where in york can learn makaton sigh language?

Question

i work in a pre school working with under fives and i feel this would be useful is there any couses you could do from home

Answer 1

http://www.york.gov.uk/learning/adulteducation/l4f_sept06_lang.pdf this is a prospectus for a college in york that does it most colleges do it and try the British sign language web site they have advice and DVD on this

Answer 2

I don't know what you mean by "makaton" but there are many online websites that teach signs. Try http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu:16080/sites/aslweb
Or, look up "american sign language" on google or whatever. I think that's what you are talking about.


Also, though I am a big believer in teaching young children how to sign you need to be saying the word you are signing and try to get them to say (or attempt) the word they are signing, otherwise you could delay their actual verbal communication, which is not a good thing.

Answer 3

I use Makaton in my setting (Nursery for 2.5 to 5 year olds) as we have a little girls with communication difficulties and she uses Makaton,

Try this web site

http://www.makaton.org/resources/national-curriculum.htm

Its really fun to learn Try it and good luck

Answer 4

There's a guy- I can't remember his name, but he used to present play bus and he has made videos of children's songs signed using Makaton and so that might be a good place to start. My mum used to use it at her nursery. Check with your council as well- if you work for them they should run courses that your school can send you to for free, there's only a very basic vocab so it's not hard to pick up very quickly and using songs with actions really helps.
Dave Benson-Phillips his name was- I just remembered!

Answer 5

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=makaton&btnG=Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

Makaton is a very simple language with a small vocabulary, here's a google search, you can probably find quite a lot about it online.
Also try your local social services, staff probably learn makaton and may have some resources.
If its for your job, your school should be helping you with this!

Answer 6

I've just started workin with a little girl who has great learning difficulties in the reception class. I signed myself up to learn sign language online, its a great course. its on the the british sign language website - http://www.british-sign.co.uk/

Answer 7

in new york