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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Nov 26th-30th)

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: Nurul Farid- Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia 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: Kate Sitzmann– Baby Signing Time Instructor San Clemente, CA Cindy Despins– Baby Signing Time Instructor Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Join our Team! The mission of the Academy is to bring the benefits of ASL to children of all ages …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Nov 19th-23rd)

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:   Cindy Despins– Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   Join our Team! The mission of the Academy is to bring the benefits of ASL to children of all ages and abilities through a network of certified Instructors who offer classes, products, and personal support to families in their communities. Learn how you can become an Instructor.

Signing is Movement

By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed. Over the last several years, children have become more and more sedentary, spending longer time in front of a screen, and less time running, jumping and just moving.  There’s been a lot of concern over the consequences of this change in activity level: from issues with physical development, to childhood obesity, to learning and behavioral problems. Add to that more time sitting at desks in the classroom, and less time running at recess and gym, and we as a nation have a challenge on our hands. This is not to say all is lost, however. PBS …

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Welcome New Academy Instructors! (Nov. 12th-16th)

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: Demetria Rupkey- Lagrange, IN Nicole Lebel– Deep River, Ontario, Canada Jill Severson– Augusta, WI 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: Traci Cromer– Baby Signing Time Hanahan, SC Christy Rykaczewski– Master Signing Time Wasilla, AK Join our Team! The mission of the Academy is to bring the benefits of ASL …

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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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