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6 mo - 1.5 yrs
Adult participation requiredWed, Apr 30, 2025 - Jun 18, 2025
12:30pm - 1:15pm PDT
Class Experience
Meet in the open air on the soft grass with the author of the best-selling book. Parents learn how to use simple ASL signs to help their baby communicate long before speech is possible, while babies enjoy music, games, stories, bubbles & seeing other babies!
On average, babies will begin producing signs after 6-12 weeks. Signing with babies has been shown to reduce crying, frustration & tantrums and enhance speech development & bonding.
Includes book with over 300 signs!
What you'll learn
- How to get the best start (which signs & how many)
- How to get babies attention so they see you sign
- How to teach signs when baby isn't looking at you
- How to recognize & respond to baby's earliest sign approximations
- Effective signing with various routines: bathing, mealtime, diaper & potty, bedtime, playtime
- How to sign with songs & stories
- And much more! See Syllabus
Sample Class Format
- Hello Song with Bear Puppet
- Sharing & questions from parents
- Parent Lesson & introduce new signs
- Song using new signs of the week
- Story using new signs of the week
- Parachute games
- Bubbles & bubble song
- Review signs of the week
- Final questions
- Goodbye Song with Bear Puppet
Other Things To Know
Instruction is for adult caregiver with babies present
What To Bring
- Picnic blanket with waterproof backing (grass can be damp)
- Sunblock
- Water
Baby Sign Language Basics Location
Meet your Instructor
Monta Z.
About Baby Sign Language Basics
For nearly 20 years, best-selling author, Monta Z. Briant, has opened up early communication for hundreds of thousands of families through her best selling Baby Sign Language Basics books, learning materials and curriculum, and through her live classes in San Diego, CA. Classes meet at Baby Garten Studio.
