Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rob Delaney used Makaton when he read the CBeebies bed time story last week [Photo: Getty] Actor Rob Delaney has won praise by ...

Teach your child to communicate their needs using this system of signs and symbols as used by Mr Tumble on Something Special Makaton is the sign and symbol language used in the CBeebies show, ...

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Comedian, actor and writer Rob Delaney reads a CBeebies Bedtime Story, which he also signs in Makaton - a first for the much loved show. Rob reads and signs Ten In The Bed by Penny Dale, all about ten ...

This month CBeebies Special magazine celebrates the popular CBeebies programme, Something Special. The issue, on sale Wednesday 28 April, will feature Justin, Mr Tumble and friends as they discover ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rob Delaney is the latest celebrity to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story, following actors like Tom Hardy and Eddie Redmayne who’ve ...

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Actor Rob Delaney has won praise by delivery a story on CBeebies’ ‘Bedtime Stories’ using Makaton, a version of sign language he used to communicate with his son Henry. The ‘Catastrophe’ actor was ...

Makaton is designed to support spoken language – the signs are used in spoken word order to help children and adults to communicate. Using signs can be useful for children who have no speech (because ...