I really can’t say enough about how much my son and I love and enjoy our classes with Tiny Talkers. All of the lessons are so thoughtful, well planned, and strategically reinforced. I really feel our knowledge of ASL growing in a very strong way. I tell people this all the time, but what has made ASL so special in my eyes is, like many moms, I didn’t really have much knowledge of it before my son and I started taking classes together, and it has been so special and humbling to learn something along side him. The director Shira does so much for the community of moms and everyone raising young children. I really value all of the research she include and emails with useful bits of information and recaps from the sessions. I find myself revisiting them all the time. We are bilingual at home, and I think undoubtedly that ASL has contributed to my son’s ability to switch between English and Hebrew without confusion (he is 19 months old). Though it may be an unconventional style to use ASL not with English, seeing the same signs associated with words in both languages has made the languages much more clear to him. It also helps me understand him when I’m unsure what language he is trying to use. So ASL has definitely curbed the frustration of language and bilingualism at home. I am so grateful for having found these classes and all of the effort put into them. It has positively impacted us in a big way. All of this really wouldn’t have been possible without Tiny Talkers. We have taken ASL classes elsewhere in town, and these are by far the best classes we have taken. –Rebekah
