Can you sign some of the words in

the and the Rainbow story?

Makaton® symbols and line drawings of signs are © copyright by and reproduced with kind permission of The Makaton Charity 2017 (www.makaton.org)
Elephant Rainbow Rain
Cupped hand shows Flutter fingers as hands
shape of trunk move straight down in
front of body

Bird Lion Clawed hands

mime plodding
DAVID MCKEE

Elmer is sad when he

discovers that the rainbow has lost
its colours. He wants to help, but what will
happen to him if he gives the rainbow his own
colours? Will he lose them for ever?
and the Rainbow
ELME R AND THE RAI NBOW

A classic story book about sharing and giving.

‘A deserved favourite with 2-5s’

THE SUNDAY TIMES
ANDE RSEN PRESS

Monkey Tiger www.andersenpress.co.uk UK £6.99 CAN $12.99

David McKee

Clawed hands
scratch armpits

Makaton is a language programme that gives everyone a helping hand to communicate. It is

designed to support spoken language by using signs and symbols with speech. This helps provide
extra clues about what someone is saying. Makaton connects people to the world around them.
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