I was wondering if there was anyone out there who has taught there baby to sign? If so, at what age did you start? Can you recommend a good book to use? And how long did it take for your baby to start using the signs? any other info would be appreciated also! Thanks!
2007-12-15 02:58:06 · 10 answers · asked by Shell 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My daughter is 2 years old. She has been taught sign language since birth. She is fluent in english and sign language. She can sign any word she can say. Videos like baby sign are the best because your child can see the words also signing made easy and sign words for children. Have good pictures for you to copy from and use with your child.
My mother is deaf and speaks and uses sign. For my daughter signing isn't a seperate language its a natural way for her to speak.
It is also easier for a child to express themselves with hand motions and gestures than words. Some word sounds are harder for a infant/toddler to make than the sign is.
I think learning to sign has made it easier for her to learn other things, she can spell words and write them ,but she was taught to say her abc's with a visual sign to go with them.
Start early, and it will be something natural for him/her
2007-12-15 03:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by Misfit Wanderer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I play to use sign language when we have a child. The optimal time to start is between 6 - 8 months of age, in the hopes that they will begin signing back at 8 - 10 months of age.
Two books that I highly recommend are:
Baby Sign Language Basics by Monta Z. Briant
Sign, Sing, and Play! by Monta Z. Briant
I teach early childhood special education and work with a Down Syndrome child who is developmentally at the level of a 12-month old. She can now sign approximately 20 - 30 words!
2007-12-15 03:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jenny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We started doing signs with my daughter when she was about 6-7 months (when we remembered... so not all that consistently). She signed back to us "more" at about 10 months. This is around the age that most babies will be able to sign back, but they are able to understand it much sooner. We just started with some basic signs - milk, eat, more, mommy and daddy - then expand as they get older and learn more.
I bought the book Baby Talk by Monica Beyer. It was easy to understand and gave tips on when to use each sign. There are lots of websites out there too, just search on google. You'll be able to find the sign for almost anything.
Best of luck!
2007-12-15 06:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by josi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start right away! If you speak to your baby, he is learning to undertand you, so if you sign to your baby, he will learn to understand that as well. There's no big trick to it. Just sign the words you are saying, and the baby will pick it all up. Probably by the time the baby talks, he will also be fluent in signing.
Note: Babies imitate gestures alot, and they also tend to "direct" conversations that they hear. When people are talking around them, babies arms and hands usually make gestures following the inflections of the words they are hearing. It's really fascinating how smart the little ones are!
2007-12-15 03:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do basic signs with our son. We started at about 3 months. We weren't even very consistent but he knows a few signs. We got our first sign from him at about 7 months. He did the sign for milk. Now he signs whenever he wants to nurse. He also signs ball, eat and water at 10 months. If we did signs more often, I'm sure he would sign more than he does.
Just wanted to let you know that every little bit helps and you don't have to sign every little thing for them to benefit from it.
2007-12-15 03:23:34 · answer #5 · answered by Heather R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we started at about 10 months with the signs for 'more' and 'milk'. My daughter started using them within a few days, and was using about 2 dozen signs by a year.
The Joseph Garcia video is good.
2007-12-15 04:00:38 · answer #6 · answered by daa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did with my son and it helped allot. i offered the e book infant sign language for dummies and it grew to become into super! i all started at approximately 10 months and he all started choosing them up at approximately 12 or 13 months. He knew bottle, extra, diaper replace. This helped allot together with his words now he's two and he places 3 or 4 words in a sentence our pediatrician grew to become into inspired how nicely he spoke for a 2 12 months outdated. I persevered a splash longer coach him the sign a tell him the word I dont bear in mind what number indicators he knew yet ultimately he stoped using the indicators and could in simple terms tell me what he needed
2016-10-01 21:18:05 · answer #7 · answered by wrights 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teaching a baby to sign can ba a challange, but you can start them when they are about 2-3 years old. Just say and sign at the same time, children tend to catch on much faster than adults do. There are a few videos as well as boods on ASL from Amazon as well as Ebay.
Good Luck!
2007-12-15 03:06:39 · answer #8 · answered by aylatroy 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
My little guy used simple sign and it helped him communicate a lot we started at about a year. I like the web site. http://www.signwithme.com/default.asp
2007-12-15 03:08:04 · answer #9 · answered by Oh me oh my...♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know anything about sign language, but if you want to know how to understand your baby listen for
"eh"
"neh"
"heh"
"owch"
and i forget the last one. they mean differant things. im uncomfortable, im hungry, im sleepy, etc. tery to memorize what your child is saying in his "language"
2007-12-15 03:09:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