Sign & Rhyme

Sign & Rhyme Fun and playful baby and toddler signing and singing groups with songs, musical instruments and stories to develop early interactive skills Hello – I’m Marie.

My experience as a speech and language therapy assistant, coupled with my signing skills (British Sign Language Stage 2), sparked my enthusiasm for baby signing. I’ve been teaching baby signing for some time now, and I can appreciate the benefits for both you and your child: it’s a fun and rewarding way to make the most of your baby’s natural ability to communicate; it encourages and supports thei

r language development - you will always use signs together with the spoken word - giving them a head start when they begin to use their vocabulary, spelling and reading skills; and it strengthens the bond between you and your child.

🥰 Babies can understand so much before they actually talk, and baby signing enables them to communicate their emotions and needs effectively. Your ability to understand these needs through simple signs gives you the confidence to respond appropriately and helps to reduce frustration for you and your baby. The learning process is great fun, too and the classes are relaxed and friendly. Please call 07710 217466 message me via Facebook or email marie@signandrhyme.co.uk if there’s any further information that you want to discuss, or for details of future course dates. My classes run at Bagworth Community Centre, Station Road, Bagworth LE67 1BH.

🥰 Weekly ‘Song in a Bag’ sessions. Age range birth to five years - £5 per session or £22.00 for five weeks (please note there are no refunds given for missed sessions if you pay in five week blocks.) Lots of fun for you and your little ones. Interactive session of signing and singing, musical instruments and so much more for you all to enjoy.


🥰 Five-week baby signing course to include handouts, £40, payable in advance. Age range 6months to twelve months. Learn specific signs to use with your baby in their daily routine. Lots of fun for you and your baby, a very interactive session for you all to enjoy.

06/05/2026

We had lots of fun and smiles today at Sign & Rhyme 🥰Lovely to see little ones making friends with each other, taking turns, and helping each other clear away the toys etc🥳. Great teamwork and big smiles all around 💛.
🚦 Traffic Lights at Music Time!
A few little helpers wanted to be in charge of our Traffic Lights today 🤣
A tiny bit of guidance needed… but we’ll get there 🤣 and we love the confidence!

The children were brilliant at watching the colours change:
🟢 GREEN – play your instruments!
🟠 AMBER – play super slowly…
🔴 RED – stop and freeze!

Games like this help build attention, listening, and early understanding of instructions — all while having fun, making music, and enjoying themselves🎶
Such fantastic focus today. Well done, little superstars 🌟

Why not make a Traffic Light/Stop Go sign at home and use it when you are playing cars with your children, or use our Stop/Go circle song using some instruments - make the pauses longer to extend their attention🌟.

🧠 Top Tip for Attention & Listening 😊
We talked today about helping little ones build their Attention & Listening skills. One really simple way to support this is to have fewer toys out at a time.

When there’s less toys to choose from, children can focus for longer, explore more deeply, and stay with an activity without feeling overwhelmed. This helps build their attention span, supports focused play and it makes it easier for them to listen, and take in what’s happening around them🙂.

Good suggestions for what was in our 'Sparkly Box' - cat 🐈‍⬛, pig 🐖 horse 🐎- and a zebra 🦓, we have never had a 'zebra' suggestion before😄.

Thank you all for coming today, and I shall look forward to seeing you all next week🥰.

Have fun
Marie😍

05/05/2026

Thank you to all the children at Incy Wincy’s Preschool - Bagworth for singing along to our Row Row song🥳. You were all amazing at 'SNORING' today as we introduced a HIPPO🦛 onto the shore - makes a change from a CROCODILE🐊🤣.

You also made some suggestions for our story - 'What Shall We Do With The Boo Hoo Baby' You said we could 'feed him' and 'put him to bed'🤣. Well done all of you🥳.

“You were great at clapping out some of your names - I loved hearing all your speech sounds.” - Brilliant, well done🥳.

It was a lovely morning seeing you all, and I shall look forward to seeing you all next Tuesday🥰.

Have fun.

Marie🥰

01/05/2026

It was a sunny morning filled with sunny smiles at Incy Wincy’s Preschool - Bagworth, and it was lovely to welcome some new faces. 🥰

The children had great fun with our 'Pirate Ship' song, digging for treasure, climbing the ropes, and shouting 'AHOY'—and it seemed the ship itself was a hit too! 🤣

They did a fantastic job rolling our transport picture ball to each other and sharing which vehicle they liked best.🚓🚒🚍🚂✈️🚁🛳️One boy told us he enjoys going on the train with his mum, and loves watching the trains as well😍.

You certainly know how to 'Boogie' to our 'Down in the Jungle' song - we had gorillas🦍, lions🦁, monkeys 🐵and an elephant🐘 dancing along, washing their clothes🤩. Great suggestions🥳

I hope you all have a lovely sunny Bank Holiday, and I shall see you all again next Tuesday🌞.

