I have a 2 1/2 year old with a speech delay,her therapist wants me to teach her sign language. I also have a 12 month old, and I figure if I’m going to teach one, I should teach both. Any suggestions, books, video’s you could recommend. Thanks!!!
Thanks lucky, I knew sign language years ago, so I am trying to refresh my memory right now.
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Well, they say that by teaching a baby sign language, they are more likely to be smarter than their peers who did not learn sign language. I’m not sure if this is true, but my sister taught her son since he was born. He is only 5 and can read and spell!!!
Ok, so anyways.. start with the simple stuff…. Like milk, water, juice, cookie, more, all done….. These are relatively simple signs. Every time you give them milk, say the word milk, and do the sign.. have them try to do it as well. There are also easy songs you can sing and sign to just to make it more fun.
Any books you find with sign language are useful. Just find one that you like. You’ll probably want the hardback version so the kids wont tear it up as easily if they get to it.
I learned sign language years ago when I worked at a daycare. We had deaf parents and I wanted to be able to communicate with them. Its not easy but if you don’t use it frequently, you will forget alot of it as I have. Some colleges offer beginners courses as well.
Good luck! Its actually very fun and a very useful tool.
I have a 14 month old who absolutely refuses to use sign language! I’ve been trying to teach him since he was 7 months old. I’m so put out, I know a lot of signs and was excited to teach him. Oh well.
I taught in special ed for 3 years, and we taught most of our kids sign language. We would use the signs for more, finished, eat, drink, no, yes, please, thank you, etc. We would use the sign any time we said the word, then take the child’s hands and show them how. After a while they caught on to the point where we would say the word, while doing the sign, and wait for the child to repeat. And eventually they would do the sign on their own to answer a question, or to ask for something they needed.
Google sign language sites and see what comes up!
Baby Signing Time is an awesome set of dvd’s. My 22 mo old started signing at 7 months, and my 10 mo old just did her 3rd sign yesterday. They are for children 3 to 36 months check out the website http://www.babysigningtime.com I can’t rave enough about this system. It teaches babies ASL simple signs and was created by Rachel who stars in the dvd’s for her daughter Lea who is deaf. None of my children are hearing impaired but I have found this is a great way to communicate with them. Good luck try them out honestly you won’t be disappointed.
There is baby signing and that of a two year old which i found to be similar but not the same, Thomas has autism and uses Makaton which might be what will be used for your two year old but not for your younger child, there are so many types of sign language depending where your from
signing time…definately. That is the series reccomended by our local early intervention program. My son loved his so much that he watched them for like 5 hours a day for the first few months. He was signing within a few days to a week. He is now speaking 90% of the time, but uses the signs for words he cannot say, or has problems articulating well.
feel free to contact me if you want to chat. My 34 month old son has apraxia. I have an excellent article on apraxia that I can e-mail you if you send me your e-mail address