Tiny Fingers - Baby Sign Language


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Class Descriptions All classes are designed for babies & toddlers, ages 0-2.5 years & those who care for them.
Class or Workshop & Duration	Cost	Description	Testimonial
Tiny Fingers offers an opportunity for you and your entire family to interact and communicate with your child on a completely new level. The Tiny Fingers program uses American Sign Language for early communication and long-term learning with hearing infants or toddlers. Through play, activities, songs, and games, you and your child will be given the tools to communicate months earlier and with a broader, more extensive vocabulary than with spoken words alone. Tiny Fingers opens up a new world of communication, intimacy, and ideas in young children. What will we learn? Whether you are enrolled in a class or a workshop, you will be shown how to introduce and use these signs to your child on a daily basis. During each class, we will introduce an activity to reinforce the signs and will learn to sing and sign a familiar song related to the theme of the lesson. A few additional signs will be introduced for use in the songs. All signs taught are developmentally appropriate for infants and toddlers and based on American Sign Language. Is this a class for babies or parents? This class was developed for parents to learn signs in a baby friendly atmosphere. Strategies for parents to use signs, paired with speech, in natural contexts such as during meals, bath time, or while at play will be discussed. Since we cannot expect the babies to focus on a full length lesson nor leave a class having learned all the signs from the one exposure, our focus is to ensure the adults have learned the signs so they are able to provide adequate exposure and repetition of these signs to their children in context. While the adults are learning, the children are playing among us with toys that represent the signs we are learning, providing the perfect opportunity to introduce some of those signs to them in context.
Baby and Me Beginner Workshop One 75-minute session Schedule	$40/adult and child; $75/2 adults and child (no extra charge for twins)	You will learn 35+ practical signs for general use and some specific to mealtime, 2 or more familiar songs, and you will be engaged activities to reinforce the signs. More Info	TESTIMONIALS I'd like to share the story of my friend Elke. Her daughter is only three months older than my twins. I excitedly passed my [Tiny Fingers Baby Sign Language Cue Card] book along to her when I started signing to my twins to encourage her to sign to her daughter. Her daughter was around 10 months old. She signed with her for a week, nothing happened so she stopped. Elke called me back when her daughter was around 13 months old, things were out of control at her house. She said there were tantrums, crying, pointing, grunting, guessing what was wrong with the baby. She wanted that book back. One week later, she saw me at church to tell me that there had been a complete turn around in her house, her daughter had learned five signs and the crying and tantrums were almost gone. -Sylvia OMG, [Moriah] picked it up right away and signs all kinds of things to us now [that she's 12 mos. old] She can sign: eat, more, water, sleep, dog and bath. I am trying to teach her bird and baby now...we love the benefits we have seen from the class. Thanks for getting us started!!! -Omiga
Baby and Me Class May be offered either as three 75-minute sessions (two lessons per session) or six 45-minute sessions. Schedule	$90/adult and child; $140/2 adults and child (no extra charge for twins)	You will learn over 90 signs during 6 separate lessons, each focused on a given themes, including First Signs, Mealtime Signs, Bedtime and Bath time signs, Animal Signs, Playtime Signs and Dressing Signs. The effects of language, cognitive and motor development are also discussed as appropriate. More Info
Private Classes and Workshops can be arranged for your private group	Workshop: $40 for parent/child; $75 for 2 adults/child; Class: $90 for parent/child, $140 for 2 adults/child (no extra charge for twins)	See above descriptions of classes and workshops. Please contact us to schedule a class or workshop for your group at a mutually convenient time. Classes can be held either at one of our fixed locations or at your home. We require a minimum of 6 adults for a workshop and 8 adults for a 3-week condensed class.
Custom Workshops and Classes for Daycare Centers or Preschools Can be designed to fit your needs	Contact us for rates.	We can come to you to provide a workshop or a series of classes to your daycare center or preschool. Please contact us to discuss the details.
Refresher Classes Either for the workshop or the classes	50% off regular registration fees	Take our Beginner Workshop or our Baby and Me class for a second time at half price! Also, if you've already taken the workshop, you may take the class and get 1/3 off the registration fee.