Sign & Rhyme

25/02/2026

Looking for something fun to do tmw, then do pop along to this Stay & Play at Bagworth Community Centre. Enjoy x

I hope everyone has had a good week.

Stay and Play is back on Thursday, hope you can join us. X

25/02/2026

Our Sign & Rhyme session at Bagworth Community Centre this morning had that lovely, gentle buzz that only a room full of babies and toddlers can create🥰. So thank you all for coming along today for making it such a lovely morning🥰.

Huge congratulations to one of our lovely mums who has given birth to a gorgeous little boy❤️. We wish you all the very best and we shall all look forward to meeting him sometime in the near future🥰. Take care xx

We had excited squeals, lots and lots of smiles and of course great singing and signing from everyone🥰. The children were amazing with sharing the toys, waiting for their turns and joining in with all the activities❤️. It was lovely to see one of our youngest little boys looking, and trying to reach for one of our song props🥳. Well done x

Our signs for this week were 'WAIT' and 'YOUR TURN/MY TURN'. These are such important signs to use, as they support and develop a child's early interaction skills🥰, and they are so easy to use within their daily routines☺️.

Here are some easy tips for using these signs
WAIT - Play a READY STEADY Go game with cars🚗🚕 . Each of you have a car to push, when you are ready say, 'READY STEADY GO', if your child pushes his/her car before GO, say and sign 'WAIT' then have another try🥳. This also helps to support and develop their attention skills.
WAIT - When your child is very eager to try out the slide and there are other children before him/her, say and sign 'WAIT'

When we pass the instruments around, your children are understanding 'WAITING'🥳. Sometimes they come up to the box and try to take one before it is their turn, but when they hear the gentle word 'WAIT' they will put it back and wait for their turn. So as you can see by using words consistently they are understanding language🥰.

YOUR TURN/MY TURN - Roll the ball game. You can do this as a family, take turns rolling the ball to each other ⚽️. The adult starts with the ball, say and sign 'MY TURN' , then roll the ball to your child and say and sign 'HARRY'S TURN', continue this by taking turns with each member of the family. This game also helps to support and develop their eye contact👀.

YOUR TURN/MY TURN - Take turns playing the drum, your child has a turn first, you say and sign 'HARRY'S TURN', he then has to pass the drum to you and you say and sign 'MUMMY'S TURN'.
There may be tears at this point as he/she may not want to give it up just yet, but it's important for you to have a turn even if it's just a quick bang on the drum, as this will help with his understanding of taking turns😍.

We rounded off the morning with our circle songs - always a favourite with the little ones🤩.
STOP song - One of our young girls did a great job of spontaneously holding up her hand and saying 'STOP' when we had to 'STOP' and keep very still for a few moments 🤩. Well done to you, I think she is after my job 🤣.

A lovely way to spend the morning, that was full of small but meaningful moments 💕. Well done everyone xx

I shall look forward to seeing you all again next Wednesday🥰.

Happy signing, have a great week.
Marie x

24/02/2026

Another fun morning with the children at Incy Wincy’s Preschool - Bagworth🥰.

We had two great stories today for story time😊 - The first group of children chose 'There's A Monster In My House'😆 and the second group of children chose 'Silly Dizzy Dinosaur'🤣.

The children loved lifting the flaps to see if there WAS a monster in the house😂.Then, the young girl who found the little monster jumped and giggled when I said 'BOO' - after 1...2...3..., we all shouted 'BOO'🤣.

The children enjoyed tickling the 'Silly Dizzy Dinosaur'🦖 but they looked sad when he bumped his head and nose on the tree😢, but when they saw he had a plaster on his nose they looked pleased that he was better🥰 . The children enjoyed blowing kisses to him to say 'Goodbye'🤩.

We had some fantastic clapping out for foods today🥳, we had APPLE🍎👏👏, CAKE🧁👏 and CHICKEN NUGGETS👏👏👏👏.
We also had some animals and insects too🥳, we had PUPPY🐕👏👏, and LADYBIRD🐞👏👏👏. Well done everyone🥳

Thank you for a lovely morning, and I shall look forward to seeing you all next Friday😍.

Have fun🥰.