Have fun
Marie😊

29/04/2026

💨 Windy Wednesday 💨
It felt like we all got blown in this morning 🤩

Our Sign & Rhyme group showed amazing interaction and communication skills today 🥰
It’s wonderful to watch the children’s confidence grow each week — so many new words are emerging, along with plenty of lovely social interaction 🥳

A highlight was hearing one of our mums use simple language with her little boy, repeating the word “in” several times to help him understand how to put items in the bag 🥳😍
Keeping language simple and repetitive really helps children hear, see, and understand the words being used 🥰

The sparkly box guessing game was brilliant — guesses included banana 🍌, potatoes 🥔, cake 🍰, and strawberry 🍓.
The answer? A cake with a strawberry on top 🤣. Well done 🥳

This week’s focus was 👀 Eye Contact 👀
Bubbles were, as always, a huge hit 🫧🫧
We also played Peek‑A‑Boo with scarves, leaving a longer pause before saying “BOO” to encourage longer eye contact — and you all did brilliantly 🥳

I loved seeing all the crawling today, plus stamping, clapping, twirling, jumping, and tip‑toeing. What an energetic morning! And some of you even headed to the park afterwards 🤣
I hope there was a bench waiting for the mums 😄

Have a wonderful week, and I shall look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday 🥰

Have fun,
Marie 🥰

22/04/2026

🥰Thank you all for coming along to Sign & Rhyme today🥰. It's always great to see the parents and grandparents join in with all the activities alongside their children 🥰. By taking part, this gives the children the confidence to explore new toys, new songs and more actions🥳.

You clapped those syllables beautifully today — such clever listening and clapping. We had 'Broccoli 🥦, Potatoes🥔🥔 and Scrambled Eggs🥰. Very healthy, well done all of you🥳

Our Zoom Zoom song was a great hit, you certainly went up high - just like a rocket🚀. It was so good we had to repeat it 3 times🤣. I think the parents and grandparent's arms were aching at the end of this song🤣.

Enjoy the sunshine this week - hopefully it won't be too windy💨💨.

Have fun
Marie🥰

21/04/2026

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

Today’s story, ‘There’s a Shark in the Park’ 🦈, was great fun – but was there really a Shark in the Park ? 😮 Well done for joining in and shouting “THERE’S A SHARK IN THE PARK!” 😂.

We made some fantastic animal noises for our zoo animals – screeching for the parrot🦜, plenty of OO OO AH AH for the monkeys🐵, and gentle sounds for the giraffes🦒 munching leaves from the trees 🥳.

Wishing you all a great week, and I’m looking forward to seeing you next Friday🤩.

Have fun
Marie 🤩

15/04/2026

Happy Wednesday! It was wonderful to see everyone after the Easter holidays🥰.

We had lots of fun shaking our instruments🪇🪇, the bell players rang their jingly bells🎊🎊, our drummer beat the drum🥁🥁 loudly, and our young girl did an amazing job tapping the xylophone🥰. Everyone joined in singing 🎼La, La, La, La, la🥳well done, all of you!
Such a fun time making music together🥰.

The children came up with brilliant animal ideas for our sea song: a wriggly octopus🐙, a splashy turtle🐢, a snap snap snap for our shark🦈, and a quiet sound for our fish🐟.

I think our little girl liked the duck that was in the sparkly box today - she gave the yellow duck such a big hug, and the smile on her face was a delight to see😍.

I hope you all have a great week, and I shall look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday🤩.

Have fun🥰x
Marie x

14/04/2026

YAY, INCY WINCY DAY🥳.
It was so lovely to see the children at Incy Wincy’s Preschool - Bagworth this morning after the Easter holidays😍. Great to hear about your Easter eggs, sounds like they were yummy😋.

The children did FAB-U-LOUS clapping out of our syllable words🥳, you are getting soooo good at this.
We had fire engine🚒👏👏👏👏, lorry🛻👏👏, aeroplane✈️👏👏👏, rocket🚀👏👏and boat🛥️👏. Well done all of you🥳. Fantastic tapping out on the tambourine too for your transport choices🥳.

Great singing and animal noises too - what a hullabaloo🤣.🐖🐎🐈‍⬛🐟🦤.

I hope you all have a fun week and I shall look forward to seeing you all next Tuesday🤩.

Marie☺️

08/04/2026

Just a reminder, no Sign & Rhyme today, but I shall look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday 😀. Enjoy the sunshine x

05/04/2026

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE x

🐣What an EGGciting time we had at Sign & Rhyme this morning at Bagworth Commuity Centre🐣.One of our girls had a lovely E...
01/04/2026

🐣What an EGGciting time we had at Sign & Rhyme this morning at Bagworth Commuity Centre🐣.

One of our girls had a lovely Easter bonnet🐣, and Grandma was wearing some very special rabbit ears🐇. FAB-U-LOUS🐣.

I think you all had a really fun time with our sea activity🤣. You made the fish splash about , Tigger rolled about and the balls, - well they just bounced everywhere🤩🤣!! But best of all I think you loved hiding under 'THE SEA' 🥰. Well done everyone🥳.

So, take a peek👀 at our lovely photos from today and you will be able to see lots of smiles from everyone having a fab time enjoying themselves😍.

I hope you enjoy your treats and your Easter🐣 decoration is already hanging up at home🐣.

Just a reminder I am not running Sign & Rhyme next Wednesday, but I shall look forward to seeing you all again on 15th April🥰.

🐣Happy Easter 🐣everyone, and thank you for coming today, it was lovely to see you all🥰.

🐣🐣🐣Marie🐣🐣🐣

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