sign: CURIOUS for CURIOUS George. That's what we're reading right now.

Little fingers loves her CURIOUS George bedtime stories.  We even listen to CURIOUS George on CD while we read it.

What books are your little ones reading right now?

sign: BIG (for tomorrow's BIG day)

Tomorrow's the BIG day for Miss Little Fingers. We're finally celebrating her birthday (it was last month - yikes! The new baby impeded on those plans a little but we're still going to celebrate!).

Sign: BIG

Last year I talked a lot about different birthday signs such as 
CELEBRATION
BIRTHDAY (with a few different variations)
PLANNING
EXCITED
                                      Go check them out! :)

S is for SWEET! SWEET as in - SWEET I'm so excited (read below to find out why)

Today's the last day of the week... I have a little surprise for you... Signing Simon! For those who were introduced back in the spring, well he had a transformation last week and ta-da (as Ms. Little Fingers says)! What do you think of Signing Simon?

Stay tuned! You'll be seeing a lot of Signing Simon in my first paid product on TeachersPayingTeachers! I will write another post explaining it 

all - don't worry! :) 

Q is for QUIET

Shh!! Q is for QUIET

My daughter has started whispering and loving it. She also loves putting her doll babies to sleep. So it's a perfect time to introduce - QUIET!

L is for ... LITTLE, LOOK, LOVE (in no particular order :)! )

L is for ...

LITTLE

LOOK

LOVE!

(In no particular order :). )

D for DIRTY

So now that Little Fingers is playing outside so much she is getting her hands DIRTY. So she learned the sign/word DIRTY. She's saying it like a champ, and has signed it a few times. :) So I thought D for DIRTY was very appropriate! 

We have gotten a lot of rain recently in the northeast so she's constantly getting DIRTY. She gets changed a few times in a day! She's also learning that she doesn't need mommy to wipe her hands off and she can do it herself :)

Sign: DIRTY

sign: SUN. it's HOT and SUNNY here!

This weekend is a HOT one Thank you Mr. SUN! We were going to go bike riding to Washington D.C. on a road trip quick weekend but the heat is stopping us! We'll stick to some simple relaxation (or should I say - much needed relaxation!)
Mr. SUN! is HOT this weekend.

and our old sign ...

missed it? Check it out here

sign: HOT (One of Lil's new words) - appropriate for the season

I never would have imagined all the words coming out of this little girl! One of her newest words is HOT and she gets it! She blows on her food after she says and signs HOT. 

**Love it***

Now I'm trying to teach her HOT in the tub because once in a blue moon when the tub water is just too HOT she'll get quite upset. Being able to carry over the understanding of HOT outside of food will be huge!

HOT is very appropriate this time of year right? For summer! It's not HOT enough yet for me to sign it, but give it a few weeks, it'll be boiling here. 


(I also use HOT with describing words and opposites in therapy)

sign: GENTLE for Dog's sake

One of our new signs we sign with Ms. Little Fingers is GENTLE. She just loves jumping all over the dog and climbing and ... well you name it - she's loves him! So now we're signing GENTLE! (It turned into a situation for both of them - the dog and Lil are told GENTLE) - they surely love to rough house together!

Sign: CRAZY - because you'd be CRAZY to not take advantage of this 2-day sale!

I'm very EXCITED about this 2-day sale! 

I'm going to buy Lil a few more DVDs related to our adventures OUTSIDE and things she's doing and noticing now that she's getting older (can you believe she's almost 15 months - we were just celebrating her first birthday!!)

Sign: CRAZY 

(now this isn't the sign for something you are crazy about 

- as in you love something).

Make a C (claw shape) handshape and turn it back and forth at the side of your head - CRAZY

sign: SMART. Product review: Signing Smart. Great ASL product for babies

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on Signing SMART's sign language products a couple months ago. ... and well, it was a hit! 

Little Fingers signed TWO signs immediately (literally - during the movie)! One she already signed before (BABY) but the other she didn't! 

Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Linder created Signing SMART when they became new parents and quickly learned there were not many resources available for the true hectic lifestyles of parents to teach their children enriched language skills.  Dr. Anthony and Dr. Linder went to school together and got their PhDs in Developmental Psychology.


They both believe in my same philosophies of using ASL to teach sign language versus baby signs or home made signs. It's just so important to understand the importance of a philosophy I once heard in Dr. Garcia's book, Sign With Your Baby "It Takes A Language To Learn Another" - I can't stress that enough (and that's just one of the many reasons who to use ASL - we'll talk about that more later).

The use of the puppet-like bear with the very animated music and upbeat rhythms Lil was immediately interested. She signed BABY immediately and then signed PLAY. She was immediately drawn to the movie, which she isn't for many shows. She typically doesn't care about the TV (unless it's Signing Time, Fresh Beat Band and now this!).


We're happy to have stumbled upon Signing SMART. So happy that we decided to stock their DVDs and you can find their DVDs in our online store now!

Sign: SMART! 

(2 parter)

 


Sign: SMART - first you put your middle finger on your forehead and then twist it out (so your palm is facing your communication partner).

sign: HUMBLE ... 1,000 fan giveaway

Sign: HUMBLE

Why? 

Because I am HUMBLED to all those sharing my passion, supporting me during this journey, and those who are just in it for fun. Thanks for getting us to 1,000!

Our 1,000 giveaway is in process! click here! We have teamed up with Signing Time for multiple chances to win lots of prizes! 

Prizes from Signing Time include:

- an iPad (16 GB) 

- iTouch (8GB)

- $200 Signing Time gift card

- $100 Signing Time gift card

Our prizes include:

- a free sign language class (in one of my classes in person or online)

- a $50 store credit (for our store at http://hearmyhandsasl.blogspot.com/p/online-store.html)

- bundle of sign language goodies!!!  

The bonus -if you win a iPad or iTouch from Signing Time we will include a free $30 iTunes gift!

 You may enter to win multiple times based on the the number of free and purchased downloads on www.signingtimeacademy.com/hearmyhands.  Lastly, once you have logged in at www.signingtimeacademy.com/hearmyhands) you are able to buy some great sign language products at a discounted price (5% off) with coupon code hearmyhands

Good luck to all of those who enter! Don't forget if you are a winner of the iTouch and iPad from the Signing Time giveaway you will also win the $30 iTunes card from us! Good Luck!


Need contest link? click Here

Sign: HUMBLE

 

sign: COLD

It's winter here in the greater North East (as the weathermen say) ... it's pretty cold! But we love it! Lil doesn't seem to mind. She smiles when we sign COLD "brr"! We're very fortunate she let's us bundle her up. There was a time when she wasn't a fan of being bundled! We're loving the snow today and hoping it'll keep accumulating so we can go outside and play! 

Compliments of Sign2Me

**Extra tip** the sign for COLD is the same as the sign for WINTER :)

Stay tuned for this week's snowman craft! (We're hopeful we'll still have snow!)

sign: NEW

As you all may know, this website/blog experience is quite NEW for us! Please accept our sincere apologies for the errors on the links to the registration forms for class and the Pay Pal you may have been experiencing this week. But it is up and running! Thank you for staying with us during this new journey. We've been signing for years... but the technology, websites, and all the above - we're NEW. :) So thanks for staying with us. 


We have plenty of NEW signs coming and NEW tips/techniques to use the signs :)!

Guess what today's sign is? You guessed it! NEW!

Happy Signing!