Signing helps kids develop a love of reading Signs actively engage kids as they listen to you read aloud! Watch this song from our Once Upon a Time video and learn five ASL signs you can use every time you and your child read together. Practice your new signs Read Story Together Favorite Beginning Get the Video Get the Complete Series
By Marcia Bruce, Baby Signing Time Instructor Originally posted on Calgary Is Signing, MARCH 18, 2016 REASON 1: Baby signing gives you the gift of communication I’ll start with the main reason baby sign language is so fantastic. It gives you the gift of communication with your little one before she can actually talk. No surprise there, right? This benefit is probably listed on every baby signing site out there – babies have control of their hands and can sign before they master the use of their voices. However, you don’t know how magical it is until you see it in action …
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Signing Time Sentences 1: Let’s Get Started Alex and Leah from Signing Time are all grown up! They’re back to teach you how to put signs together to make sentences so you can have conversations in American Sign Language. For kids of all ages. Building on the 1,000+ signs taught in the original Signing Time series. Kristi wrote: This is exactly what we have been looking for! My husband and I are teaching my six-year-old daughter sign language so she can communicate with her deaf uncle. She only gets to see him once or twice a year so her Signing …
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“The American Academy of Pediatrics is reviewing media guidelines in the era of iPads and educational apps, acknowledging that no screen time before age 2 and the two-hour limit for older children may be outdated.” Wall Street Journal’s Sumathi Reddy explains on Lunch Break With Tanya Rivero. In an article by Sumathi Reddy in the Wall Street Journal on October 12th, 2015 it reads: In a nod to the changing nature of digital media and technology, the American Academy of Pediatrics announced this month that it is starting the process of revising its ironclad guidelines for children and …
By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed., C.H.C. Adoption Adoption to me, means not only the expansion of my family, but a fulfillment of a dream. Many years ago, when I was still in college, I knew in my heart that someday I wanted to pursue adoption. I was a nanny for two little girls adopted from China. One night, as I rocked the baby to sleep, I looked down at her perfect little face and the wind just sucked out of me. In an instant, I saw what her life would have been like as a female orphan in a place that …
We are pleased to have a network of Instructors around the world offering Signing Time classes, workshops, and story times. Cheryl-Annette Parker is a mom of two wonderful children – a daughter of 4 years and a son of 19 months, and she is a Signing Time Academy Instructor in Rockwall, TX. Cheryl-Annette and her husband are both engineers. They met at the University of North Texas while playing chess and studying technology. Her Master’s degree is in computer engineering, and his is in computer science. Being an engineer, Cheryl-Annette has many technical hobbies. She enjoys aviation, astronomy, and sound …
By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed., C.H.C. If you’re already a fan of Baby Signing Time, the results of a recent study by researchers at Emory University will come as no surprise. If you’ve ever secretly wondered if using our videos really helps, or if you should be concerned about using the videos with children under age two (a topic we tackle HERE), the results may offer some reassurance. What is particularly exciting about this research is that it looked specifically at sign language acquisition and retention, so the results speak very directly to what we do here at Two Little Hands …
On August 9th, three of our Baby Signing Time cast members attended the Signing Time Live Concert in Austin, Texas. Rachel brought them on stage with her and they signed along with her to “The Pets I Love”. We thought it would be fun to check in with them and their families to see where they are now. Hopkins, Cameron, Rachel, Caitlyn, and Anyka – Austin, TX Concert, 2014 Meet Anyka Anyka was born with a cleft palate and a very small jaw. She required a tracheotomy at one month old and required a series of facial surgeries. There was …
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By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed., C.H.C. Baby sign language has lots of benefits and many people are on board with signing with babies. But what about using sign language for kids who have developed some spoken language? Should you still sign? While there may naturally be a (sometimes temporary) downturn in using sign after spoken language emerges, we say stick with it! The benefits are vast. In fact, we have 60 great reasons to keep signing compiled for you here. A big shout out and thanks to our amazing Signing Time and Baby Signing Time Facebook communities for helping with this …
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The 3 Signs to Teach Babies First… Sometimes we wish our babies would come to us with full vocabularies and understanding enough of the world to know how to express their needs and wants. Obviously, it doesn’t work that way and when we stop to think about it, we would miss out on all of the precious moments of discovery that bring us closer to our children. I guess what we really want is to speed up the time between those discoveries. We want to make life easier on us and them by closing the gap in our communication. Sign Language …