Auslan – Baby Sign Language Classes

Meet Henri – A baby sign language case study

Meg — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:35:23 +0000

Meet the delightful Henri. Henri’s parents joined a Baby Sign playgroup course when he was just 3 months old. Over the 6 week course, they learned over 100 signs and implemented them throughout their day, every day. Henri thrived with baby sign language becoming an important part of the family’s everyday life. (Photo and story shared with permission) Key Points: So what happened?

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How KWS Empowers and Protects Young Children with Disability

Meg — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:15:22 +0000

The first three years of a child’s life are a critical window for language development. During this time, a child’s brain is growing rapidly, laying the foundation for lifelong communication, learning, and social connection. But for some children with disability, spoken language may emerge later—or not at all. That’s where Key Word Sign can make a huge difference. Key Word Sign is a…

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How does sign language help infants?

Max — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:07:16 +0000

As a teacher and a mum, I’m very passionate about supporting language development. (You can read why on my blog – Why the focus on language? It’s the foundation of learning.) And language development starts WAY before infants begin to speak. In fact, language development begins while a baby is still in the womb. They are developing neural pathways in the brain when they listen to their mother and…

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Auslan vs. Baby Sign Language

Max — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 07:29:47 +0000

As an Auslan interpreter I’m in the incredibly privileged position to have a deep understanding of Auslan, a skill that I use when teaching families to sign with their babies. However, often I hear people use Auslan and baby sign language interchangeably, but they are actually quite different. Firstly, let’s look at Auslan – Australian Sign Language. It’s the language of the Australia Deaf…

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The benefits of baby sign language – Australian Sign Language

Max — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 07:38:41 +0000

First of all, I would like to acknowledge that within the literature, there is some debate about the benefits of signing with your baby, and even less with a focus on Australian sign language. There is currently a lack of robust research in this area for typically developing children. However, there is quite a bit of research into the benefits of using visual cues (or key word signing) for…

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