Michelle Anthony est une chercheuse et éducatrice spécialisée dans le développement de l'enfant. Elle est cofondatrice de Wide-Eyed Learning, qui enseigne aux parents et aux éducateurs l'approche Signing Smart pour utiliser des signes ASL avec des bébés et des tout-petits entendants. Son travail se concentre sur le développement précoce et la communication. L'auteure explore comment les premières interactions et les méthodes d'apprentissage influencent la croissance cognitive et émotionnelle des enfants.
Interactive board books designed for parents and babies feature a unique approach to teaching sign language. Each page highlights a specific word, accompanied by photographs of an adult and a baby demonstrating the sign, making it easier for parents to recognize. Additionally, illustrations of the objects are included, along with touch-and-feel elements, enhancing sensory engagement. This innovative format combines visual learning with tactile experiences, fostering communication skills from an early age.
A Fun, Easy Way to Talk with Your BabyBabies can communicate with their hands long before they can speak. Using American Sign Language (ASL), Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert have created the simple and successful Signing Smart system to teach parents how to integrate signing into everyday life with their hearing children. Through the more than seventy activities presented in this book, parents will learn the tools and strategies they need to understand how to introduce signing and build their child's sign and word vocabulary.Using ASL signs and Signing Smart with hearing infants and toddlers has many benefits, including:-reducing frustration and tantrums-allowing children to express what they need or want-facilitating speaking-fostering communication and promoting learningBy using these practical, easy-to-learn methods, parents and babies-from as young as five months old to preschool age-can "converse" through signs at mealtime, bath time, playtime, or anytime.Featuring the Signing Smart Illustrated Dictionary, with 130 signs.