Marie🤩

18/02/2026

Hip Hip hooray for Half Term Wednesday🥰.
It was very cold today, but we soon warmed up with our singing and signing🥰I do have to say we had some beautiful singing today, great to hear so many voices🤩.

One of our families is about to give birth and it was lovely seeing her today - we hope all goes well, and do let us know when your little one arrives👼xx

Lovely to hear one of our younger girls today who was very vocal, and looking very happy and excited🥰. Even though she is still very young she knows how to express her needs or wants by looking at the story book she wanted which was - 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. I could tell she was excited as she was happily looking at the book and squealing with delight😍.Great communication, and she got to choose which book she wanted us to read🥳.

Our signs for this week were 'CAREFUL' and 'HURT'. Very useful signs, especially with toddlers☺️.

Use the 'CAREFUL' sign
When you are at the park and they are climbing up the slide, say and sign 'Be Careful'
Sing our Nappy Song to help you remember the sign
Older sibling helping with the baby - Be 'CAREFUL' with the baby, say and sign 'Be Careful'

Use the 'HURT' sign
If you see them fall over and bump their knee/head/arm say and sign 'Hurt', then hover your hand over the bumped knee or head or arm and say and sign 'HURT' again.
Pretend play - pretend their doll or teddy has hurt their knee, put a bandage around it and say and sign 'HURT'
Look at books such as 'Going to The Doctors', and point to the boy/girl who has a bandage on his/her knee or head and say and sign 'HURT'😥.

As you know sometimes when our children cry it can be difficult to know why they are crying, so by incorporating these signs within their play helps them to understand 'HURT', so if they have a tummy ache for example they will be able to do the sign for 'HURT' by their tummy.
Years ago one of our families told me that whenever her child was teething, her child would be crying, then she would open her mouth wide and frantically wave her hand by her mouth, letting mummy know her teeth hurt❤️. A-MAZ-ING.

We had some great listening for our 'Walking In The Jungle' song, we had a snake🐍 and an monkey 🐒. Well done 🥳

Thank you all for coming today, it was great to see you all 😍.

Have a fab week and I shall look forward to seeing you all again next Wednesday🥰.

Happy signing xx
Marie🤩

14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day

12/02/2026

Incy Wincy's Stay & Play is on today 10-11.30, £2.50 per family. at Bagworth Community Centre. Have fun x

11/02/2026

We had such a lovely time at Sign & Rhyme this morning🥳. We gave a warm welcome to two new families😊. It was lovely meeting you all and I hope you enjoyed the session😊.

So adorable watching the children🥰 - and the adults😍 doing Roly Poly to one of our warm up songs❤️. Good waiting to go faster🤣🥳.

Our signs of the week are 'BATH' and ' WHERE'. Very useful signs to sign in your daily routine.
BATH - always say and sign this word when it is time for their bath. Then you can sing our bath time song with whatever toys they have in the bath. Lovely activity for bath time🥰

WHERE - This is a difficult sign for your little ones to understand at the moment, but you can do lots of activities around this word to help them along with their understanding.

WHERE - Hide one their favourite toys 🚕🧸🐇under a blanket, then say and sign 'WHERE', then lift the blanket to reveal their favourite toy.🥰

WHERE - Play a hide and seek game with their teddy🧸 or rabbit🐇. Hide the teddy then say and sign 'WHERE'S TEDDY?' then the two of you go looking for where it is.

WHERE - Story books with flaps. Children love lift the flap books, so you can say and sign 'WHERE' when you are looking for the objects/animals etc in the book🥰

A good choice of our story book today 🚂'CHOO CHOO'🚂, as this had lots of flaps for the children to lift to find the toys. So signing 'Where' for this was a great opportunity for them to hear and see the sign as well as them lifting the flaps🥳. Well done everyone🥰.

🎊 We had two birthdays that are coming up, so we sang 'Happy Birthday to Freddie 🎈🎈🎈and Elsie🎈🎈. WE all hope you have a lovely day🎊.

🥳I will be running my session next week in half term, so I shall look forward to seeing you again next Wednesday🥳. Siblings are always welcome too🥳.

Have a great week and happy signing🤗.

Marie🥰x

10/02/2026

Thank you for a lovely morning at Incy Wincy’s Preschool - Bagworth 🥳.

