Year: 2012

Potty Time App Ranked #1

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#1 Potty Training App for Apple and Android  It has been exciting to see our free Potty Time App climb to the top of the list in both iTunes and Google Play! We’ve even “pulled up” ahead of apps created by large corporations (see search results below). That’s happened because of reviews like these: “My daughter in law just potty trained my granddaughter in 4 days with your app. My granddaughter loves to call Rachel each time she is successful and mind you, she has not had one accident since they started using this app!  She has been using this the …

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Sign of the Week – Go

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Go Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/Go.mp4″ 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: Baby Signing Time Volume 3 – A New Day Created specifically for babies as young as 3 months old up to 3 years, yet fun for the whole family! Features host Rachel Coleman, along with animated Baby Alex, Baby Leah, and Baby Hopkins. Baby …

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

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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. 24th-28th)

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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: Ewa Kaminska- Poland Algene Mechura– Kirbyville, TX Congratulations Certified Instructors Jennifer Ortiz– Baby Signing Time Instructor Erika Ramirez– Baby Signing Time Instructor Nonna Gericke– Baby Signing Time Instructor Raquel Pirie– Baby Signing Time Instructor YiMin Jeng– Baby Signing Time Instructor Michelle Barkemeyer– Baby Signing Time Instructor Carmela Brown– Advanced Signing Time Instructor Joanna Abbott– Advanced Signing Time Instructor Gabriella Obrecht– Advanced Signing Time Instructor Carley Navratil– Master Signing Time Instructor The …

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Sign of the Week – Shoes

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Shoes Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/Shoes.mp4″ image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. The file contains a few color and black-and-white options. Print according to your needs.) This week’s sign comes from: Baby Signing Time Volume 2 – Here I Go Created specifically for babies as young as 3 months old up to 3 years, yet fun for the whole family! Features host Rachel Coleman, along with animated Baby Alex, Baby Leah, and Baby Hopkins. Baby Signing …

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Spelling and Signing: How ASL helped our kids with homework

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Spelling Words at our House Our first experience with using the manual alphabet with spelling was when our oldest daughter was in second grade. Her teacher was fluent in ASL and he would use signs in the classroom to enrich his teaching. Each week he would have the students practice their spelling words by using the manual alphabet to decode each one (try it now). Then they would finger spell each word. This was one of our daughter’s favorite homework assignments! When we discovered that our second daughter had a speech problem, we included the use of ASL in her …

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

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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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Signing is Learning

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By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed. Why did you start signing with your child? Maybe you had hopes of knowing what your baby wanted or needed before she could talk. Or maybe you wanted to bond with your little guy and thought signing was a great way to interact. Whatever the reason was that lead you to signing, you’ve given your child a wonderful gift – the gift of learning. When you sign with a child, did you know that you are laying the groundwork for both early language and literacy? Two leaders in the field of researching sign language and children, …

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Helping Your Clients To See Signing as Learning

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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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Sign of the Week – Bird

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It’s Tuesday… here’s your sign of the week! This Week’s Featured Sign: Bird Watch the Video (Click the Image Below to Play) Free QuickTime Player required [powerpress url=”http://359d6a6391b8c244d1d1-bd1f407c1e8743cc7c885af7afe617dd.r85.cf1.rackcdn.com/Bird.mp4″ image=”http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/signoftheweek/signoftheweeklogo.jpg”] Download the Flashcard (click on the image. The file contains a few color and black-and-white options. Print according to your needs.) This week’s sign comes from Baby Signing Time Vol. 1 – It’s Baby Signing Time Baby’s first step into signing! The Baby Signing Time Series combines clever songs, animation, and real signing babies – all age two and under – to make signing easy and fun. This is the first …

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