Because we pride ourselves on focusing on education rather than our ‘business,’ we want to keep the cost of becoming a My Smart Hands instructor affordable. We know that it isn’t easy starting up your own business and appreciate that many of us don’t have a lot of money to put out when undertaking such an endeavour. The cost of becoming a licensed MSH instructor is $175. The only other fee is for the class materials you would provide your students. You are required to purchase a MSH manual and music album for each family in your classes. Our manuals consist of weekly themes, full-color pictures of children producing the signs, and descriptions of how to make the sign. The manuals have songs we teach each week and homework suggestions for the parents in your classes. The manual is a valuable tool for parents to review signs even after the course ends. Fun and engaging music Each manual also comes with MSH downloadable songs we teach in class. It includes original MSH songs that parents and babies enjoy! The combined cost of the manuals and downloadable albums is $20 plus shipping and taxes where applicable (The album alone, when purchased separately through our site, ranges from $15-19). You can include the cost of the manuals in your class registration fee. We do not take a percentage of your class fee.  We feel very fortunate that our instructors can run successful businesses, which is why we can keep our membership costs so low! To maintain your membership with My Smart Hands, you must sign a new license each year. The renewal expectation is that you have purchased 20 or more manuals throughout the year. If you have not purchased more than 20 manuals, you will be required to buy that amount to renew. There are no additional fees on top of that.