What are the benefits of signing daily with your baby?

As parents, you’re always looking for ways to understand your babies better and make life a little calmer for everyone. Before little ones find their voice, it can sometimes feel like a guessing game. Are they hungry, tired, or just needing a cuddle? This is where baby signing can be a real game-changer. By adding simple signs into your daily routines, you give your baby a way to “talk” to you long before their first words. Not only does this reduce frustration, but it also strengthens your bond and turns everyday moments into chances to connect, learn, and grow together.

By using sign every day and relating it to normal objects and communication, you’re helping your baby connect meaning with action. Repeating this exposure is how babies learn to understand, copy, and eventually sign back to you to communicate.

What are the benefits for your baby?

Signing with your baby every day can make a big difference for both of you. It helps reduce frustration, as your little one can show you what they need. Like milk, more, tired, or finished, even before they can talk. Signing also supports language development, often encouraging babies to start speaking earlier and build bigger vocabularies. As Signalong for Babies uses both movement and words, it strengthens memory and learning, helping your baby understand and remember things more easily. It also boosts emotional wellbeing, as being understood helps your baby feel safe, confident, and calm.

What are the benefits for you, as a parent?

Signing with your baby every day isn’t just helpful for them; it’s a big support for you too. It makes daily life easier by cutting down on the guesswork and reducing stress, since you’ll know what your baby needs without relying on cries alone. It strengthens your bond, creating special moments of connection when your little one shares their thoughts and feelings through signing. Everyday routines like mealtimes, bath time, and bedtime can run more smoothly with simple signs, helping transitions feel calmer for both of you.

Kirsty, Signalong for Babies Trainer and Speech and Language Therapist introduced her daughter to Signalong to promote her language development. She said: “Her enjoyment of learning signs to support her communication before speech was evident and we made many 'conversations' before she could talk. As a result, she was able to express her wants, needs, and interests and did not seem to experience the same frustrations that other children can at an early age.”

Learn Signalong for Babies and improve communication

Our qualified Signalong for Babies Trainers teach 106 signs appropriate to the most common needs and objects for babies 9 months to 18 months.

During the 8-week course, you will learn the signs, popular nursery rhymes, and meet likeminded parents also on a journey for communication. Choose a few signs, repeat them every day, and enjoy watching your baby’s understanding and confidence grow through the power of repetition.

View our Trainers across the UK here and discover the signs you’d learn during the class here.