All you Mr Tumble fans will recognise some of the Makaton signs. It is a fantastic way to communicate with non verbal kids. Although our son’s language is improving, he still uses signs to communicate with us.
Nursery started using signs after our speech and language therapist went to visit our son, so he has been using simple signs for a while now.
School have started to do a sign a week. Last week was toilet and this week is good morning.
His teacher sent a note yesterday saying how well he is doing and also that he says the word as he signs which is how Makaton is to be used.
It doesn’t surprise me that he loves signing as he loves copying Mr Tumble and all the Tumble characters, plus he will copy anything people do, any actions on TV or things we do.
His teacher has said we should look into a drama class for him. We will be doing that soon 👍
Super Autism Mum 