Happy Mail for the grown-ups helping little ones find their voice.
A joyful, practical Key Word Sign learning journey — posted to your letterbox twice a month.
Complete the six-month journey and learn 50+ foundational Auslan signs for everyday communication.
$23/month · Includes 2 Happy Mail deliveries each month · Australia-wide
Why Happy Mail?
You don’t need more saved posts.
You don’t need another thing to bookmark and come back to later.
You need something that actually makes it into everyday life.
Because somewhere between appointments, routines, work and life, good intentions often get left behind.
Happy Mail brings learning back to something simple.
Something you can hold in your hands. Something that arrives in your letterbox. A little reminder to learn, practise and keep going - helping a few signs at a time become a habit that sticks.
We're not sending you more screen time.
We're sending you more time together.
Our Story
Hello, I'm Monique.
This is my beautiful daughter, Nadiya.
When Nadiya experienced a speech delay, I found myself stepping into a whole new world of sign language, communication strategies, therapy appointments and acronyms I'd never heard before.
I was learning alongside her.
Before long, our learning started to spread. Her educators wanted to use the same signs at daycare. Her therapists wanted to know what we were practising at home. Family and friends wanted to join in too.
I quickly realised I wasn't the only grown-up trying to learn.
We all were.
But I couldn't find anything that made it easy for a whole village of grown-ups to learn the same signs together.
That's when my two worlds came together.
As an adult educator, I've spent years helping grown-ups learn new skills in ways that are simple, practical and memorable.
So I started dreaming about a different way to learn - something simple, joyful and easy to share.
Something that could arrive in the letterbox and help a whole village learn together.
That's how Friends Who Sign Happy Mail began.
It's the helping hand I wish we'd had when our journey began. 💛
Inside every Happy Mail
Every Happy Mail builds on the last, introducing practical foundational signs for everyday communication.
Designed to be held in your hands, shared amongst your village and enjoyed together.
Inside you'll find:
💛 A personal letter from me
Encouragement, ideas and a little reminder that you're not learning alone.
🖐 Friends Who Sign Learning Cards
Practical Auslan signs to learn and use straight away, with QR links so you can watch each sign in motion.
📖 A mini lesson
Simple, practical insights to help you understand the "why" behind what you're learning.
✨ A joyful surprise
A thoughtful extra to help bring your signs into everyday life.
No pressure. No overwhelm. No jargon.
Just one Happy Mail at a time. 💛
Start Your Happy Mail Journey
Your Welcome Happy Mail is posted to you straight away, so you can begin learning as soon as the postie delivers your envelope!
From there, Happy Mail is sent twice a month — on the 15th and at the end of the month, with each envelope building on the last.
Complete the full six-month journey and you’ll receive 13 Happy Mails, learning and practising 50+ foundational Auslan signs across first words, choices, routines, mealtimes, feelings, stories, important people and everyday life.
Try Happy Mail
$23/month
Receive 2 Happy Mail deliveries each month
A flexible way to experience Happy Mail
Pause or cancel anytime.
6 months of Happy Mail
One $138 payment
Receive 13 Happy Mail deliveries across the complete 6-month journey.
Learn and practise 50+ foundational signs for everyday communication
Includes a Learning Card Keepsake Book to store and revisit your growing collection — a little thank you for being a Friend Who Signs. 💛
🎁 Gift option available — add a personalised note at checkout.
Why use Key Word Sign?
Little ones often have something to say before they have all the spoken words to say it.
Key Word Sign pairs Auslan signs and natural gestures with the words you’re already saying, helping little ones understand, express themselves and take part in everyday interactions.
It is also used by speech pathologists and other early intervention professionals to support children with emerging speech or communication difficulties.
Signs can help little ones ask for help, make choices, say no, tell us when they’ve had enough and share what matters to them — and may reduce some of the frustration that can come with not being understood.
And you don’t need to wait for a speech delay to enjoy signing together. For children whose speech is developing typically, signs and gestures can simply be another playful way to connect and communicate while spoken language continues to grow.
It’s not about replacing speech. It’s about adding another way to be understood. 💛
Frequently Asked Questions
Good things to know
Friends Who Sign is a Happy Mail learning journey that helps grown-ups learn practical Auslan signs to use alongside spoken language with little ones.
Twice a month, a new envelope arrives in your letterbox with Learning Cards, a mini lesson and simple ideas for using a few signs in everyday life.
It’s designed to make learning feel simple, joyful and easy to share with your little one’s village.
Each Happy Mail builds on the last, helping a few signs at a time become part of everyday communication.
