So I wanted to share a great new resource that I’ve come across while teaching the Sign Language Workshops! It’s always a joy to come across parents who get so excited after the workshop and say, “WE WANT MORE”. Of course I recommend if your child is in the right age group, you should go ahead and take the Sign and Sing class (so fun!) but here is a great product I found (relatively inexpensive) with a variety of ways to enhance your signing with baby at home:

“ASL Clip and Create 4” is a CD-Rom where you can choose from thousands of signs and then print them, separately or together. Here’s my favorite little project using this tool: I call it a “MY SIGNS” book. Here’s how to make one:

-Choose, take or print photos or cutouts of your baby’s favorite things. Take a picture of their blankie, your car or other things they would recognize. Add a photo of a pear or their favorite food, and of course photos of mommy and daddy!

-Go to your Clip and Create, look up the signs for the items you’ve chosen and print them as well.

-Glue, tape or paste each photo and corresponding sign graphic to a piece of paper and then staple or bind them all together in a paper “book”. Be as elaborate or simple as you like, use colored construction paper, or just plain old white printer paper. Add stickers, drawings, notes to your baby- whatever you like!

-Decorate the cover with a photo of baby (add the sign graphic for “baby” if you like) and enjoy showing baby her special book and all the appropriate signs too!

For more great ideas on strategies and projects for signing with your infant or toddler, post a comment or email me (Maggie) at mmagner@isismaternity.com