For mothers who've tried baby sign language, does it delay their talking?

Question

ive tried to look this up all over the web and all ive seen is positive research. i would like to hear from those who have really tried it and their opinion.

Answer 1

The key to baby signing is to always say the word you are signing. That way the baby hears it as well as sees it. The theory of baby sign is that they can move their little arms and sign before they can produce the actual words. So, if you do it correctly, it does not delay language.
Baby sign is not a "teaching" tool like teaching children to read. You do it to help your baby communicate with you which is supposed to lead to less frustration on the baby's part (because they can't yet talk to you in words).

Answer 2

from what I've studied in psychology it develops the part in the frontal lobe, called the whernikies area, which involves the understanding of sounds and symbols. The reason that signing with your child is possible is because the area that processes speach, called Broca's area, is not developed untill 2 or 3. So no it will not delay thinking at all, in fact it may help but I can't say 100% sure cuz i'm not a doctor, these are just my theories. Keep up the research.

Answer 3

I tried it and abandoned it just as quickly. I was enthusiastic - my baby wasn't.. so here is what I did instead..all the time I spent with her I talked to her, not over or around her.

I read books to her, pointed to things and named them, sang nursery rhymes, named shapes, colours you name it - all as part of our daily routine..morning to night..

I also named everything that she showed an interest in and rewarded her for all her attempts (babbling and the like) at speech, by repeating it, smiling, giving her attention etc

The upshot was that she learned to talk much quicker than any of the other children at her baby group. She turned 2 last Friday and now talks like a 3 or 4 year old..

Therefore if I have any more I personally am not going to bother with sign language..what is the point? It is a skill which long term will be of no or little use to her and less use than being linguistically astute..

If you press on be sure it is for your baby's need and not your own..

Answer 4

We taught my son signing right from the start. He's 9 months old knows about a dozen signs and says just as many words. In my experience with our own child and a pile of foster babies, signing speeds up vocalization. The only draw back is that occassionally a child who starts trying to speak early will focus on his mouth instead of his hands and nearly stop signing for a few weeks altogether because he wants to TALK. This can make the child and you both frustated for a little while because the baby could communicate his need quite well for months and then he suddenly refuses to use his hands to communicate but his mouth hasn't figured it out yet either.

If you want to teach your child, I definitely recommend ASL as a language. Also I've yet to meet a child who doesn't love "Baby Signing Time":a video series that teaches signing to children. Most importantly, whether teaching your child to talk or sign, spend lots of time communicating directly to your child. Sounds simple, but so many seem to leave that part out.

Good luck!

Answer 5

I taught my daughter about 15 different signs starting when she was about 9 months old. She is now 29 months old and she is extremely bright. Everyone thinks she is at least 3 due to how fluent she speaks. I would recommend teaching it to her. The only drawback is when she was with her grandparents who don't sign and they didn't know what she wanted. I am currently working on teaching my other daughter who is now 9 months old. I took a class and learned 100 easy signs. I think it's great!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

We did it with my daughter. She had an over 200 word vocabulary at 19 months. That's just one kid, though, but for her she talked plenty early.

Answer 8

I think it actually helped my son understand words better. he was able to put a "word" to the sound.