Signing Time Academy

Welcome New Instructors! (Nov. 5th-9th)

Welcome New Instructors The following Instructors have recently joined the Signing Time Academy and are completing their certification so they can start teaching the families and educators in their communities: Kate Sitzmann- San Clemente, CA Sabrina Francis- New York, NY Congratulations Certified Instructors The  following Instructors have completed their certification and are now ready to start offering classes and materials. Click on their names to view their Instructor profiles: Becky Grider– Baby Signing Time Instructor Parkersburg, WV Alison Barney– Baby Signing Time Instructor Tampa, FL Bethany Sloan– Baby Signing Time Instructor Irvine, CA Jacqueline Ciaramella– Advanced Signing Time Instructor Flushing, NY …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Oct 29th- Nov 2nd)

Welcome New Instructors The following Instructors have recently joined the Signing Time Academy and are completing their certification so they can start teaching the families and educators in their communities: Christi Rykaczewski- Wasilla, AK Bethany Sloan- Irvine, CA Congratulations Certified Instructors The  following Instructors have completed their certification and are now ready to start offering classes and materials. Click on their names to view their Instructor profiles: Christi Rykaczewski– Baby Signing Time Instructor Wasilla, AK Barbra Wills– Master Signing Time Instructor Sterling, AK Join our Team! The mission of the Academy is to bring the benefits of ASL to children of all …

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Signing is Spelling

By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed. One of the biggest messages I find myself repeating to people is that signing with children can go well beyond the pre-verbal months of development. Indeed, if we keep signing with kids after they have started to talk, we begin to reap huge benefits in early literacy, from language development, to learning to read, to early spelling skills. Let’s talk about how sign language can help with something like spelling.  Signing has shown to be a great memory aid because it is both a visual and a tactile (feeling) cue. Children absolutely thrive on movement and …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Oct. 15th-26th)

Welcome New Instructors The following Instructors have recently joined the Signing Time Academy and are completing their certification so they can start teaching the families and educators in their communities: Traci Cromer– Hanahan, SC Erin Ales– Le Roy, IL Giuliana Asturias– Wildomer, CA Jacqueline Ciaramella– Flushing, NY Rita Lopez– Pomona, CA Becky Grider– Parkersburg, WV Congratulations Certified Instructors The  following Instructors have completed their certification and are now ready to start offering classes and materials. Click on their names to view their Instructor profiles: Jacqueline Ciaramella– Baby Signing Time Instructor Flushing, NY Join our Team! The mission of the Academy is to …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Oct 8th-12th)

Welcome New Instructors The following Instructors have recently joined the Signing Time Academy and are completing their certification so they can start teaching the families and educators in their communities: Alison Barney– Tampa, FL Denise Voelker– Micanopy, FL Congratulations Certified Instructors The  following Instructors have completed their certification and are now ready to start offering classes and materials. Click on their names to view their Instructor profiles: Shara Goldsmith Bowen– Baby Signing Time Turks and Caicos Islands Brandy Morris– Baby Signing Time Bridgeville, DE Nicole Walker– Baby Signing Time Burnaby, BC, Canada Join our Team! The mission of the Academy is to …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Oct. 1st-5th)

Welcome New Instructors The following Instructors have recently joined the Signing Time Academy and are completing their certification so they can start teaching the families and educators in their communities: Alexandra Carter– Redding, CA Denise Lowsley– Greenwich, CT Brandy Morris– Bridgeville, DE Shara Goldsmith Bowen– Turks and Caicos Islands Nicole Walker– Burnaby, BC, Canada Congratulations Certified Instructors The  following Instructors have completed their certification and are now ready to start offering classes and materials. Click on their names to view their Instructor profiles: Jeanna Bassett– Baby Signing Time Instructor, Fort Worth, TX Yadira Torres– Baby Signing Time Instructor San Antonio, TX …

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Instructor-to-Instructor: 5 Lessons Learned from the Buddy Walk

By Advanced Signing Time Instructor Megan McWilliams 1. Rachel STILL gives me goose bumps. I didn’t even have to SEE Rachel before I starting getting goose bumps! I heard her sing the first note during her sound check and was excited to know that she had arrived!! 2. Holding inventory can be beneficial when the Signing Time Foundation calls you! AND keeping your Instructor Profile up-to-date is crucial. Rachel told me that she searched a 200-mile radius from Sioux Falls trying to find an Instructor willing to sell product at the Sioux Falls, SD Buddy Walk. She then stated that when she …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Sept. 17th-21st)

Welcome New Instructors The following Instructors have recently joined the Signing Time Academy and are completing their certification so they can start teaching the families and educators in their communities: Raquel Pirie– JBER, Alaska Congratulations Certified Instructors The  following Instructors have completed their certification and are now ready to start offering classes and materials. Click on their names to view their Instructor profiles: Leander Coleman– Baby Signing Time Instructor Alyssa Pruemer– Baby Signing Time Instructor Elaine Henke– Baby Signing Time Instructor Arika Ledom– Master Signing Time Instructor Jennifer Anderson– Baby Signing Time Instructor Anastasia Mankova– Baby Signing Time Instructor Join our …

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Helping Your Clients To See Signing as Learning

By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed. Take a moment to think about why people take your signing classes. Many of my clients have told me they want to know what their baby wants before spoken language has developed. Some appreciate the bonding opportunity. Others are just looking for something to do with their infant or toddler and signing classes seem like a good social opportunity. These are all great reasons to take a signing class! But have your clients started to see the cognitive benefits of signings? In other words, do they see signing as learning, at least beyond some simple vocabulary …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Sept. 10th-14th)

Welcome New Instructors The following Instructors have recently joined the Signing Time Academy and are completing their certification so they can start teaching the families and educators in their communities: Barbara Tompkins- York, PA Elaine Henke- Barrow, AK Jennifer Anderson– Idaho Falls, ID Congratulations Certified Instructors The  following Instructors have completed their certification and are now ready to start offering classes and materials. Click on their names to view their Instructor profiles: Ebony Robinson– Baby Signing Time Instructor Sarah Rotert– Advanced Signing Time Instructor Tamara Hill– Advanced Signing Time Instructor Barbara Tompkins– Baby Signing Time Instructor Join our Team! The mission of …

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