Signing Smart: What Do You See?

by Michelle Anthony, Reyna Lindert

The first interactive board book that introduces children--and their parents--to signing using real ASL signs!

With years of experience teaching parents and babies across the country to sign, Michelle Anthony and Reyna Lindert bring their expertise to these interactive board books.

Each page focuses on one word, showing a photo of an adult to model the sign. Beside it is a photo of a baby making the sign to ease parents' identification of the sign as young hands might make it. Facing these photographs is an illustration of the object, as well as a touch-and-feel!

14 pages, Board book

First published June 1, 2009

About the author

Michelle Anthony, M.A., Ph.D. is a child development researcher and educator. She is a co-founder of Wide-Eyed Learning, LLC, which teaches parents and educators the Signing Smart approach to using ASL signs with hearing babies and toddlers. She lives with her husband and signing children in Centennial, Colorado.

Reviews

[Denise]

Fabulous! The tabs along the side are eye-catching, the information is ASL certified, simple and usuable, and there are different textures baby can feel throughout the book. The back of the book offers strategies for grown-ups.

[Megan]

If I have kids, I would LOVE to teach them (and learn for myself) some basic sign language while they're tiny. Good times!

[Cecilia]

There needs to be more picturebooks and board books about ASL. I loved this book so much. (But, then again, I think ASL should be required learning for all people, but that's a different story).

[Susan]

Very cute with both kids and adults signing, in addition to a written description of the signs.