Nurseries & Schools

Sign2Music is a popular activity for nurseries and childcare settings. You can welcome us for weekly, monthly or one off themed sessions (eg, Christmas, Easter, Teddy Bears Picnic) or you may prefer to train your staff team to introduce signing to your setting.

We also facilitates sessions in schools, playgroups and preschools. Signing is increasingly popular in schools and preschools throughout the UK, as it supports communication and literacy skills and increases confidence in children. It can also support staff in behaviour management, reducing challenging behaviour.

Benefits

Signing can bring huge benefits to your nursery, school or preschool and the children in your care:

Introduces your staff and children to new fun songs and activities that you can use every day.
It offers your nursery, school or preschool a competitive edge as you offer something that few other settings offer. It will make you the first option for the many families who bring their children to Sign2Music classes and sign with them at home.
Reduces frustration in preverbal children who are enabled to tell their carers what they want and need.
Enhances communication skills and social skills.
Helps children with communication difficulties, learning difficulties and speech delay.
Builds children's confidence and self esteem.
Can help manage behaviour and reduce challenging behaviour.
Because it is multisensory, signing helps children grasp complex ideas, such as colours, and numbers. Fingerspelling can help children learn about letters and sounds improve early literacy.
Enhances physical, emotional and cognitive development.
Supports children for whom English is an additional language.
Supports emotional well-being, helping children express their emotions.
Enhanced communication supports relationships among children and between children and staff.
Complements the Areas of Learning highlighted in the NI Preschool and Foundation Stage Curriculum and introduces children to a second language that is actively used within Northern Ireland.

What we offer:

Regular Sign and Sing sessions are fun activity sessions, lasting 30 - 45 mins and can focus on a topic of your choice. Sessions include music, puppets, signing, singing, stories, bubbles and nursery rhymes. We can also use a parachute if you wish. You can book a block of weekly sessions, monthly sessions or occasional sessions (for Christmas, Easter, Teddy Bears Picnic, open day, etc). If you book for a number of rooms consecutively we may be able to offer you a discount.

Themed sessions focus on seasonal or curriculum linked topics (eg, people who help us, colours, Christmas). These can be occassional or regular.

Sessions for assembly or other events like Christmas / Easter parties. These sessions can be tailored to your requirements

Staff training to support your staff to incorporate signing into your daily activities and/or facilitate regular signed sessions for the children you care for.

Sign2Music Affiliated Nurseries, Schools & Preschools

Staff in the following nurseries, schools, playgroups preschools have been trained by Sign 2 Music and use signs in their setting:

Atlas Women's Centre Creche

7 Bachelors Walk, Lisburn, BT281XJ

Tel: 028 92685006

Website: www.atlaswomenscentre.co.uk

Chatterbox Private Day Care Nursery

75 Bryansford Road, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0LE

Tel: 028 4372 5805

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.chatterboxkids.co.uk

Dundrum Cross Community Playgroup