Benefits

Baby Signing for preverbal babies

Our Baby Signing classes are based on the original Baby Signing program, SIGN with your BABY® and uses only true ASL signs. Classes are geared towards pre-verbal babies birth to three years of age and gives your child the tools they need to express their wants, needs and thoughts clearly without frustration.

Benefits you may see from Baby Signing:

• Allows pre-verbal babies to express themselves more clearly
• Establishes and develops early language comprehension
• Reduces frustration by giving your baby an outlet for expression
• Strengthens parent-child bonds
• Increases interest in books

Recommended age: birth – three years of age or pre-verbal

Signing with toddlers and preschool children

Having two-way communication with your toddler or preschool child teaches them the concepts of language early. At this age when children are still understanding the concepts of sharing, learning signs like “STOP” and “SHARE” allow your child to communicate emotions easily and problem-solve with other children.

Learning to sign with your toddler or preschool child will encourage your child to:

• Ask questions
• Start conversations
• Explain needs and wants in a way you can easily understand
• Expand their vocabulary more quickly and easily
• Bridge the communication gap between hearing and Deaf children

Recommended age group: three – six years old or in preschool

Signing in childcare and preschool programs

Using simple signs while speaking with babies, toddlers, and preschool children as young as 6 months of age is an excellent way to enable their communication skills while they are learning to speak. Asking for food, diaper changes or simply identifying objects in their environment, preverbal children love to participate in communication.

Signing in your childcare and preschool program will:

• Help to lower noise levels in the classroom
• Significantly reduce problems with biting
• Help children communicate their emotions rather than acting out
• Minimize stress and frustration for caregivers, especially those who are responsible for meeting the needs of many children at once
• Give children with special needs the opportunity to meaningfully interact with typically developing children

Recommended age: birth – six years of age or in childcare or preschool programs

Sign Language with Elementary-school children

Our Sign Language Fun classes are just what the name implies, F-U-N! We take the difficulty out of learning a new language through fun games, art, books, and songs. Classes are geared towards children in elementary school as part of the After School Programming.

Benefits you may see from enrolling your child in a Sign Language Fun class:

• Exposes children to a new language, the third most spoken language in United States, while having fun with their peers
• Helps children with spelling
• Increases self-confidence
• Creates the foundation for learning formal ASL classes later in life (many high schools offer ASL as a formal language)
• Gives children the ability to communicate things they have trouble expressing like embarrassing topics or words that are hard to say
• Helps children to communicate their emotions
• Exposes children to diversity awareness and how to communicate with Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals they may encounter in life

Recommended age: Five – eleven years of age or in elementary school

Sign Language with Middle-school children

ASL cooL classes for the Middle-school child are our newest offering! Classes are fun, educational and draw on topics and activities that teens are interested in. ASL cOoL classes are a great high school preparation course for those that wish to take ASL as their foreign language in high school.

Benefits you may see from enrolling your child in an ASL cOoL class:

• Exposes children to a new language, ASL, the third most spoken language in United States, while having fun with their peers
• Helps children with spelling
• Allows friends to have a “secret-language”
• Increases self-confidence
• Exposes children to diversity awareness and how to communicate with Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals they may encounter in life

Recommended age: Eleven – thirteen years of age or in middle school