Sign of the week: 'Sad' When a young child is overwhelmed with emotion, he often finds it difficult to communicate how he feels. A simple sign that he can use enables you to address the issue and comfort him. #earlyyears #vocabulary #wordgap graphic by @DeafBooks

Sign of the week! 'Slowly'. Taken from our Sign4Stories programme, but this could also be used as a behavior management sign. Giving your children visual as well as verbal instructions is so much more effective! Graphic by @DeafBooks #vocabulary #earlyyears

Sign of the week! Probably the sign everyone on our training days likes best. It's very effective, can be used many times throughout the day and very useful if you don't want to shout across the playground! [Move fists from side to side while shaking head.] Graphic by @DeafBooks

The sun is shining and there are only 5 more days to go until Half Term! How are your children feeling? Can a 2 year old, or a child with speech delay tell you when he is clearly excited?Maybe not with words, so here's the sign to help them say and sign it #earlyyears @DeafBooks

Lovely clip of two young brothers reading a book together, using simple sign language. Even the younger preverbal brother can join in - while he can't form the spoken words clearly yet, his hands can do the signs! youtu.be/Fha8ZsdxupI

Young children feel a wide range of emotions, but can't express them, often resulting in unwanted behavior. Our Little Talkers course teaches children as young as 2 years old to 'name and tame' their emotions. Here's one of them: Disappointed. #wordgap #earlyyears @DeafBooks

Sign of the week: 'On' from our #earlyyears Sign4Maths programme. Do your kids struggle with positional language? Our signs show what the word means. At the same time it gives them a way to do and say the word, helping them to remember and recall it better.#wordgap @DeafBooks

@BangkokPatana we can't believe it's been three years since we delivered or Sign4Learning training to your staff! We were delighted with the impact it had. Fond memories of a great team at your amazing school!

Sign of the week is 'Calm down' from our 'Sign4Feelings and Behaviour' programme. Try saying and signing it to your children and watch how well they respond. Closing the #vocabularygap starts in #earlyyears with #signlanguage. TY @DeafBooks for the graphic

Closing the #vocabularygap by using signs to support spoken language. Targeting specific areas of vocabulary means measurable results in just 6 weeks. #earlyyears This is a fun and research proven intervention!

After 3 days of training & great feedback we're looking forward to seeing the impact of Signing @BangkokPatana

Lots of enthusiasm from delegates from all over the world made for a fun packed day of training @schoolsupportluton