We had animal suggestions for our tambourine taps today, we had dinosaur🦖, horse🐎 and tiger🐅. We also tapped out some of the children's names too. Well done everyone, you are getting brilliant at this activity🥳.

Our signs for this week are 'BATH' and 'WHERE'. You told me what toys you have in the bath and then we sang about them - we had
'DUCKS, 'BOATS' and 'GLOW STICKS'🤩 how exciting, I have never tried glow sticks in the bath - sounds great🤩.😀😀😀

Our stories today were 'The Busy Train' and 'Where's Spot'. The children loved lifting the flaps to find Spot, and then telling us who was in the wardrobe, or under the stairs etc🥳.

I hope you have lots of fun in your half term week 🤩, and I shall look forward to seeing after half term.

Marie🥰

09/02/2026

With Warwickshire NHS Speech & Language Therapy – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

06/02/2026

🥳It was lovely to be back at Incy Wincy’s Preschool - Bagworth this morning to see all the children🥳.

What a fun time we had🤩. The children did lots of lovely singing and signing🥰. The expression on one of the boy's face was a picture as he was waiting in anticipation to go fast with our Roly Poly song🥳. Great waiting🥰.

Our signs for this week were 'GENTLE' and 'AGAIN'. The children were eager to tell me if they had a cat🐈‍⬛, dog🐕 or rabbit🐇. So it was lovely to show them the sign 'GENTLE' so that when they stroke their pet they can be 'GENTLE' 🥰.

One of our songs was a 'spider' 🕷️, and it was so lovely to hear about the big or little spiders🕷️🕷️ in their house - lovely chatting🤩.

They did well with the drum🥁and the little bird🦅- waiting and staying quiet until the bird had reached the bottom of the pole, and then they could beat the drum as loudly as they could - and they did 😂.

Brilliant actions for our story - JUST LIKE MR CROC🐊', the children had to copy the actions that Mr Croc was doing🤩. Did you like his sharp teeth🤣.

Thank you for a lovely morning, and I shall look forward to seeing you again next Tuesday🥰.

Have fun splashing in the puddles this weekend🤣.

Marie🥰

04/02/2026

Love the sound of 'book snuggling'😊. We love our story time at Sign & Rhyme. The children love choosing which book they would like me to read. Isla chose our book today which was ' I Love You As Big As The World 🌎 . Beautiful story and beautiful illustrations 🥰 .

04/02/2026

Happy Wednesday everyone🥳. Thank you for coming to Sign & Rhyme today at Bagworth Community Centre, it was great to see you all, and a warm welcome to a new family that came along. I hope you all enjoyed the session - it was lovely to see your little boy getting very involved with the activities and helping his little sister🥰.

Well done to one of our mums who has being signing and saying 'MORE' at mealtimes to her little boy this week, and he is now signing 'MORE', when he wants more food - he has even said 'MORE' too 🥳. Well done mummy x

We had some fantastic drummers today, very enthusiastic🤣.Well done x

Our 'Signs Of the Week' this week were - 'AGAIN' AND 'GENTLE'
Gentle is a really good sign to know and use to help children understand what it means.
Here are some ideas of how to use these signs
😇GENTLE - If you have a dog, cat or rabbit, show your child how to stroke it gently, then say and sign 'GENTLE'
😇Role play, putting dolly or teddy to bed - as you are putting a blanket over them say and sign 'GENTLY'
😇If they are being a bit boisterous with other children, stop them, and say and sign 'BE GENTLE'

🥰AGAIN - you can use this sign quite a few times throughout your daily routine
When singing their favourite song with them, when you have finished singing, pause and then say and sign 'AGAIN', then repeat the song. ( We do this with our Jig-A-Jog song, so they will be used to this song😍)
🥰AGAIN - At bath time, make some splashes in the bath, if they like this, pause, and say and sign 'AGAIN' then do more splashes
🥰AGAIN - Build a tower of bricks together, then say 'READY STEADY GO', then knock the bricks down. If they giggle and like the game say and sign 'AGAIN' then repeat the activity.

🤗Always remember to say and sign the word at the same time🤗

I hope you enjoyed your treats today to celebrate 20 years of Sign & Rhyme 🥳, and I hope they were able to eat their lunch afterwards🤣.

Have a great week and I shall look forward to seeing you all again next Wednesday🤩.

Happy signing 🤗.
Marie x