could anyone remind me of the Makaton signs for
gentle
kind/friends
sorry
help

many thanks

had a look on the web to see what came up and found the following site quite interesting for Makaton. There is also some info on the 'under fives' web site and a booklet that can be downloaded.

http://www.makaton.org/about/learn.htm

dottyp

Hi,

'Gentle' is, I think, make a fist with your left hand and stroke it with your right (it is a similar sign to pets)

'Sorry'- you make a fist with your right hand and rub it in a small circlular action on your heart

'Help'- you make a fist with your right hand which is thumb on top like in 'one potato' song and a flat plate, palm up with your left hand. You put the fist of help onto the flat plate. The fist is the help and you offer it where it is needed. So will you HELP ME you bring the plate of help towards yourself and 'shall I HELP YOU?", you offer the plate of help to that person.

'Friends' is kind of shaking hands with yourself.

Very hard to explain verbally much better to watch a video but Makaton don't give much away for free!

have you looked on the something special site?

Explained brilliantly thankyou - I just needed my memeory jogging, I have used them before so know whta they look like visually, just hard to remember when you don't use them all the time
many, many thanks

Sorry, forgot one
anyone know 'hurt' as in if your telling a child that they have hurt someone