Hello!  My name is Sarah Bush and I love to teach American Sign Language.  I have been studying and teaching ASL for over 17 years.  I attended Union County College Deaf Interpreter Program in New Jersey (#1 in the state) and got 75% of the way through before life interrupted.  So I started a company called Chatty Hands where I taught children, parents, teachers and therapists how to use ASL as a bridge to communication.  I developed my own curriculum modifying it according to the group I was teaching.  I have been teaching ASL to children as young as 6 months all the way up to adults.  It is such a great feeling to watch a 6 month old baby understand and use a sign to communicate.  It is also so rewarding to share this beautiful language with children of all ages and abilities.   In my classes, we use many different tools to learn how to sign....books, music, games....its called a multi-sensory approach to learning.  But that's part of what makes it so much fun to learn.  In my experience, when kids are having fun while learning, they will retain that information much longer.  Sign Language is a wonderful language to use for all sorts of reasons from communicating with Deaf or Hard of Hearing people to bridging the gap of communication during a speech delay in a child.  I hope you will join me in a class and at least learn the universal sign for "I love you" to share with all of your loved ones.  ** I teach both group classes and private lessons.