Makaton resources for teaching communication skills

Makaton is a unique way to teach communication, language and literacy skills to children and adults with communication and learning difficulties.

What is Makaton?

Makaton users are first encouraged to communicate using signs. Then gradually as a link is made between the word and the sign, the signs are dropped and speech takes over.

Makaton symbols support the written word, in the same way that signs support speech. The symbols are specially designed black and white pictures illustrating the meaning of the words we use.

For more information and resources you can buy, please phone 01276 606778 or visit the Makaton website.

Borrowing Makaton resources from libraries

Library members can borrow free of charge a range of materials to get started with Makaton. These include introductory training packs, sign and symbols lists and DVDs.

Please note, these resources are kept at our County Library Store, which is not open to the public. You can reserve them for free on our E-library to collect at any library – just click the titles below.

If you don't have a library card, see our page on How to join your library.