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Tips

To teach signs to hearing babies you simultaneously combine American Sign Language and your voice.

A great time to introduce a sign is when a child notices an object such as an airplane or flower. 

Also, just before an event such as a bath or bedtime.

Any position where your baby can hear and see the sign is good.

Point to an object and ask, "What's that?"  Or simply point to the object and make the sign.

Helping your child form the signs may be helpful if she is receptive to the contact.

Physical:  Hand waving or touching may be an attempt to get attention.

Repetition:  In any language, including sign language, practice and repetition are important.

Process:  Your child will understand signs before he can repeat them.

Accuracy:  You child's signs may differ from yours.  Her signs will evolve just like speech so continue to sign correctly.

Energy: Show energy and excitement and your child will respond. 

Benefits

Signing is easy.  While still in the womb your baby begins to move hands and wiggle fingers.  While lying in a crib your baby begins to observe motion and movements.  The hand and finger movement combined with the observation of motion are the building blocks of sign language.  These building blocks allow your baby to learn and communicate visually at a young age.For parents: Simply learn a few words at a time starting with selected words from our Everyday Signs list.  To teach signs to hearing babies you simultaneously combine American Sign Language and your voice

A great time to introduce a sign is when a child notices an object such as an airplane or flower.  Also, just before an event such as a bath or bedtime.

Any position where your baby can hear and see the sign is good.  Point to an object and ask, "What's that?"  Or simply point to the object and make the sign

Helping your child form the signs may be helpful if she is receptive to the contact.

Your child's learning will come from copying and emulation of your signing.  You need to learn certain elements of the language and our DVDs, with voice over, sounds and images makes this easy.  When you show excitement and interest in signing your child will make great progress.  Most of their success will take place in the home during the course of your regular family activities.  Eye contact and physical touching will also speed up the learning process and strengthens the bond between you.Teaching Signs For Baby Minds contains carefully selected words and concepts that are easy to learn.  They also play a practical role in many children's everyday lives.   Each child will respond to different signs and handshapes for a variety of reasons that may include their environment, what they already know, enthusiasm and degree of difficulty.  Most of the signs we have chosen don't require the exact handshape for your child to communicate.  As long as the child is making an effort and you understand the communication then you have succeeded

There are many reasons to teach this fun visual language. Research has shown that babies who learn to sign actually begin to talk at an earlier age.  They also develop larger vocabularies than if they did not learn any signs at all.  It is believed that the reason for this is that the brain stores auditory and visual information in 2 different locations.  This gives your child two locations to recall the same information.  In one study 8 year olds who learned to sign as babies showed IQ increases of up to 12 points at the age of 8.  Preschoolers who learn to sign also test significantly higher on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-a common assessment of verbal ability used to aid school placement.
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