My Smart Hands with Maria, LLC Portland Metro Area, OR 97267

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Business description (provided by the business owner):

My Smart Hands with Maria, LLC provides sign language instruction for caregivers to use with their hearing babies. Research shows that signing babies:

*Talk sooner

*Have larger vocabularies

*Have less frustration, crying, and tantrums

*Engage in more sophisticated play

*Score higher on IQ tests (when tested at age 7-8)

The My Smart Hands™ curriculum has been carefully developed by Laura Berg, a certified teacher and guest lecturer at the University level on the topic of using sign language with hearing children. Her techniques have also been a proven success—check out this video of her daughter, Fireese:

www.mysmarthands.com/Site/Watch_a_13_month_old_baby_showi...

What to expect from a Level One Class:

These sessions introduce you to every day words, family signs, foods, animals, emotions, opposites, bed time, and play signs. You will learn recommended first signs; we will discuss the benefits of using American Sign Language (ASL) with infants and demonstrate easy techniques for successfully integrating signs into everyday life. In this 8-week program you will learn over 100 ASL signs to use with your child. Each class allows for review, discussions, songs, and practice of signs in a playful, educational, and language-rich environment where caregivers and children will build their vocabulary. Classes are 45 minutes in length and are created for parents/ caregivers and babies.

This program is recommended for pre-verbal babies with little to no signing exposure. Most babies are developmentally ready for signing back to their caregivers around 8-10 months of age, but exposure to sign can begin at birth. The typical age of attending babies is 6-18 months.

If you have an older or more experience baby and wish to take a Level Two class please contact me for more details.

When:

Check out my schedule at:
http://www.mysmarthands.com/Site/Maria,_Baby_Sign_Languag...

If you don't see a good match talk with me about putting together your own group...this is also a great way to save yourself some money too!

I am also happy to come and speak to playgroups on the benefits of using sign and give an introduction to the program.

Cost:

The fee for all 8 sessions, with a full color-photo manual of all the signs and songs taught, is *$95/family. This allows for up to 2 caregivers and baby to attend.

How to register:

Contact Maria Gross at maria@mysmarthands.com or call 503-312-2216.

*base price for a class hosted at your location...cost slightly higher when I need to secure a room