How many of you moms use baby sign or ASL w/ your baby?
I did w/ my daughter because she was diagnosed w/ high frequency hearing loss but now she is verbal & doesn’t use it anymore except for the I love you sign. I think its a great method to teach your baby to commuincate.
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How many of you moms use baby sign or ASL w/ your baby?
How many of you moms use baby sign or ASL w/ your baby?
I did w/ my daughter because she was diagnosed w/ high frequency hearing loss but now she is verbal & doesn’t use it anymore except for the I love you sign. I think its a great method to teach your baby to commuincate.
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I taught my older daughter around 20 signs and she still uses please and thank you even though she is 3 and extremely verbal now. I have also taught my younger daughter some ASL signs as well which is great because she is now 20 months and talks all of the time but it’s so hard to understand most of what she says so when it’s time to decifer what she wants to drink, milk and water are easily definable using signs instead of spoken words. It’s awesome!
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My twin taught it to her 3 year old and 14 month old when they were smaller. My niece uses it frequently now, and helps since she can’t talk completely yet and helps us to know what she wants. I think it is a great thing!
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My son never had problem speaking, but when he was around 2 I decided to teach him sign language (not “baby signs”, ASL). He’s now four and signs very well. I recommend the Signing Time Videos (www.signingtimekids.org).
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that’s so cool you are teaching sign to your daughter…i am hard of hearing too, i think it’s amazing to sign because i can commuincate under water, or anything else but my 3 months old son is hearing so im going teach him sign ASL too :)…..
EDIT: and i think it’s easy to teach the baby with sign than talking cause talking is alot of work for them to learn each word…
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We’ve loved doing so.
Our first son, never learned very many, but he learned enough so that we could help each other out in trying to fullfill his day-to-day needs/wants.
Our list of words or phrases included:
I’m thirsty
I’m hungary
I want some cherios
I want more
I’m done
I want by pacifier
I want some ice creamIt was great having a way for our son to communicate his needs to us before he was old enough to talk.
For those that are not familier with the subject of “Baby Signs”, it’s really a simple concept. You intentionally teach your baby some distingusing jestures that allow him to communicate with you. Many of the suggested signs to try to teach them come from ASL, but the real concept isn’t to teach them anything about ASL. It’s teaching them a gesture, any gesture, to give them a way to communicate with you.
While some of the signs were imposed on him (where we repeatedly did the same sign over and over until he just got it), many of our signs he made up.
As an example, one night, as our son was getting his usual dessert of ice cream, he happened to stick his finger in his mouth and pull it out with a sucking sound. I gave him is ice cream while saying “ice cream” the way I normally do, but I preceeded the words with this gesture. I repeated the words and the jesture while he ate his ice cream. The next night, I again did the jesture, said the words “ice cream”, and gave him his nightly dessert of ice cream. And that was all it took for him to catch on. From that night until he was old enough to say ice cream, when ever he wanted some ice cream, he would put his finger in his mouth and pull it out with a sucking sound.
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Though she wasn’t a baby at the time, my daughter, when she first began speech therapy, the ST incorporated ASL with spoken speech. My gal was born with a cleft lip/palate, so many words were very much misunderstood. ASL is awesome. She’s 5 now, but we still use it once in a while for fun. 🙂 We know about 50 or so signs.
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I am a student of ASL and deaf studies, in my 4th year (almost done yay!). I am currently 38 weeks pregnant and DEFINITELY will teach my child ASL. Not only do I agree with you about being a great method to communicate, it is also a terrific other language to learn! ASL has a different grammar and syntax then English. It is the 3rd most spoken language in the US and the 4th most in the entire world! I believe it is a great skill for any child to have! You can hook up with your local Deaf Community Center and most of them have FREE classes for both you and baby!
Very best wishes!
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I taught my older daughter around 20 signs and she still uses please and thank you even though she is 3 and extremely verbal now. I have also taught my younger daughter some ASL signs as well which is great because she is now 20 months and talks all of the time but it’s so hard to understand most of what she says so when it’s time to decifer what she wants to drink, milk and water are easily definable using signs instead of spoken words. It’s awesome!
My twin taught it to her 3 year old and 14 month old when they were smaller. My niece uses it frequently now, and helps since she can’t talk completely yet and helps us to know what she wants. I think it is a great thing!
My son never had problem speaking, but when he was around 2 I decided to teach him sign language (not “baby signs”, ASL). He’s now four and signs very well. I recommend the Signing Time Videos (www.signingtimekids.org).
that’s so cool you are teaching sign to your daughter…i am hard of hearing too, i think it’s amazing to sign because i can commuincate under water, or anything else but my 3 months old son is hearing so im going teach him sign ASL too :)…..
EDIT: and i think it’s easy to teach the baby with sign than talking cause talking is alot of work for them to learn each word…
We’ve loved doing so.
Our first son, never learned very many, but he learned enough so that we could help each other out in trying to fullfill his day-to-day needs/wants.
Our list of words or phrases included:
I’m thirsty
I’m hungary
I want some cherios
I want more
I’m done
I want by pacifier
I want some ice cream
It was great having a way for our son to communicate his needs to us before he was old enough to talk.
For those that are not familier with the subject of “Baby Signs”, it’s really a simple concept. You intentionally teach your baby some distingusing jestures that allow him to communicate with you. Many of the suggested signs to try to teach them come from ASL, but the real concept isn’t to teach them anything about ASL. It’s teaching them a gesture, any gesture, to give them a way to communicate with you.
While some of the signs were imposed on him (where we repeatedly did the same sign over and over until he just got it), many of our signs he made up.
As an example, one night, as our son was getting his usual dessert of ice cream, he happened to stick his finger in his mouth and pull it out with a sucking sound. I gave him is ice cream while saying “ice cream” the way I normally do, but I preceeded the words with this gesture. I repeated the words and the jesture while he ate his ice cream. The next night, I again did the jesture, said the words “ice cream”, and gave him his nightly dessert of ice cream. And that was all it took for him to catch on. From that night until he was old enough to say ice cream, when ever he wanted some ice cream, he would put his finger in his mouth and pull it out with a sucking sound.
Though she wasn’t a baby at the time, my daughter, when she first began speech therapy, the ST incorporated ASL with spoken speech. My gal was born with a cleft lip/palate, so many words were very much misunderstood. ASL is awesome. She’s 5 now, but we still use it once in a while for fun. 🙂 We know about 50 or so signs.
I am a student of ASL and deaf studies, in my 4th year (almost done yay!). I am currently 38 weeks pregnant and DEFINITELY will teach my child ASL. Not only do I agree with you about being a great method to communicate, it is also a terrific other language to learn! ASL has a different grammar and syntax then English. It is the 3rd most spoken language in the US and the 4th most in the entire world! I believe it is a great skill for any child to have! You can hook up with your local Deaf Community Center and most of them have FREE classes for both you and baby!
Very best wishes!