Friends Who Sign is designed for babies and young children who would benefit from extra support with communication, including those with speech and language delays, developmental differences, or emerging communication skills.

Through Happy Mail, we help the grown-ups around them learn to use authentic Auslan signs through a Key Word Sign approach, pairing signs with spoken words to support communication, understanding and connection in everyday life.

For Deaf and hard of hearing children, Auslan is much more than a collection of signs. It is a rich, complete language with its own grammar, culture and community. Friends Who Sign is not intended to replace learning Auslan as a language.

Instead, our goal is to help families, educators and communities learn meaningful everyday signs so they can communicate more confidently with the little ones in their lives and create more inclusive environments where every child can be understood.

Friends Who Sign uses Auslan (Australian Sign Language) signs through a Key Word Sign approach.

You might hear people call it baby sign or simply sign language, but we use authentic Auslan signs and teach them in a way that's practical for everyday communication with little ones.

Rather than signing every word, we focus on the key words that carry the most meaning, like:

MORE • PLAY • EAT • HELP

Key Word Sign is an evidence-informed communication strategy used by speech pathologists, educators, early childhood professionals and families across Australia to support communication, language development and inclusion.

It's a simple, practical way to help little ones understand, express themselves and connect with the people around them.

Because some things are worth holding in your hands.

We could have sent another PDF.

Instead, we chose Happy Mail.

Your little one opens the envelope with excitement. The cards find a home on the fridge, in your bag, on the mirror, or beside the dinner table. You practise one new sign together while getting dressed, making lunch or reading a bedtime story. The cards stay close by, ready to be picked up again and again by parents, grandparents, educators, friends and anyone else in your little one's communication village.

Happy Mail isn't designed to be opened once and forgotten in an inbox. It's designed to become part of your everyday life.

We're not sending more screen time.

We're sending more time together.

If you complete the 6-month journey, you'll learn over 50 foundational signs chosen around the everyday words little ones naturally use as they begin to communicate.

Because communication isn't about memorising hundreds of signs—it's about confidently using a few in everyday life.

By introducing just a handful of carefully chosen signs at a time, Happy Mail helps create small, sustainable habits that naturally become part of your routine. It's these everyday moments, repeated over time, that build confidence and create learning that truly sticks—for both grown-ups and little ones.

Not at all! Friends Who Sign is designed for complete beginners. Each Happy Mail introduces just a few signs at a time, with simple explanations and practical ways to use them in everyday life.

Friends Who Sign was designed to be shared.

Display your sign cards on the fridge, pop one in your bag, stick one on the bathroom mirror or take one to daycare. The more your little one sees the same signs used by the people around them, the more opportunities they have to understand, communicate and connect.

Every Happy Mail is designed to spark conversations and make it easy for parents, grandparents, educators, therapists, friends and extended family to learn together.

Because when more grown-ups learn the same signs, little ones don't just learn a new way to communicate—they gain a whole village that can communicate with them.

Just a few minutes at a time. We encourage you to focus on one or two signs and naturally weave them into everyday routines like mealtimes, play, bath time and reading together.

I send out your welcome happy mail within 48 hours of your purchase. I send from Newcastle, Australia via AusPost and you'll typically receive it within 3-7 days.

I then send out your happy mail twice each month around the 15th and 30th. So you will always receive at least 2 happy mails every month you are subscribed (with 3 arriving in the first 30 days!).

Email me at hello@friendswhosign.com.au and I will end your subscription or change your address. Make sure to email me before the 15th or the 30th of the month so we can adjust your address, update your payment or subscription before sending!

Sometimes the mail can take up to 2 weeks to arrive. If your Happy Mail doesn’t arrive, email us at hello@friendswhosign.com.au and we’ll make it right, either by resending your letter or refunding you. Please review your receipt to confirm your address is correct as that is often the culprit! :)

Friends Who Sign is suitable for babies and young children, whether you're introducing signs from birth or supporting a child who would benefit from extra communication support.

Absolutely! Friends Who Sign makes a thoughtful gift for new parents, grandparents, educators and anyone wanting to support a little one's communication journey.