I love singing and sign language so Sing and Sign classes seemed like a perfect fit. This is my honest and non-biased review of Sing and Sign classes in Brighton. Singing is a huge part of who I am – I am trained as a soprano and have loved to Read more…
I am always trying to find new classes and things to entertain my girl – this week I went to an open day run by Busy Lizzy. Since I have been young, sign language has played an important role. At summer camps we would sign to certain songs, when I Read more…
A few months ago I tried to learn 120 BSL signs in a just 30 days and I am proud to say that not only did I manage but that a lot of it has stayed with me. 100 of these signs I learn from using the ingenious new Flashsticks Read more…
It is already day 30 of my challenge to learn 125 signs in a month and I have been lucky to be able to interview the incredible organisation BSLBT. BSLBT is an organisation that was set up in 2008 to create shows for Deaf people by deaf people. Even though Read more…
I have not been using Flashsticks for 6 days now and it is hard. I know that what I am doing is relearning signs now from 5 years ago but without the ability to get a video of the sign it is much harder. I also miss not having them Read more…
I am over the 10 day stage and tomorrow I’ll have over 50 signs to remember! Keeping all 47 current signs is starting to be challenging. Not only is the difficulty coming from the large number of signs in a short period but also in how the signs are becoming Read more…
As anyone who followed last month’s challenge will know, the biggest struggle of last month was blogging everyday. It seems it has continued in a similar vain this month for similar and very different reasons. At the moment I have 24 signs that I have learnt in 6 days – Read more…
Today when BF tested me on the days signs, we came to a disagreement – he told me I got a sign wrong. It turns out that sometimes the drawing and description vary slightly from the video app. Turns out that student in BSL written down looks slightly different to Read more…
It is 1st August and that can only mean one thing – it is Brighton Pride and the start of my new “a month of” challenge. Throughout all of August I am going to try and learn at least 4 signs a day for the whole month. I have really Read more…