i think it sounds great! i’m going to try it…
did you use it? how did you learn? what did you think?
thanks~!
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i think it sounds great! i’m going to try it…
did you use it? how did you learn? what did you think?
thanks~!
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My sons daycare taught him a bunch of stuff but the main ones were
“more”
“please”
“thank you”
“cracker”
he used them all the time, but now the only one he really still uses is “more” other than that he just talks…..
I haven’t had the opportunity yet, but I think it’s very important. A close friend of mine is deaf, so I’ve known sign language for quite some time, and I know that it’s best to start teaching your children new languages at a young age. I plan to start right away. If you don’t have anywhere that you can take a class, public libraries normally carry many useful ASL books. It’s kind of hard to learn, but once you get it, it stays with you very easily. Good luck, and I’m so glad you’re trying to do this.
We used it with my son…he really only caught on with please…which was fine.
I think its a great idea..I took it in high school but dont have any kids..however I did start teaching my little cuz it and she picked it up fast.there is this website asl.browser.com and just look at the signs and teach them or the book store has a lot of book on baby sign..hope this helps
We have and still are.It’s awesome.I just worked w/ him daily, showing him the signs and telling him what they are.As he got older, I physically made his hands do the signs.He picked up on it fast.He’s almost 2 and knows how to sign
Drink
Water
Mom
Dad
Play
Please
Thank You
Eat
More
Milk
Stop
Help
I love it and recommend it to anybody;-)
My sister did this with her little girl and she caught on really fast. Start with easy ones such as eat, more etc…
yes a little… and I loved it!
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
I just used this free online dictionary for a few things like:
milk (for nursing)
eat (snacks like cheerios)
drink (sippy of water)
more
hurt
change diaper
and even after she started speaking out loud, we still used these plus a lot of the animal, basic household item words, and family like mom, dad, grandma, grandpa – just to increase her memory and verbal skills. I’m not sure if it was just because I talk alot, or the signing – but she had an incredible vocabulary of spoken words plus sign words by her first birthday 🙂
I use signs with my daughter but only a few key things like when she’s hungry or wants more of something. She’s baby babbling now but signing along with it and actually attempting the correct words with it. Unfortunately I wasn’t the one to teach her! I had to put her in daycare when she was 8 mos so I could work and the daycare taught her signs. When she made her first sign at me, I was clueless so I went to my local library and grabbed a couple of baby signing books and learned and practiced with her at home and I’m so glad I did. Though the screaming and crying will still continue at least she tries to communicate through the signs she’s learned. And she’s still learning them and nearly 15 mos now (they grow so fast)! I think it’s a great thing and the books from the library really helped. I don’t think it really matters which ones but definitely go to babycenter.com and look into the ones they suggest! I think you should totally do it…my best friend doesn’t have this technique with her son who is a month younger than my daughter and now she feels its too late and too frustrating to attempt it with him. I plan to use it with my next baby in a couple of years!
baby eistiens dvd’s are really good with the baby sign language and you can learn together.
Each week BabyCenter.com e-mailed me a letter. It had a new word in it each time. It Showed you how to do it. I taught my daughter that way. She likes it.
I actually know quite a bit of sign language ( I took a week long class once). I didn’t teach it to my kids. It seems with other people if the kid uses sign language then why would they need to learn how to talk. My daughter is 22 months old, and talks a lot for her age. My friend’s son is 2 weeks younger, and hardly talks at all. He knows a little sign language, but I think if he didn’t know it he would use his words more.
I do use sign language with my daughter and I am working on it with my son. In our town (relatively small) there is a program through the public school system called Birth to 3 and they have a speech therapist that comes to your home. The program is free and the “therapist” is helping me teach my kids sign language.