The Co-Creators of Sign-A-Lot
Barbara Granoff holds a Bachelors Degree in Special Education and has taught hearing impaired children in the U.S. and overseas. She also holds a Masters Degree in Social Work and has taught at the University and Community College levels, as well as lectured nationally. Upon experiencing the joys and benefits of having a signing child, Barbara founded, "ABC me Sign", a program that helps hearing infants, toddlers and children in early education enhance their communication skills through the use of American Sign Language. Over the past few years, Barbara has brought the concept of signing with hearing children to countless communities. Barbara believes that the Sign-A-Lot DVD series will enable more parents to experience the profound benefits that American Sign Language can offer hearing children. Barbara is Adjunct Faculty for the Department of Early Childhood Education at Orange Coast College, where she teaches "Signing for Young Children," and in April of 2005, Barbara was awarded the 2005 Women of Vision Recognition Award.
Lee Sher received a B.A. in Communications with a special focus on Theatre Education and American Sign Language from Austin College. She has performed with and for countless children throughout her career in children’s theatre, delighting kids of all ages. Along with performing for children, Lee has been a theatre educator for more than fifteen years, incorporating sign language into creative play curriculum and directing children’s productions on such prominent stages as the Los Angeles Theatre Center and The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. She has worked with children of all types, including special needs kids, gifted children, deaf children, and for the past eight years has taught almost exclusively with inner-city children—most recently as the Program Director for the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Youth Academy which serves the Bayview/Hunter's Point area in San Francisco. Profoundly struck by the extraordinary benefits children receive from sign language, Lee hopes that Sign-A-Lot will make these benefits more accessible to children in a creative, fun, and lasting way. Lee has lectured nationally on the benefits of signing with hearing children and is the mother of a signing baby.
The See Me Sign Kids
Shira
Strongin
Hi! I'm Shira and I am 5 years old and go to kindergarten. I have been signing since I was a little baby. My favorite sign is Ice Cream which is also my favorite food! My favorite color is purple. I live with my Mommy, Daddy and two rescued German Shepherds. I like singing, dancing, playing basketball, and I have four loose teeth! My favorite place to visit in Sign-A-Lot is Exercise Alley because we get to dance there!
Bridget
Shergalis
I'm Bridget and I'm 8 years old and my favorite sign is Cat! My favorite color is lavender and my favorite food is strawberries. I really like learning new Karate moves and I have a pet guinea pig named Piglet. In Sign-A-Lot I like to visit the Opposites Playground most of all!
Tommy Nightingale
Hi! I'm Tommy and my favorite sign is Salad! I'm ten
years old and I have a big sister named Lauren. My favorite color
is blue, my favorite food is pizza, and I love to read! My favorite
place to visit in Sign-A-Lot is Opposites Playground because we
get to compete and we have to think of the answers really fast!
Chaz James
Hi! I'm Chaz and my favorite sign is Popcorn because I love
to eat it!! I'm eleven years old and I have one brother, three
step sisters, and a partridge in a pear tree! My favorite food is
Rosco's Chicken and my favorite color is candy apple blue.
My favorite thing to do is riding my quads in circles around my
Dad's truck and putting mud on it so he can't get out!
My favorite place to visit in Sign-A-Lot is Picnic Park because
that's where my dinosaur likes to go swimming! See you signing
there!
Amanda
Marie
Hi! I'm Amanda Marie! I'm eleven years old and my favorite
sign is Trumpet. My favorite food is pizza and I love the color
pink! I come from a big family'I have three brothers and one
sister! My favorite place to visit in Sign-A-Lot is Exercise Alley
and when I'm not in Sign-A-Lot I like to act, dance, and of
course shop!
Darlene
Parilla
Hi! I'm Darlene and my favorite sign is Banana! I'm
fifteen years old and I have two older sisters and one younger sister.
My favorite color is teal and my favorite food is banana cream pie - hey
maybe that's why I like the sign for banana so much! Music
Meadow is my favorite spot in Sign-A-Lot and my favorite thing to
do is sing. I hope you'll sing and sign the In Sign-A-Lot
Song with me!