Bedfordshire's Baby Signing Hub! Use BSL signs to support your little one’s communication and early learning.
16/11/2025
💥 Bonus learning through play tip! Making play sounds (Ooh! Aah! Uh oh! Bang! Etc.) as you play with your baby, and encouraging your baby to imitate the sounds, is helping your baby develop early speech sounds and language skills.
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers. If you’re a parent with a baby or toddler (or both!), please follow me for baby signing from birth to pre-school, early development tips and for babies and toddlers doing brilliant things. 💜
Register your interest in online baby signing classes that you can join from anywhere in the UK (and beyond!) 🌍
Or, if you’re a baby parent in Bedfordshire, come along to my in-person baby signing or toddler talking classes in Biggleswade, Bedford or Flitwick.
14/11/2025
💪 Maximise the learning power of your baby’s playtime with my top tips for learning through play with your baby
1. Minimise distractions
2. When you initiate the play activity, be careful to follow your baby’s lead
3. Your baby are stimulated by investigating shapes, colours & textures and the sounds objects make
4. Follow your baby’s lead and stop the activity as baby seems to lose interest
5. Talk to your baby about the toy
6. Wait for your baby’s responses
7. Make ‘play’ noises
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers. Please follow me for baby signing from birth to pre-school, early development tips and for babies and toddlers doing brilliant things. 💜
Register your interest in online baby signing classes that you can join from anywhere in the UK (and beyond!) 🌍
Or, if you’re a baby parent in Bedfordshire, come along to my in-person baby signing or toddler talking classes in Biggleswade, Bedford or Flitwick.
13/11/2025
🌈 These are the British Sign Language signs for colours I teach the families of babies and toddlers I work with. BSL has lots of regional variations - just like English has accents and dialects. The signs for colours are no exception.
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers. Please follow me for baby signing from birth to pre-school, early development tips and for babies and toddlers doing brilliant things. 💜
Register your interest in online baby signing classes that you can join from anywhere in the UK (and beyond!) 🌍
Or, if you’re a baby parent in Bedfordshire, come along to my in-person baby signing or toddler talking classes in Biggleswade, Bedford or Flitwick.
I am a baby signing teacher using BSL signs, not a BSL teacher. If you’re interested in learning British Sign Language, in all its wonderful intricacies, look for a course that is properly accredited and taught by a member of the Deaf community.
12/11/2025
🚀 Biggleswade toddler Ted is commencing countdown and getting his engine on for another amazing early learning achievement
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers. Please follow me for baby signing from birth to pre-school, early development tips and for babies and toddlers doing brilliant things. 💜
Register your interest in online baby signing classes that you can join from anywhere in the UK (and beyond!) 🌍
Or, if you’re a baby parent in Bedfordshire, come along to my in-person baby signing or toddler talking classes in Biggleswade, Bedford or Flitwick.
12/11/2025
👨 Whose baby or toddler thinks every man is daddy? Well, I’m here to reassure you that it’s completely normal, and your baby is in no way judging your life choices ☺️
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers. Please follow me for baby signing from birth to pre-school, early development tips and for babies and toddlers doing brilliant things. 💜
Register your interest in online baby signing classes that you can join from anywhere in the UK (and beyond!) 🌍 See the link in my bio or DM me for details.
Or, if you’re a baby parent in Bedfordshire, come along to my in-person baby signing or toddler talking classes in Biggleswade, Bedford or Flitwick.
10/11/2025
When will your baby start baby signing? Follow me to find out
All babies are different. Your baby can recognise gestures and signs you make from around 2 months old, but in general you shouldn’t expect to see your baby making signs back to you until 6-9 months old. If your baby is older than that they may well pick up baby signing very easily as your baby has likely already hit some of those standard baby milestones for communicating with their hands (waving, clapping, pointing etc).
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers. Please follow me for baby signing from birth to pre-school, early development tips and for babies and toddlers doing brilliant things. 💜
Register your interest in online baby signing classes that you can join from anywhere in the UK (and beyond!) 🌍
Or, if you’re a baby parent in Bedfordshire, come along to my in-person baby signing or toddler talking classes in Biggleswade, Bedford or Flitwick.
