We learn a collection of songs that we sing each week. This repetition helps you to learn the songs, and also helps your little one grow familiar with them and become comfortable in the environment, as they know what to expect. We will also learn new songs each week. You may already be familiar with some of them and other songs will be new to you, However many of them use the rhythms and tunes of traditional nursery rhymes, which helps you to remember them!

All the songs have been carefully selected or written to promote use of everyday signs, a sense of rhythm and most importantly so you can have fun. Children - and most adults - learn best when they are comfortable and enjoying themselves.

The sessions run on a cycle which consist of about a school term's worth, these are repeated. After a couple of terms you may want to move on to the "Walkers and Talkers" group which will develop your little one's vocabulary. This is often done in conjunction with speech, but children learn the signs far quicker than they learn the spoken word.

The Importance of Rhythm

At Early Signs we help babies to discover rhythm in A fun way, which contributes to their ongoing development. Rhythm is an important aspect of all of our lives - just think about how we talk, walk and go about our daily lives. Rhythm infiltrates it all!

Helping babies and young children to have an inner rhythm will help them in all of their learning and developing. Try it at home, put on a tune you enjoy that has a pronounced rhythm to it, do this regularly - each day if you can - and see how quickly your little one can pick up the beat.

Research suggests that having a good sense of rhythm or ‘beat’ helps children to learn to read and write. This is because of the excellent listening skills they have developed through hearing and responding to a beat work. By helping them to hear and understand the different parts of speech, break them down and, in turn, read or write part of and then all of a word.