Hello and Welcome to my TinyTalk Signing Classes! I’m Maria, your local TinyTalk teacher running classes in Norwich, Wymondham, Attleborough & Toftwood. I also run classes for SureStart Children’s centres. I am a BSL signer (level 2) and mum to three children, Tonita(10), Rowan(8) and my TinyTalker Jenson(6).

I first found out about TinyTalk baby signing from the ‘good morning’ television programme, where I saw Katie Mayne the founder of TinyTalk talking about baby signing. Jenson was my third child so I knew how hard it was trying to work out what babies were trying to tell us. I thought how fantastic it must be to communicate & understand my baby before he could speak. I signed up to be a TinyTalk teacher in Norfolk and over 5 years later have not looked back! I have a fantastic job! I get to meet so many lovely parents & carers; I love the interaction with the babies and still get so much pleasure every time I see them sign, and most of all its fun!

Signing with Jenson was really useful to identify his needs quickly; his first sign at 7 months was milk, quickly followed by more! But what I think was really great was knowing what he found interesting, he could tell me when he saw a bird, an aeroplane or even the moon on a sunny day, he would notice things us adults often took for granted, it was a window into his mind.

TinyTalk classes are 1 hour long starting with ½ hour of singing popular nursery rhymes and action songs with appropriate signs based on the week’s theme such as mealtime signs or animal signs. This is followed by ½ hour social time which is equally important, a chance for the adults to chat and relax with refreshments and a chocolate biscuit (or two!) while the children socialise and play with toys. This is also the perfect opportunity to ask questions or for new signs.

Contact me to find out more about how you can join in TinyTalk babies or our new TinyTalk Toddlers!