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Sara Bingham
is the founder of WeeHands and the author of
The Baby Signing Book. WeeHands is the
world's leading children's sign language and language
development program for babies, toddlers and preschool
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Sara completed an honours Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at the University of Ottawa, and has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Carleton University. In addition, she has earned an honours post-graduate diploma from Georgian College, as a Communicative Disorders Assistant. Sara has been studying American Sign Language (ASL) since 1991 with the Canadian Hearing Society, the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf
in Toronto and at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario. |
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Sara is the proud mom of two signing wee ones: Joshua, age
7 years, and Sabrina, age 5 years. She also teaches at Durham College within the Communicative Disorders Assistant program and is a
retired group leader for the parent support group, Attachment Parenting International of Durham Region. |
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"WeeHands™ was born in 2001 in my empty dining room.
Our qualified instructors now teach across North America! Our classes teach parents how to use American Sign Language
vocabulary with their babies, no made up signs here! We also have a strong focus on language development and provide parents with activities that help them teach their babies ASL vocabulary and include language development strategies." |
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WeeHands now has more
than 50+ qualified Instructors across North America.
WeeHands Instructors come from a variety of
professional backgrounds. For example, some of our our
Instructors area American Sign Language Interpreters,
Speech-Language Pathologists and Teachers of the Deaf.
All of our instructors have a passion for teaching young
families and have a background in both American Sign
Language and education.
Our classes have a strong emphasis on teaching American Sign
Language vocabulary and teaching it well. We also
focus on how and when to teach these signs using games and
strategies that focus on age-appropriate language
development. |
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