Baby signing Teacher Training

Become the baby signing teacher that supports early communication and bonding.

This engaging and practical course enables professionals to deliver a 6-week baby signing course to parents. The classes are designed to be fun and interactive, using singing, play, and sign language to support early communication. Babies quickly learn to sign back to their parents, helping to reduce frustration and build confidence and self-esteem in both parent and child. The training offers a professional training programme that equips practitioners to teach baby signing to parents.

2 days

Online or

Face-to-face training

10 weeks

Self-directed study

CPD accredited

Certification on completion

TRUSTED BY NHS TRUSTS,FAMILY HUBS,COUNTY & CITY COUNCILS AND EARLY YEARS TEAMS ACROSS THE UK

Dudley • Durham • Nottingham City • Coventry • Sandwell • Southend • Newcastle • Barnardo's •FNP • Action for Children •Perinatal Mental Health Teams...and many more across the UK

WHO THIS IS FOR

Built for the professionals

helping babies find their voice.

Whether you already run baby classes or work with families every day, Baby Signing is a natural addition to your professional toolkit. You'll leave with everything you need to confidently deliver engaging, interactive signing sessions that parents and babies love.

Family Hub &

Children's Centre teams

Expand your early communication offer with a fun, evidence-informed programme that encourages parent-child interaction while supporting language development.

Early Years

Practitioners

Enhance your professional skills with a complete six-week programme that supports communication, confidence and positive relationships.

Independent

Practitioners

Perfect for baby class providers, therapists, doulas and self-employed professionals looking to add an engaging new service to their business.

Curriculum

Everything you need to deliver engaging baby signing classes with confidence.

Across two practical training days you'll learn how to teach parents a structured six-week Baby Signing programme based on British Sign Language. You'll gain the confidence to combine songs, signs, movement and play to create enjoyable classes that support babies' communication and development.

Bring: an enthusiastic attitude toward singing and a small selection of low-cost musical instruments to support their sessions.

  • A complete structured six-week Baby Signing programme

  • Songs, signs and movement activities

  • Speech and language development

  • Supporting early communication and bonding

  • Teaching group and one-to-one sessions

  • Understanding infant behavioural cues

  • Supporting and empowering parents

  • Marketing your Baby Signing classes

INCLUDED AS STANDARD

Everything you need to start teaching with confidence.

Comprehensive handbooks

Step-by-step guidance and lesson plans to support your learning.

Online resource hub

Songs, music, lesson plans and class materials ready to use.

Tutor support

Support throughout your study period and beyond.

Qualified Baby Signing Teacher certificate

Professional certification and logo to promote your new qualification.

HOW WE DELIVER

Choose the training that suits you.

Pick the format that fits the team you're training and the budget you're working with.

Both lead to the same certification.

In-house at your setting

Price on request for groups of 5 to 16

  • We come to you - no travel costs for your team

  • Tailored examples for the families you actually see

  • Choose dates that fit your rota

  • All resources, certificates and post-training mentoring included

  • Ideal for family hubs, councils and large practices

Open course - join an existing cohort £375 per place

  • Two full days, hosted in a venue / online

  • Small, friendly groups

  • Learn alongside practitioners from other settings

  • Complete teaching resources

  • Professional qualification

CERTIFICATION

A qualification you can proudly promote

Successfully complete your assessments and you'll become a Qualified Baby Signing Teacher (QBST), with an insurance-approved qualification recognised by Wellbeing Insurance and ongoing support from Touch-Learn International.

CPD Standards Office

Accredited training provider

Insurance-friendly

Recognised by major insurers

Lifetime support

Stay connected with the trainer community

WHAT PRACTITIONERS SAY

From people who've sat in the room

"

I left with a class plan, a folder full of songs and the confidence to actually sign them. The parents in my class adore it.

(Name)

Early Years Practitioner, Family Hub

"

Adding baby signing to my offer doubled the time families stayed booked in with me. Best business decision I made all year.

(Name)

Baby Massage Teacher

"

Booking Jo in-house meant the whole team trained together — our baby signing class is now the busiest session in the centre.

(Name)

Start for Life Implementation Lead

About your trainer

I'm Jo. I've trained baby massage and yoga teachers since 2011.

Touch-Learn International grew out of a simple belief: that the first months and years of a baby's life are too important to leave to chance. Over the past two decades Touch-Learn have trained practitioners in family hubs, NHS teams, charities and private practices across the UK, all of them brilliant people who wanted to give parents something genuinely useful.

What you'll get from me is a course that's been honed through hundreds of cohorts - not a slick programme written by a marketing team. I still teach every course personally, I still answer my own emails, and I still get a little bit emotional watching practitioners run their first class.

Jo

frequently asked

Questions we hear a lot.

Do I need signing experience before attending?

This is a self-contained teacher training in baby signing specifically. Many delegates have no signing background at all and do brilliantly.

Do I need to know British Sign Language?

You do not need to know British Sign Language (BSL) before starting the course.

Who is the course suitable for?

This course is open to anyone working with—or interested in supporting—parents and children, particularly in the area of communication and early development.

What does the assessment involve?

A written workbook, self-reflections from your practice classes, along with a small set of evaluation forms. Most practitioners complete everything within a couple of months of the training.

Can you train our whole team in-house?

Yes - this is the most popular option for councils and family hubs. I'll travel to your venue, tailor examples to your local families, and prepare everyone for qualification in one block. Face-to-face is available for groups of 5 to 16 people; for smaller teams we deliver the same training live online. Get in touch for a quote.

What qualification will I receive?

Upon successful completion, you will be awarded the Touch-Learn International ‘Qualified Baby Signing Teacher’ (QBST) certificate and logo, which you may use in your professional marketing and communication.

How quickly can I start running classes?

Most practitioners begin running their first practice class within a fortnight of the course finishing, and are fully certified within 6–8 weeks. You'll have my support throughout.

Ready to put this in your team's calendar?

Tell me a little about your setting and the families you work with, and I'll come back

with dates, format options and a quote within two working days.

No hard sell - just a friendly conversation about whether this is right for you.

Teacher training in baby massage, baby yoga, infant massage and baby signing - for the practitioners families already trust.

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