CAP Grant Supports Signing Time Success

Thanks to a $1,500 Community Action Project grant from Foundation for Early Learning, Megan Spires and a small group of parents were able to organize a special concert series featuring Rachel Coleman. Rachel is co-creator of Signing Time, a fun and engaging video program that helps young children of all abilities learn and communicate in American Sign Language. 

Rachel’s engaging and heart-warming performances were held at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Northgate Community Center and benefited nearly 300 children and their families.

Rachel performed many of her well-known songs and talked about the benefits of signing with kids of all abilities. Parents connected with her story and children’s faces lit up as Rachel read and signed stories like “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”
 
“For three months prior to the concerts, we had people calling and asking if it was true—the woman who’d given their child language was REALLY coming to Seattle” remarked Megan Spires, parent, organizer and Foundation for Early Learning grantee.

Thanks to donors of all levels Foundation for Early Learning is able to support innovative and creative programs like Megan’s. Together, we are working to ensure all children have a bright and successful start in school.

To learn more about our Community Action Project grant, please visit www.earlylearning.org/grantmaking.