Signing Smart: My First Signs

With years of experienceteaching parents and babiesacross the country to sign,Dr. Michelle Anthony andDr. Reyna Lindert bring theirexpertise to these interactiveboard books.Each spread introduces twovocabulary words with asentence to read aloud, andan enhanced illustration totouch. In addition to this uniquestrategy of interactivity, onlySigning Smart shows twophotos for each signed word—adult and baby. This enablesparents to see both the Âcorrect”adult version of the sign, as wellas the way that babies ortoddlers would replicate it.

Michelle Anthony and Reyna Lindert, both PhDs in Developmental Psychology, are skilled in American Sign Language and have extensive professional experience working with hearing preschoolers and families with young children. Both are actively involved in continued research in the baby sign language field and keep current on research in the fields of language development, cognition, and literacy. Together, they co-founded Signing Smart, an international program of parent-child play classes and materials. Michelle Anthony and Reyna Lindert, both PhDs in Developmental Psychology, are skilled in American Sign Language and have extensive professional experience working with hearing preschoolers and families with young children. Both are actively involved in continued research in the baby sign language field and keep current on research in the fields of language development, cognition, and literacy. Together, they co-founded Signing Smart, an international program of parent-child play classes and materials.