I’ve been teaching myself sign language online lately, but I would like to have a book so I can learn it offline as well. Any recommendations for some sign language books that make it fast and easy to understand? .
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Baby Sign Language – Fun Activity
ItIf you are interested in learning some new sign language activities to teach your students or child, I have a great song for you to learn, sing and sign. With the Fall season quickly approaching, I have a gross motor activity that is great for introducing children to the changes they’ll be seeing outside […]
Baby Sign Language with Stories
Reading stories to young children is already a great way to engage them while they are learning. If you incorporate sign language when reading stories, children will learn words more quickly and understand them more easily. A great book I suggest reading to your child or students is Hello, Sun by Dayle Ann Dodds. […]
What is the difference between “sign language” and “signed language”?
Wikipedia wrote no difference, but my lecturer said there’s diffrence. Anyone of you know the difference between “sign language” and “signed language”? Thank you, I think that’s the answer! .
Baby Sign Language – Bubbles Song
American Sign Language signs have shown to be helpful in increasing communication among children and helping with their learning abilities. It can also be a fun way to interact with your child or students. They are learning better communication, while having fun. Songs are a great way to get children involved and excited about […]
Will Teaching My Baby Sign Language Delay His Speech?
by Christina Schabow, owner Baby Sign Language in Play (Portland, Oregon) This is by far one of the most common questions I get from parents: Will teaching my baby to sign delay his speech?As a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) I love to answer this question! A good deal of research has been done to address […]
Can learning sign language help me learn other (spoken) languages easier?
I was thinking that maybe learning sign language would not only help me communicate with the deaf, but also help me learn languages like italian and French faster. Like if I’m learning the french word for Car I can sign car at the same time and I’ll remember what the word means. I don’t know […]
An overview on sign language linguistics
Sign language is a rule-governed language that has its own grammatical rules and symbol system. As such, it meets all the requirements of spoken languages abolishing any dispute as to whether it is really a language or not. The work of William C. Stokoe Jr. ‘Sign Language Structure’ (1960) is the first linguistic analysis […]
Millions have poor language skills
Millions have poor language skills AN astonishing four million Australian workers have such poor literacy skills they cannot understand some everyday words. Read more on Perth Now .
Learning Baby Sign Language
Have you ever looked at your newborn baby, and wondered why are you crying so much today? I think all parents have. Now there is a new way to communicate with your child at a very early age. Babies as young as 6 months old can learn to do baby sign language. This […]