A Parent's Strategy and Activity Guide
This book features activities to help parents and caregivers learn how to use signs with their hearing infant or toddler. It also provides additional tools and activity ideas for those who are already using sign with their child.

Parents and caregivers are given all the tools and resources they need to seamlessly integrate signs and Signing Smart strategies into life�s everyday routines and play time. The book uses American Sign Language (ASL) signs and highlights a collection of more than 70 family-friendly activities that are created to engage children while simultaneously enhancing communication, facilitate intimacy and promote learning.

Activities cover all aspects of life with infants and toddlers � diapering, dressing, mealtime, bath time, bedtime, floor time play, active play and pretend play. Signing Smart strategies, techniques, and developmental details are interspersed within the activities themselves, helping parents and caregivers see how signing can complement their everyday interactions with their young children. The book includes a comprehensive dictionary with photographs and descriptions of 130 family-friendly ASL signs, as well as numerous parent-child photos so readers can not only see how to implement the strategies, but also see likely child versions of the suggested signs.

Michelle E. Anthony M.A, Ph.D., Reyna Lindert, Ph.D.; (2005) 256 pages; soft cover]

Product SKU: B1013