Signing Time

Top 5 Easter Basket Picks

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1.  Potty Time You Can Do It Pack This award-winning set makes potty training fun and easy. For children of any age.   2.  Baby Signing Time Full Collection  Includes 4 Books, 4 DVDs, 4 CDs, 4 Flash Card Sets, Baby Hopkins – plus bonus lullaby CD.                 3.  Baby Signing Time Board Book Set NEW! Sign and read together with board books starring Baby Alex, Baby Leah and Baby Hopkins!   4.  Baby Hopkins Plush Doll NEW! This cuddly Baby Hopkins comes with removable undies. He’s the perfect potty training pal.   5. …

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Rachel on the Radio: The Story Behind Potty Time

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Rachel Coleman was interviewed recently on www.TheCityFM.com in Las Vegas, Nevada about the new Potty Time program, her recent humanitarian trip to Ghana, and more. Listen to the interview and find out: Why parents asked Rachel to make Potty Time What happened that made Rachel finally create Potty Time! How Rachel and Emilie made Potty Time different from other programs How Rachel and Emilie’s mom influenced their potty training philosophy What songs Rachel couldn’t write – and who finally did! What new Potty Time product Rachel leaked (she wasn’t supposed to tell!) What Rachel and the Signing Time Foundation went to Ghana to do And much …

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Ryan will do what Ryan will do!

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Making a Difference: Stories from Signing Time Families We’d like to share this testimonial that Susan L. posted at www.signingtime.com recently. Warning: Get your tissue out. This is one seriously inspiring story. When we adopted Ryan from Russia he was almost 2 years old and was unable to speak. Right away we got him involved in all kinds of program for developmentally delayed children. After a year of receiving speech, occupational therapy, and being in a developmental preschool, he had made some progress, but still wasn’t able to form any words. I made the decision to quit my job to …

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The Signing Time Academy Goes Global!

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The Signing Time Academy has become a truly global organization with Instructors around the world. In the past month alone, we have added 70 new Instructors. We currently have Instructors registered in every US state as well as Abu Dhabi, Africa, Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Vietnam! Signing Time Academy Instructors are: independent business owners who come from all walks of life committed to teaching children through American Sign Language signs free to choose their level of certification and the classes …

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Baby Signing Time features top words 2-year olds should say

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In a recent article on Parents.com, Richard Rende, Ph.D. shared a list of 25 words that a typical 2-year-old should be saying. Baby Signing Time DVDs and Baby Signing Time Board Books can give your child exposure to many of these important early words. How does signing support spoken language? In the white paper “Signing with Babies and Children,” Dr. Claire Vallotton of Michigan State University summarizes what research can tell us about the link between signing and talking: “In one case study, each time the child learned the sign for a certain concept, the word followed shortly after it, from the time the child was 8 …

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Baby Signing Myth #4: ASL signs are too hard for babies (BUSTED!)

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MYTH: ASL is too complicated for babies. Excerpt from SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years Whenever I speak to my toddlers, Mendez and Quincy, I use real words so I can provide an accurate model, even though I know they are not yet able to reproduce the sounds I’m making. As children get more speaking experience, they refine their speech and become more capable of accurately pronouncing words. It is a bad idea to invent words to take the place of complex words your child can’t pronounce yet. If he can’t say the …

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Baby Signing Myth #3: Signing is just for parents trying to raise a genius (BUSTED!)

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MYTH: Signing is something only type-A parents who are trying to raise a genius baby would do.  Excerpt from SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years I think Dr. Alan Greene said it best: “teaching your baby sign language is not about power-parenting, it’s another loving way to interact. Signing can potentially increase your child’s IQ, vocabulary, and reading ability, but the most important thing about it is that it opens the door to communication for your child much earlier than it would happen otherwise, allowing you and your child to get closer. This …

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Baby Signing Myth #2: Signing takes a lot of time and money (BUSTED!)

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Myth: Signing is expensive and time-consuming Excerpt from SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years  Signing does not take a lot of time or cost a bundle. The amount of time you devote to signing and the degree to which you integrate it into your family’s life is completely up to you. Granted, the more you do, the more likely you are to see results. I have seen families who use only three signs benefit from the experience. As far as the financial commitment goes, it can be as little as the cost of one paperback book. …

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Baby Signing Myth #1: Signing delays speech (BUSTED!)

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Myth: Sign language will delay spoken language Excerpt from SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years  Because sign encourages early communication, increases vocabulary, reduces frustration, and expands expressive language, most speech experts are in favor of introducing sign to babies. According to Dr. Marilyn Agin, Lisa Geng, and Malcolm Nicholl, authors of The Late Talker, “Research indicates that signing is a stepping stone–and a very important one–on the way to speech. As the child’s ability to vocalize increases, signing falls by the way side. The signs are not an alternative to speech, but a …

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