Signs and symbols

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Useful signs and symbols

Makaton symbols and signs used with permission from The Makaton Charity 2020 www.makaton.org 

A line drawing of a hand moving towards someone's mouth

Sign: To Eat

Tap your lips twice with emphasis.

A stick man eating

Symbol: To Eat

A line drawing of a cupped hand moving up towards the mouth

Sign: To Drink

To emphasise movement, tilt your head backwards slightly.

A stick man drinking from a cup

Symbol: To Drink

A line drawing of two hands across the chest with arrows moving downwards

Sign: To Finish / All Gone

Two horizontal lines meeting a vertical line on the right hand side. Between the two horizontal lines is an arrow pointing to, and just touching, the left hand vertical line

Symbol: To Finish / All Gone

A line drawing of a person with their right hand giving a thumbs up

Sign: Good

Use both hands to say 'Very good'.

An outline drawing of a hand showing a thumbs up

Symbol: Good

This resource was first published as a PDF in 2019 and then it was created as a web page in October 2024.

Last updated: 17/10/2024.

 

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