. Through my videos, here and classes I do try and discuss any differences so that you can be aware of them.

I look forward to helping you all fingerspell your child’s name!

Louise Mum to Isabella xx
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