www.mysmarthands.com http 17 month old baby tries to sign the alphabet as she sings it. She can also identify two words that I finger spell to her. For more info and videos visit: www.mysmarthands.com Article on how to sign with your baby www.howtodothings.com Article on the benefits of signing with preschoolers: www.babies-and-sign-language.com Join our baby […]
Category Archives: Sign Language
What is the proper way to learn sign language in the U.S.?
Assume I know absolutely nothing about sign language at all. When a person wants to seriously learn the language (I’m assuming I would want to know ASL, rather than an other kind), how do they learn it? With other languages, I would recommend that if you’re serious, to study at a university, but I have […]
Baby Sign Language – Thanksgiving Song to Sign
With Thanksgiving coming up in just a few weeks, I thought it would be great to share a great Thanksgiving song that you can sing and sign with your child or pre-school classroom. For this particular song, you will need to know the following signs: Thanks– Bring your hand from your chin and direct […]
an Open Letter for President Obama (ASL and Subtitled)
**Subtitled for Sign-Impaired audience. An open letter in ASL (American Sign Language) to notify President Barack Obama of his name sign which was given by the Deaf community in USA. Disclaimer: This is a final project for a course I took last Fall, there are several name signs suggested for Obama– yet for this video, […]
“must Do” Tips to Instantly Improve Your American English
Do you want to improve your American English pronunciation and speaking skills but just don’t how to go about it? Here are our “must do” tips to instantly improve your American English. 1. Always speak slowly. One of the most common complaints I hear from people is that they have a difficult time understanding someone who […]
Is the ability to use sign language something that would look good to colleges?
I work with disabled students at my school’s Best Buddies club, though none of them are deaf or mute, I still want to try to learn sign language on my own. If after a year or two of hard work learning sign language, and I’m able to create conversations and use it fluently in real […]
Winter Hokey Pokey in Sign Language
Most children probably already know and love the hokey pokey song, so I’d like to introduce to you a way to have a little more fun with it. In the cold winter months, you can’t help but to draw more attention to winter clothing and what you can do to keep warm outside. Your […]
How to make language teaching in the U.S. dramatically more effective
by Philip Yaffe “Why are Americans so poor at learning to speak other languages?” is asking the wrong question, because the answer is obvious. They don’t learn to speak other languages because they don’t need to. Or more pertinently, they have little or no opportunity to do so even it they want to. […]
A Pay-Per-Click Advertising Crash Course
Pay Per Click Advertising Whether you are here to learn Pay Per Click from scratch or to get a few proven tips and tricks on how to improve your existing ppc campaigns, it’s time to venture in to the world of pay per click advertising. Pay per click marketing or “ppc advertising” seems so […]
The Pros and Cons of Baby Sign Language
According to those who support the use of baby sign language, it advances the communication between parents and infants. Baby sign language is therefore recommended not only to deaf-mute babies and their parents but to all babies. Clears communication linesBabies want to communicate. However, they can better associate the right gesture to its meaning […]