The Signs and Smiles app is a valuable resource for families with deaf children. The app teaches age-appropriate sign language to parents so that they can expose their children to early language before their children enter the school environment.

Vocabulary items are provided in the following categories: Adjectives, Alphabet, Animals, Clothes, Colors, Emotions, Food, Greetings and Events, Health, Home, Jobs, Nation and History, Numbers and Math, People and Family, Personal Care, Places, Plants, Questions and Responses, Safety, School, Science, Sports, Time, Transportation, and Verbs.

Local resources are provided so that families can connect with schools and other entities that support the healthy language development of deaf children.