Year: 2012

Signing Time Valentine’s Day Crafts

This year, we’re bringing together all of our Valentine’s Day crafts from the past few years into one place.  We hope they will help you and your family create some wonderful memories as you celebrate this special holiday together. Signing Time Valentine’s Day Cards (6 per page) Hopkins Valentine’s Day Cards (6 per page) I Love You Card Hand-y Craft (2009) Love Bug Hand-y Craft (2010) “ILY” Valentine’s Box Hand-y Craft (2011)

Signing Time with Spanish Leads to Communication Breakthrough

By Jennifer Thorsen, SLP – winner of our Facebook Success Story Contest As a speech-language pathologist, I am no stranger to signing. I use signs as part of a total communication approach with my clients in early intervention, to facilitate communication with my own children, and with my elementary-age students who have limited verbal communication skills. However, I’ve never had a student quite like Yadi. Yadi’s ability to express herself verbally is extremely limited, and she mainly uses signs and gestures to communicate her wants and needs along with a communication device. She is also bilingual, which posed another challenge …

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Take a Potty Time Workshop!

to a fun-filled Potty Time Workshop!   This workshop will help make potty training easier for you and more fun for your child. Learn: How to prepare for potty training How to tell if your child is ready to start 25+ signs for potty training a child of any age Fun ways to motivate your child You and your child will see videos and sing songs that help motivate children to potty train – and feel good about their amazing bodies! Get a graduation certificate and other resources you can use to sing, sign and dance your way through potty training. …

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Baby Signing Time participant reads early, qualifies for MENSA and performs in Disney Channel show

Our beautiful daughter Eliana visited with Rachel & family in 2008 while taping Baby Signing Time 3 & 4. Thanks to Signing Time and dedicated parents, Eliana has been reading since she was 11 months old.  Her reading has been tested at the seventh grade level. Last year Eliana’s overall development was assessed. With an IQ of 143, she is in the genius category and exceeded the 130 requirement to become a member of MENSA. Eliana is very active. This December, she will be in a new Disney Channel show (Austin & Ally). She has a role in our local church …

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SuperBaby! Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years

Dr. Jenn Berman, award-winning columnist, professional therapist, and mother of twins, shares simple tips, tools and techniques for encouraging your child’s optimal development in her new book, SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years. We really like this book (and we like that Rachel is quoted in it, too) – so we are sharing a review of it here. Save on SuperBaby when you purchase the Baby Sign Language Starter Kit!  

Sign of the Week – K

It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: the Letter “K” Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c1900242.r42.cf0.rackcdn.com/k.m4v” image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. Print in color or black-and-white and adjust the print size according to your needs.) Alex, Leah, their frog Hopkins, and host Rachel Coleman teach the alphabet in American Sign Language. Created for ages 1-8 but enjoyed by all! Available only on DVD. Close-Captioned. Approximate run time: 30 minutes, plus special features. ABC Signs includes the following original songs, written by Rachel Coleman: …

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Sign of the Week – House

It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: House Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c1900242.r42.cf0.rackcdn.com/house.m4v”  image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”]   Download the Flashcard (click on the image. Print in color or black-and-white and adjust the print size according to your needs.) This week’s sign comes from: Signi ng Time Volume 4 – Family, Feelings & Fun Alex, Leah, their frog Hopkins, and host Rachel Coleman teach ASL signs for family members, feelings, and things outside. Buy Now

Sign of the Week – Dry

Here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Dry Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://c1900242.r42.cf0.rackcdn.com/Dry.m4v” image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. Print in color or black-and-white and adjust the print size according to your needs.)   Signing Time Volume 3 – Everyday Signs Alex, Leah, and host Rachel Coleman teach ASL signs for the things you see, do and experience every day. Created for ages 1-8 but enjoyed by all! Available only on DVD. Close-Captioned. Approximate run time: 30 minutes, plus special features. Everyday Signs includes the …

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Why I am Going to Ghana: Pablo’s Story

Pablo Martos is an ASL student, a Baby Signing Time Instructor, and the father of two signing children with special needs.  He’s also the husband of Carissa, Master Signing Time Instructor and the Signing Time Foundation’s Academy Outreach Coordinator. Why am I going to Ghana? I’m a stay at home dad, and just started a grad school program. What am I doing going to Ghana? Well, the story goes back a couple years. You see, my wife is the infamously indefatigable Carissa Martos, and we have two kids who are . . . different. When we discovered that one of …

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A Signing Song for Mealtime!

This song is from the Signing Time Preschool and Child Care Program, Vol. 1. It’s great for infants and toddlers. Sign the words that are in all caps. You can make new verses by adding different words – any sign will work! Download the lyrics to this song – PDF Buy the Preschool and Child Care Program, Vol. 1 $49.99 Buy the Complete Preschool and Child Care Program, $199.95  

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