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Potty Train Before age 2

By helping babies learn simple potty-time signs, the Baby Signs® Potty Training Program makes it easy for parents to both begin and end the whole enterprise before age 2.

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Sign of the Week: More

If you have children then you know that they love MORE. They love MORE food, MORE tickles, MORE paint, MORE music and many, many MORE.  This sign will be used frequently as you ask if they want MORE and again as they tell you that they want MORE. Avoid unneccessary tears by teaching your child the sign for MORE.

Leia Mais…

Mealtime, Manners, and MORE!


I've just added a class for April: Mealtime, Manners, and More! Whether you've taken one of my other classes or you're just beginning, this is the perfect class for your toddler or preschooler to teach them manners as well as signs for some of their favorite foods.  We'll play games, sing songs, and make a craft.  For more information check out my class schedule page.

Leia Mais…
Friday, March 25, 2011

La Leche League Conference


"La Leche League of Connecticut is excited to announce its 32 nd Annual Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference. In 2011 we will celebrate families with our theme: "Families Make the World Go Around." While all families are different in size and make-up, families are the reason for our mission.

Please take some time to browse through the Registration Brochure. You are invited to join us for sessions featuring speakers who will share informa-tion about breastfeeding and parenting, offer ideas about ways to offer your family tasty food, keep them safe, and find ways to enjoy the wonderful adventure called "parenting." You will be enter-tained by "JuggleJoy" with an interactive program following Saturday’s lunch. You will also have the opportunity to visit wonderful exhibits, buy timely books, participate in the Silent Auction, and may even round out your day by winning one of the wonderful Theme Baskets. "

For more information or to Register go to: http://www.lllct.org/conference



I'll be there as well exhibiting a Baby Signs booth. The speakers and topics look great! Topics on helping you teach your kids cooperation, a class just for Dads, and even a class on Mommy Brain syndrome! and they even have activities for kids to participate in while you listen to the speakers. I think it sounds like lots of fun. Wish I could attend a class :)

Leia Mais…
Monday, March 21, 2011

Sign of the Week: Please

Along with thank you, the sign for PLEASE is one of the first manners signs parents often teach their children. The sign, PLEASE, is also one of the first signs babies pair with other signs to make sign sentences like "more please" or "eat please." Start teaching your child this simple sign today.
Sometimes, as my children start to whine for something they want, I remind them to "ask nice."  I find that they use a different tone when they add the word please to the sentance.  It calms the "gimme, gimme, gimme" tantrum to something more sincere and humble.  I like that.

Leia Mais…
Monday, March 14, 2011

Sign of the Week: Thank You

Many parents and teachers ask for the signs for manners.  One of the most commonly requested signs is the sign for THANK YOU.  Adults beam when a child says THANK YOU and this sign gives even the most reserved child a way to express gratitude.  Several parents have shared that this sign has even been used as a quiet reminder to their children to say THANK YOU for a gift from a friend or family member.

Leia Mais…
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Sign of the Week: Drink

The ASL sign for drink is a gesture where you act like your hand is wrapped around a cup.  The sign can be modified slightly for children, thumb lifted, to represent the spout of a sippy cup or a bottle nipple. Children easily and naturally transition to the ASL sign when the lid is removed from the cup.

Leia Mais…
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