Baby Signs - Powerful Language
Tiny fingers - Tiny gestures
These are the tools your baby has to express her needs and desires. The brilliance of these tiny tools is evident in the fact that WE EXIST... SURVIVE and THRIVE!
Did you know that teaching your baby American Sign Language will use his natural inclination to communicate while fostering verbal language development? When you observe babies and toddlers it quickly becomes clear that their gestures bring joy... and also have meaning. They move their hands and fingers, touch them together and try to reach things. Dr. Marilyn Daniels, associate professor of speech communication at Penn State's Worthington Scranton Campus says, "Sign language has the unique capacity to tap into the natural exchange between hand and brain, optimizing the emergence of language in the child because of the physiological advantage of American Sign Language (ASL) over English."
Here's some great news... You don't have to be a fluent signer to have the ability to teach your baby signs... and you'll still have a BIG impact in enhancing her language development, heightening bonding and reducing frustration as your child successfully communicates his needs and desires in a language that anyone can learn easily!!
In fact, by the time you've finished reading this blog I'll bet you'll easily remember at least 5 simple signs that you'll be able to teach your baby today! And naturally, you'll find all sorts of resources about Sign Language for Babies
Sign THAT, Baby!
Watch and Learn - This little darling really knows her signs!
Baby Sign Language / Cute signing baby
http://www.mysmarthands.com For more info and videos visit: http://www.mysmarthands.com Join our baby sign language FACEBOOK group where you can post questions and get great resources: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7749175188 For parents; learn how to sign with your baby videos: http://www.mysmarthands.com/Site/Learn_How_to_Sign_with_your_baby_at_MindBites.html or babies and children I recommend Signing Time videos, flashcards and books. You can access these by going to http://www.mysmarthands.com/Site/Signing_Time.html And finally for an amazing information site on baby sign language visit: http://www.learnbabysigning.com
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Laura Berg of MySmartHands.com
Celebrating a BRILLIANT new friend!
I'm compelled to put in a brief plug for my new friend and a very gifted teacher, Laura Berg. (That's Laura with her daughter Fireese in the video above)Laura owns her own company called MySmartHands.com and if you really want to learn and teach sign language to your baby... you want to hurry over and pickup Laura's latest video lesson at MindBites.
Laura's video's are so clear, at the perfect speed and so comprehensive they simply can't be beat!
Have fun signing!!!
--Mary K
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EXPECT MIRACLES!
Signing is FUN!
Visual cues help total comprehension!
Signing is such a cool way to communicate. And while there are certainly signs that mean specific things it's a language that is so alive and leaves a lot of room for creativity!
Check out this little guy
Now you might think he's having some sort of temper tantrum... but he's actually giving the sign for DINOSAUR...with his own dramatic flair! ;-)
And that's the thing about signing...embellishing usually enhances the sign. It's also important to remember that when your little one is learning signs applaud her approximations! Close enough is good enough. For you too!
So have fun and let yourself get into it. Release any concerns you have around 'getting it right' and simply let yourself feel the 'rightness' in the action. Play with it!
When my two oldest boys were very young one of their best friends happened to be deaf. He taught us all to sign. And we were very lucky that we were introduced to sign language by this very creative young lad. As we learned the signs he gave us for our names it struck me as sheer inspiration how he would form the first letter of our name and then either apply it to a body part or a particular gesture that to him... defined us. For instance, for me he would form the "M" and tap his mouth because he thought I talked... a LOT! LOL
I'd be remiss if I didn't share my highest recommendation with you. I can't let you go without mentioning Wendy Jensen's Signing4Kids. 
The cool thing here is that Wendy provides SO much for SO little! In addition to her eBook you get over twenty videos like the one about Emotions below. Covering a wide range of topics ~ things like Lunch, Dinner, Colors, Clothes, Toys, Outside, Bathroom, etc. You really ought to check her stuff out and start talking WITH your baby not just TO your baby!
Signing ~ Emotions
IF you FEEL it... SIGN it!
'Dancing With Words' and more...
So many books...so little time ;-)
My Baby Can Talk
Baby Sign Language - My Baby Can Talk - Sharing Signs
My Baby Can Talk - Sharing Signs teaches babies to communicate before they can speak using sign language in a format that delights the senses while tapping into a baby's innate language capabilities. Set to classical music, My Baby Can Talk - Sharing Signs takes babies and their parents on an inspiring discovery of 28 words and signs that are most loved by babies - including all done, apple, bath, ball, daddy, diaper, elephant, flower, help, mommy, please, share, and thank you! Honored more than twenty prestigious parenting awards and reviewed and endorsed by child psychologists, professionals in the media as well as early childhood educators; the My Baby Can Talk series inspires preverbal communication as well as first spoken words and is the first program featuring preverbal babies signing. Research has shown that babies who use sign language tend to speak sooner with larger vocabularies, show an increase in IQ scores and engage in more sophisticated play. The My Baby Can Talk series is specifically developed to respect the developmental stage, attention span and intellect of hearing babies from 10 to 36 months. This program includes a Parent Tutorial and a printed Quick Reference Signing Card. MyBabyCanTalk.com is the premier resource center on the Internet for babies and signing featuring detailed tutorials, background research, and a video dictionary with more than 200 ASL signs that are most important to and appropriate for babies and toddlers.
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Because kids don't come with instruction manuals
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At the very least SIGN the book!
Are you teaching your baby signs? Already use them? Curious about learning more? Please leave a comment and certainly share your success in teaching your baby to communicate. And if you find this lens helpful I'd sure appreciate your vote! ;-)
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- only1bub only1bub May 12, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
- I've taught my sons sign language once they hit about a year and yelled at me too much...I got tired of it and not knowing what they wanted. :) They are now 1 1/2 & 3 1/2 and when they get really excited, they will still sign instead of or while talking! I think it's a great way to communicate with your child.
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Sep 13, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
- Hi Mary,
This is a good lens. I learned a little bit of sign language as a child when I befriended a family that was deaf. They taught me how to sign. I don't remember much of it now though unfortunately. 5*
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Sep 13, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
- Hi Mary,
This is a good lens. I learned a little bit of sign language as a child when I befriended a family that was deaf. They taught me how to sign. I don't remember much of it now though unfortunately. 5*
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- herbie66 herbie66 Jun 13, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
- Your lens would be a great addition to the 'Pregnancy and Baby' Group
( http://www.squidoo.com/groups/pregnancy-baby )
Feel free to add it anytime!
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- StacymomBiz StacymomBiz Mar 22, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
- Hi Mary, Great reading & videos here! Awesome job on this lens - 5 stars :-)
-Stacy
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- CardLady CardLady Jan 20, 2008 @ 3:37 am
- Mary K,
My daughter is doing this with my grandson. I'm going to send this to her. I'm also lensrolling this to my Best Children's Books
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- Marc3ll Marc3ll Nov 8, 2007 @ 3:28 am
- Hi Mary. Cool lens. I do like baby and its really good to know some knowledge about sign language to baby :)
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