Friends Who Sign is designed for babies and young children who may benefit from extra ways to communicate — whether you’re introducing signs from the beginning or supporting a child with emerging communication skills, speech or language delays, or developmental differences.
Happy Mail is designed for the grown-ups around them to learn and use the same signs consistently in everyday life.
It’s something extra to support your communication journey and doesn’t replace advice or support from your child’s health or early intervention professionals.
Friends Who Sign uses Auslan (Australian Sign Language) signs through a Key Word Sign approach.
You might also hear people casually call this baby sign or sign language. We use Auslan signs alongside spoken language, focusing on practical key words that are useful in everyday communication with little ones.
For Deaf and hard of hearing children, Auslan is a rich and complete language with its own grammar, culture and community. Friends Who Sign is not intended to replace learning Auslan as a full language.
Key Word Sign uses signs alongside spoken language, focusing on the important words that carry the meaning of what you’re saying.
For example, in a sentence like “Do you want more to eat?”, you might sign just MORE and EAT while speaking the whole sentence.
It gives little ones another way to understand, express themselves and connect — while helping grown-ups focus on a small number of useful signs at a time.
Because Happy Mail is designed to live in your everyday world — not get lost in an inbox.
Your Learning Cards can go on the fridge, beside the dinner table, in your bag or off to daycare, ready to be seen, shared and practised again and again.
It’s a simple physical reminder to keep learning a few signs at a time and help them become part of everyday communication.
Complete the full six-month journey and you’ll learn and practise 50+ foundational Auslan signs for everyday communication.
The signs are introduced gradually across each Happy Mail, with a focus on useful words for things like mealtimes, play, routines, feelings and everyday wants and needs.
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 make learning feel manageable and easier to build into everyday routines.
Small, consistent steps help the learning stick — for 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, Learning Cards and QR links so you can watch the signs in motion and start using them straight away.
You can learn as you go — one Happy Mail at a time.
Friends Who Sign is designed to be shared.
Display your Learning Cards on the fridge, keep one in your bag, place them near everyday routines or pass them on to daycare, therapists, family or friends.
The more grown-ups who learn and use the same signs, the more opportunities little ones have to understand, communicate and connect.
That’s the heart of Friends Who Sign — helping a little one’s village learn together.
Just a few minutes at a time.
You don’t need to master every sign at once. Choose one or two and weave them into everyday moments like mealtimes, play, bath time or reading together.
A little practice, often, is enough.
Your Welcome Happy Mail is posted within 48 hours of joining from Newcastle, NSW.
After that, Happy Mail is sent twice each month — on the 15th and at the end of the month.
Delivery times will vary depending on your location and Australia Post, but I’ll always get your Happy Mail on its way as scheduled.
Try Happy Mail is $23 per month and continues until you pause or cancel.
3 Months of Happy Mail is one $69 payment for the complete three-month journey.
6 Months of Happy Mail is one $138 payment for the complete six-month journey.
There are no additional subscription payments for the 3- or 6-month options.
For Try Happy Mail, you can pause or cancel anytime.
If you need to update your postal address or billing details, email hello@friendswhosign.com.au and I’ll help you make the change.
If possible, get in touch before your next Happy Mail is prepared so I can update everything before it heads to the post office.
If your Happy Mail hasn’t arrived after a reasonable delivery window, email hello@friendswhosign.com.au and I’ll help sort it out.
I’ll check the delivery details with you and, if your Happy Mail has gone missing in the post, I’ll resend it at no extra cost or arrange a refund for the missing delivery.
I want you to feel confident that the Happy Mail you’ve paid for will make its way to you. 💛
Absolutely! Happy Mail makes a thoughtful gift for parents, family, educators, therapists or anyone who wants to learn alongside a little one.
Simply choose the gift option at checkout and add the recipient’s delivery details.
We can also include a handwritten note in their first Happy Mail to make it feel extra special.
With respect for Auslan
The signs used by Friends Who Sign are Auslan signs — we do not create our own signs.
Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is the rich and complete language of the Australian Deaf community, with its own grammar, history, culture and community.
Friends Who Sign uses selected Auslan signs through a Key Word Sign approach, pairing key signs with spoken language to support everyday communication with little ones.
We’re grateful to learn from and use signs from this rich language, and we do so with respect for the Deaf community, culture and language they come from.
Friends Who Sign is not a replacement for learning Auslan as a full language.
Friends Who Sign
Happy Mail for the grown-ups helping little ones find their voice.
Questions? I’d love to hear from you. 💛
Email: hello@friendswhosign.com.au
Instagram: @friendswhosign
Acknowledgement of Country
Friends Who Sign acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and connect. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to land, waters, culture and community.
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