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How to use sign language to spark your baby’s love of books

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By Lane Rebelo, LCSW, Certified Master Signing Time Instructor Reading with your baby every day is not only good for her budding language and communication skills, it can also be a wonderful time to play and learn too! Using American Sign Language can help take baby’s reading time to a whole new level as you stimulate her senses while engaging more areas of her growing brain. Picking Books to Read With Baby Babies love colorful board books with chunky pages that are sturdy and easy to turn. Touch-and-feel books offer stimulating textures for little fingers to explore, and lift-the-flap features …

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Meet two Deaf young adults on MTV’s Real Life

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Many Signing Time families have expressed a desire to learn more about Deaf culture as they learn and use signs from ASL at home. We came across this terrific episode of MTV’s True Life and shared it on our Facebook page a few weeks ago. We got so many comments from the people who watched it that we wanted to share it with our blog readers, too. We hope you enjoy meeting Christopher and Amanda and getting a glimpse into the joys and challenges they face in their lives. Watch “I’m Deaf” now. Learn more! Find more Deaf culture resources …

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My Signing Time Story: 2 Daughters + Signing = Happy Family

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Guest blog post by Megan McWilliams, Norfolk, NE[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjBfRcCrWAU&hl=en&fs=1] As a full-time working mother of a 9 month old daughter, I desperately wished that Adalia could talk to me. Communicate anything, please. One day I read in a parenting magazine that babies could sign before they could talk. I decided that it couldn’t hurt to try, so I began teaching myself some American Sign Language vocabulary through online video dictionaries. I then taught my daughter and my husband. The frustration between Adalia and I immediately started to decrease as our ability to communicate increased. We all learned the signs for …

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After Baby Signing Time, then what?

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Many parents wonder what to do after their child has learned all the signs in the Baby Signing Time series. For me, that answer is easy. With my oldest daughter, we started with Signing Time Volumes 1-3 because that is all that was available! We waited for each new volume and introduced them to her as quickly as they were released. Volumes 4-6 were released shortly after my second daughter was born. Then in 2005, I was lucky enough to start working for Two Little Hands Productions. I ran a signing playgroup that got invited to be part of the …

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National Board Certified Teacher is Making a Difference

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This guest blog is by Signing Time Academy Instructor Vickie Wood in Norman, OK and is part of our Making A Difference series. Several years ago my daughter discovered Signing Time when she was looking for a way to teach sign language to my grandson Cameron. Cam was about 2 years old then and he quickly learned not only to sign along with his spoken words, but to read and spell as well. After seeing the many benefits he and my other grandchildren experienced, I started using Signing Time in my special education classroom. Using ASL in the classroom has …

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New! Printer-friendly Signing Time Song Lyrics

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We celebrated Earth Day by making our popular lyric pages more earth-friendly. That means the next time you want to print the words to your favorite Signing Time song, you have the option of downloading the black-and-white edition, or a color edition. Whichever you choose, you will cut down on the amount of ink you’ll need for printing. We have song lyrics for: Signing Time Series 1 Songs (updated) Signing Time Series 2 Songs (new) Baby Signing Time Songs Download them now!  

iTunes puts Signing Time app at the top of list for parents

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When parents want to know what apps to get their child, Apple makes life easier by providing a list of their best family-friendly apps. The Signing Time app is in the top 3 iPhone apps for moms and dads – just under Elmo’s Monster Maker and BabyPhone – and just before Dora! Here’s what Allie’s mom had to say about the Signing Time app: This application is wonderful. My baby is starting to learn sign language. We now always have something with us to help us learn. While in the Dr’s waiting room the other day, we started to go …

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Signing Time Academy Instructors Making a Difference

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Signing Time Academy Instructors are making a difference in their communities every day. They are teaching classes to adults and children, sponsoring outreach events featuring Rachel Coleman, and presenting at conferences to educate people about the benefits of using signs to help children of all ages and abilities communicate and connect with the people they love. Many of our Instructors have been featured in their local media. We want to share their stories with you so you can see what the Signing Time Academy is all about. Stephanie Behunin from Brookland, AR was featured on the KAIT 8 in March …

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