Baby Sign Language

Baby Sign Language Basics owner and instructor, Monta Z. Briant

Monta is the author of the best-selling Baby Sign Language Basics series, including books, CD’s DVD’s and flash cards – all from Hay House Publishing.

I signed with both of my children from infancy, and signing enabled us to bond with each other on a level that never would have been possible otherwise. The experience was so amazing for my family that I have been compelled to share signing with other families ever since. My greatest joy is helping families to open a window into their baby’s minds and personalities. I get the biggest thrill every time a baby in my class does their first sign– it always seems like a miracle, even though I have seen it happen thousands of times now!

Monta is a Signing Time Academy Advanced Instructor

 

Linda Hernandez, BA Communicative Disorders, minor in audiology
Se habla Espanol!

I am very passionate in teaching baby sign language to parents because it’s a wonderful experience to communicate with your baby before he or she says their first word. I have used baby sign language with my two boys and have been amazed on their ability to express their needs, wants and thoughts. My background with American Sign Language (ASL) is: Two years of schooling at both Cuyamaca College and San Diego State University. I have a BA in Communicative Disorders and a minor in Audiology. I have worked as a para educator in Special Education for three years through San Diego Unified School District. I have been teaching Baby Sign Language since 2007 and have tutored students in the past. I encourage parents to take a baby sign language class, to learn different strategies in how to use baby sign language through play, singing, and music.

Linda has been with Baby Sign Language Basics since 2007

 

 

Susan Mortland, BS American Sign Language/ Human Services

Susan Mortland grew up in rural Minnesota and upon graduating from High School moved to Boston, MA in order to attend Northeastern University as a part of their American Sign Language program. Over the next four years Susan’s love for ASL and specifically working with Deaf children grew as she utilized her knowledge of the language and her passion for working with children in the on campus daycare as well as in various educational settings around the city of Boston. After graduating from Northeastern in 2000, Susan was accepted as a volunteer with the United States Peace Corps and joined the Deaf Education sector in Kenya. There she taught a classroom of six Deaf Kenyan children for nearly a year and collaborated with fellow Peace Corps Volunteers in establishing an HIV/AIDS education program specifically for Deaf children across the country. Since returning to the states, Susan has lived in Arizona and recently relocated to San Diego where she is very excited to be a part of Baby Garten Studio and is thrilled to be able to help facilitate early communication between parents and their children using American Sign Language.

 

Contact Us:
Phone: 619-987-4834
monta@babysignlanguage.net