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Baby Signing For Dummies
By: Jennifer WatsoneBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: For Dummies
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Have you thought about signing with your baby or toddler? Parents and caregivers are discovering the benefits of using American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with children long before they can speak. Some studies show that signing babies talk sooner, have larger vocabularies, and have fewer tantrums!
Baby Signing For Dummies gives you the skills to connect in a meaningful way with your hearing baby or toddler. Packed with more than 150 illustrated signs, this friendly, easy-to-follow guide shows you how to use simple hand gestures and baby-specific signing techniques to start interacting with your baby. Every sign is accompanied by step-by-step directions and an illustration—from meeting and greeting, people, and mealtime signs to clothes, animals, outdoor signs, and, of course, bath time and bedtime. You’ll discover how to: Introduce signs to your baby Incorporate signing into daily life Make everyday events easier with signs Overcome stumbling blocks Decrease fussing and crying through signing Help your baby sign combinations of words Keep your baby safe with signing Get the whole family involved Find outside help (Web sites, videos, and signing schools and courses)
Complete with illustrations of the entire ASL alphabet, signing dos and don’ts, and ten songs to sign along with, Baby Signing For Dummies is the key to enhancing communication with your child and increasing his/her intelligence in a simple, fun, and rewarding way!
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| Title of eBook: Baby Signing For Dummies | |
| Release Date: 04-20-2011 | |
| Publisher: For Dummies |
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Baby Signing For Dummies
Chapter One
Getting Onboard with Baby Signing
In This Chapter
* Answering frequently asked questions about baby signing
* Trying your first sign - so you can rest assured that you can do this
In the course of a typical week, I get tons of questions about signing with babies. The questions come from inquiring minds in settings such as play groups, meetings, grocery stores, phone calls from friends, and, of course the classes I teach on the subject. Even people who don't have children in the baby or toddler stage are typically fascinated with the subject. Imagine ... a window into a baby or young child's mind before he can speak. What a gift to both parents and children!
In this chapter, I go over some of the most common questions I encounter on signing with babies. Use this chapter as an opportunity to get comfortable with the concept of baby sign language - to get onboard, so to speak - and then get ready to open the gift of signing with your own little sweetie pie.
What Exactly Is Sign Language for Babies?
I always enjoy hearing this question because it gives me a chance to rekindle the initial excitement I felt after asking the same question way back when. This question means someone is curious, and because she's asking me about signing with babies, it's my job to excite her about the subject just as someone once excited me - and subsequently changed my world.
Many people assume that babies don't speak because they don't understand. But the truth is, babies understand a great deal. Think about it: Only one thing satisfie
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