Im One Year Old and Thank Goodness for Sign Language
Hello! Im one year old and I have just seen a beautiful car go by. Let me tell you how interesting I find this car. I will sign to you the sign language sign for CAR with a big grin on my face. That way, Ill be able to share this exciting discovery with you a noisy car just went by how exciting!
Oh whats Mommy saying and signing now? Its a RED CAR. How cool. RED. If Mommy shows me that new sign RED a few more times, I think Ill be able to use it whenever I want. Weve just been playing the sign language software at www.KiddiesSigns.com. So many interesting words there that I can use in my meaningful conversations with my Mommy.
When Mommy first heard about the activity of hearing parents signing with their hearing kids, she thought that it would delay my speech. She loved the idea of being able to communicate with me in sign language long before such communication would ever be possible with verbal speech. However, she did not want the joy of early, meaningful communication to come at the cost of delayed verbal speech. Then she read the research and instructions in the books Baby Signs by Linda...