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Anne Meeker Miller, PhD, is the founder of the Love Language program. Through her writing and workshops, she shares information about the benefits of music, sign language, and play for infants and toddlers and gives easy and practical strategies for integrating all three into the daily lives of families.

Anne is a music therapist for the early childhood special education program of the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kansas. Her preschool students were the inspiration for her work with sign language and music. Anne observed the way song and sign positively impacted the language skills of her students and wanted to have an even earlier influence in the lives of children when language is first acquired.

Anne has taught music to students from preschool through college levels. She received the Excellence in Teaching award given by the Learning Exchange, Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and the Kansas City Star, as well as the Kansas Teacher of the Year for Arts and Disabilities award. She was a commission member of the Housewright Symposium on the Future of Music Education sponsored by the Music Educators National Conference. She is a featured columnist for the parenting magazine, Mother and Child Reunion.

She is the author of Baby Sing & Sign: Communicate Early with Your Baby - Learning Signs the Fun Way through Music and Play and Toddler Sing & Sign: Improve Your Child's Vocabulary and Verbal Skills the Fun Way - Through Music and Play. Her third book, Mealtime and Bedtime with Baby Sing & Sign will be published in July of 2008. Her debut album, Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed, won NAPPA and Parent's Choice Honors awards. A composer and folk musician, Miller performs her music in the Kansas City area.

Anne lives in Olathe, Kansas, where she enjoys spending time with her husband, three sons and wheaten terrier. Her hobbies include laundry and carpooling.