08/11/2025
🌍 Just 15 families will have the chance to join my initial online baby signing class from January 2026. Find the bio.site link in my bio, comment on this post or DM me to register your interest in baby signing online with me now.
If you don’t have an in-person baby signing class near you or just want to learn to sign with your baby at home, my online TinyTalk baby signing classes on Zoom bring all the fun, learning and connection straight to your living room.
Why join a TinyTalk baby signing class online?
• Stay cosy at home - no need to pack bags or rush out the door.
• Perfect for the whole family to join in - siblings, grandparents, everyone’s welcome!
• Great for tiny babies who are more settled at home.
• Join from anywhere in the UK (or beyond!)
• Still packed with all the songs, BSL signs, sensory play & fun you’d expect from a TinyTalk class.
• Plenty of time to chat & connect with other parents, just like in person.
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers. Please follow me for baby signing from birth to pre-school, early development tips and for babies and toddlers doing brilliant things. 💜
07/11/2025
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07/11/2025
🧼 How to baby sign ‘clean’
Such a useful baby sign for post-mealtimes, nappy changes and bath times. Is your baby or toddler a clean freak, or a wet wipe avoider?
I’m Jason, a TinyTalk baby signing teacher using BSL signs to help families communicate better with their babies and toddlers.
Follow me for a baby sign of the week each week, and more baby signing and early development in between. Online baby signing classes start in 2026, DM me for info. 💜
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Contact The Practice
Send a message to TinyTalk Baby Signing & Toddler Talking, Biggleswade & Bedford:
My name is Jason and I'm your local TinyTalk teacher and dad to twin TinyTalkers Ned and Edie (born December 2016).
My TinyTalk journey began when Ned and Edie were about five months old when my wife, Charlotte, and I took them to TinyTalk following an amazing taster cIass run by Helen Hine who was then running baby signing classes in the Mid-Bedfordshire area. I’d been interested in baby signing before they were born. It almost seemed too good to be true - the idea that you could communicate effectively with your baby before they were old enough to speak. But it wasn’t hype. It took a few months to get their first sign (unsurprisingly they both signed ‘food’) but then new signs just kept on coming.
Signing was invaluable to us through weaning, at bedtime, even at nappy change time. At just over a year old, when Ned and Edie began to sign each other’s names and started to tell us what each other was doing (‘Edie’s sleeping’, ‘Ned’s had a wee wee!’) my sense of wonder and pride just grew and grew. Babies really do have so much to say!
I continued taking Ned and Edie to TinyTalk classes by myself in Biggleswade even after Charlotte had returned to work (yes, it is possible with twins!). By 18 months they both used well in excess of 50 signs. Even now as they’re starting to verbalise they’re still signing along with their new words.
We went to so many classes throughout the babies’ first year, but TinyTalk was the only one we continued for more than a term or two. The babies were so attentive during the taught part of the class and giggled and enjoyed themselves so much during the songs and interactive elements (as did I!) that it never felt like we were learning. Couple that with the social time during the second half of each class, and TinyTalk was the highlight of our week.
When the opportunity to become a TinyTalk teacher arose, I immediately knew this was what I wanted to do. I am passionate about baby signing and to give new parents the prospect of the wonderful experiences baby signing has given us as a family fills me with excitement and purpose.
Each TinyTalk class is 1 hour long and split into two. The first half is spent signing, singing and doing sensory activities relating to the weekly theme e.g. pets, bedtime etc. The second half of the class is social time giving you the opportunity to meet other parents / carers and have a well-deserved cuppa and biscuit while the children play with toys. A weekly handout of signs learnt in each class helps to jog the memory once you're home. You can start at any point throughout the term (subject to availability) and there is no extra charge for siblings. Free taster classes available - please contact me for availability.
I look forward to welcoming you to a TinyTalk baby signing class soon!
