When I mention Makaton signing, I'm often met with blank looks. But when I say, "You know, Mr Tumble?" Well, now you're talking. Or not talking, as the case would be. I realised my child wasn't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rob Delaney used Makaton when he read the CBeebies bed time story last week [Photo: Getty] Actor Rob Delaney has won praise by ...

Teach your child to communicate their needs using this system of signs and symbols as used by Mr Tumble on Something Special Makaton is the sign and symbol language used in the CBeebies show, ...

A specialist further education college is challenging children and adults to learn the sign and symbol based language system, Makaton. A number of students at The National Star College in Ullenwood ...

Strictly Come Dancing’s stars have been celebrated by sign language charities for using Makaton to communicate with hard of hearing or non-verbal viewers. Chris Ramsey, Saffron Barker, Emma Barton and ...

Makaton is the sign and symbol language used in Something Special. Makaton is designed to support spoken language – signs are used with speech, in spoken word order to help children and adults to ...

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Olly Murs has faced backlash from the deaf community after posting a video claiming to use British Sign Language when he was actually using Makaton, which deaf people don't use Want all the latest ...

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Strictly star Emma Barton was seen using Makaton sign language to say thank you to her fans as she discovered she had made it through to next week. The 42-year-old actress looked utterly delighted as ...