Classes & Workshops
Baby Signs® Parent Workshop

This one-time introductory workshop teaches everything you need to know to get
started with the Baby Signs® Program. You will learn:

  •    how to begin signing with your baby
  •    effective ways to begin teaching signs at home
  •    easy ways to use signs in daily routines
  •    what to expect as your baby transitions from signs to speech

Designed for parents of hearing children ages birth to 2 years. Please click here to find information on class dates, prices, and registration. Your enrollment fee includes tuition and the Baby Signs® Parent Kit. Download our class registration form.

If you are interested in hosting a workshop or having a private workshop in your home, email us for pricing information and details.
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Tara Burke, Independent Certified Instructor
775-443-8756
tarasigns@gmail.com
Sign, Say & Play

This 6-week play class for parents and their babies:

  •    highlights signs that are most important in the lives of babies
  •    teaches signing through fun games with BeeBo the Baby Signs® Bear
  •    provides signing practice through delightful Baby Signs® songs
  •    introduces play activities that reinforce important language, cognitive, and  social-emotional skills
  •    brings families together to share their signing experiences
  •    important themes of the classes include: mealtime, bedtime, bath time, pets, park, getting dressed

Designed for parents and children ages 6 months to 2 years. Your enrollment fee includes tuition for all 6 classes, the Sign, Say & Play Kit, and taxes and shipping. Please click here to find information on class dates, prices, and registration. Download our class registration form.

MORE Sign, Say & Play

MORE Sign, Say & Play classes are an extension of our Sign, Say & Play classes for babies and parents. These classes follow the familiar Sign, Say & Play format with fun songs, games and activities that introduce 36 new signs from these important themes:

  •    Feelings
  •    Outside
  •    Safety
  •    Farm
  •    Zoo
  •    Birthday

Designed for parents and children ages 6 months to 2 years. Your enrollment fee includes tuition for all 6 classes, the MORE Sign, Say & Play Kit, and taxes and shipping. Please click here to find information on class dates, prices, and registration. Download our class registration form.
Baby Signs® Program Early Childhood Educator Training

The Baby Signs® Program Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Training gives early childhood educators the ability to identify needs, wants, and feelings of children before the children have developed the skills necessary for verbal communication. These workshops are based on the work of Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn, authors of the best-selling book, BABY SIGNS: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, and is supported by 20 years of research.

A Certified Instructor will come to your center to present the training and teach staff how to use the resource materials. There are 3 levels of training to choose from and all of them incorporate how early childhood educators can use the Baby Signs® Program to address the areas of cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and language development within their current curriculum.

Your staff will learn the WHAT, WHY, WHEN, and HOW of the Baby Signs® Program, and the research which supports teaching babies to sign, why it works, when to start, and how to choose
and teach signs.

There are also 3 Classroom Kits to choose from and all include:

  •    Beebo the Baby Signs® Bear
  •    Higgledy-Piggledy Bobbledy Boop! Music CD
  •    First Fun Signs & More Fun Signs Cloth Books
  •    5 Baby Signs® Quick Reference Guides
  •    My Baby Signs® DVD, My Mealtime Signs
  •    Baby Signs® Circle Time Books
  •    Early Childhood Educator Resource CD
  •    Welcome to the Baby Signs® Program DVD (contains a 100 sign/word video dictionary)

For more information and pricing please send us an email.
FREE Baby Signs® Presentation

This is a one-time, 20-minute presentation of the Baby Signs® Program! Would you like to have a
visit from BeeBo the Baby Signs® Bear? This presentation is an ideal option for Mom's groups
and clubs, playgroups, hospital support groups, library story times, children's shops promotional
events, etc. This presentation will not only teach 3 baby signs, but will also inform your audience
of the benefits of baby signing.

  •    Based on Baby Signs® research-based program developed by Dr. Acredolo and Dr. Goodwyn
  •    Books, videos, and educational materials will be available for purchase
  •    Presentation held at a location convenient for you (park, home, church, school)

There is no cost for this presentation. Please email me to schedule a time for your group.
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