Jenny Hodges has a Masters Degree in Elementary Education. She was the first Certified Baby Signs® Instructor in Arizona. Now, as the Regional Manager for the state of Arizona, she leads a team of over 30 Certified Instructors, teaching parents, caregivers, and teachers how to communicate with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers through sign language. Jenny has written the curriculum for a Baby Signs® class, which is offered nationwide. She has represented the Baby Signs® Program on the NBC TODAY Show, NBC Nightly News, and in LIFE Magazine. Jenny is the founder of the Kids Love to Sign Program. The Kids Love to Sign Program is now an international program and offers a signing class for children 3-8 year olds, in addition to a variety of signing resource and activity books. Jenny has successfully balanced raising a family and running her own business for over four years. She has inspired and mentored over countless others in doing the same.
Parents want their children to remember to say please or thank you and often times when a child forgets to use their manners, parents give a strong look or a quick, What do you say? These types of reminders can be embarrassing for the child. A simple, fun, and effective way to teach and reinforce manners, not only for the holidays, but for day-to-day activities is to teach children the American Sign Language signs for manners.
Jenny Hodges has a Masters Degree in Elementary Education. She was the first Certified Baby Signs® Instructor in Arizona. Now, as the Regional Manager for the state of Arizona, she leads a team of over 30 Certified Instructors, teaching parents, caregivers, and teachers how to communicate with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers through sign language. Jenny has written the curriculum for a Baby Signs® class, which is offered nationwide. She has represented the Baby Signs® Program on the NBC TODAY Show, NBC Nightly News, and in LIFE Magazine. Jenny is the founder of the Kids Love to Sign Program. The Kids Love to Sign Program is now an international program and offers a signing class for children 3-8 year olds, in addition to a variety of signing resource and activity books. Jenny has successfully balanced raising a family and running her own business for over four years. She has inspired and mentored over countless others in doing the same.
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