Know Exactly What Your Baby is Saying Using a Baby Sign-Language Dictionary!

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Know Exactly What Your Baby is Saying Using a Baby Sign-Language Dictionary!

By Nicole Wagner

Imagine your 9-month old child being able to tell you what he wants when he want it. Imagine all the time and effort your can save. Imagine the peaceful moments. Imagine communication. This is where baby sign language comes in. This is why using a baby sign language dictionary has become so popular in recent years.

Parents, daycares, preschools and child psychologists see the benefits of baby sign language as time goes by. Since communication is facilitated, the child throws fewer tantrums. It serves as an educational tool for the child to communicate clearly with his caregiver/s.

Many of the “terrible two’s” that children experience is a result of the child’s frustration of not being able to communicate the rage he feels. If the parents feel miserable, so does the child. Hence, anything that allows the child to exhaust his feelings is helpful.

Sign language also improves your child’s spelling skills. Since printed words are combined with gestures, word recall is increase, hence, giving your child a wider vocabulary. Phonetic sounds are also learned by the child because words are spoken while signing, along with pictures.

This early literacy allows children to have a head start in school, thus improving academic competency. Research supports children who used sign language performed better throughout their school years.

Children who know have acquired the skill of signing is similar to a child who learned another language. Sign language is a legitimate language and will give your child an additional edge when securing employment when he gets older.

Everyone also has different learning styles. Some are more visual, some auditory while others utilize both. Sign language offers both visual and auditory teaching that will cater to whatever your child needs. As the words are spoken, cards are also used so the child can hear and thus maximizing both pathways.

When I use a baby sign-language dictionary, I’m giving my child an extra way to express himself and adding to his sensory and motor development skills as well.

By communicating in this way, my child will also learn empathy at an earlier age. The thinking skills required will help improve his cognitive abilities.

Visit http://www.babysignlanguagedictionary.org for more information.

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The Baby Health Guru – Benefits of Baby Sign Language

In this brief video you’ll get an overview of the benefits of signing with your baby from the Baby Health Guru:


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Why You Should Take The Time To Teach Your Own Baby Sign Language by Gregg Hall

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Why You Should Take The Time To Teach Your Own Baby Sign Language
By Gregg Hall

There’s good news for parents and babies and its welcome news indeed. It’s called baby sign language. The lack of a means for communication between a parent and a baby has always been frustrating for both parties. A parent hears their child crying and is helpless to understand what the baby wants.

They do the standard checks, like feeling the diaper for wetness or putting their hand on the baby’s head to check for fever. If neither of those turn out to be the problem, the child continues to cry and the parent tries to comfort the baby, not knowing what else to do. With baby sign language, the lines of communication become open and helps put an end to this frustration.

What is Baby Sign Language?

Baby sign language is a new form of communication, combining hand gestures with word association. By using these gestures, parents are able to teach their children how to communicate what they want, before the child is able to speak. The learning abilities of children are limited to their senses such as sight, sound and touch. Because the learning method combines all of these senses, it is easy for the parent to teach and the child to learn.

How do you Teach Baby Sign Language?

Teaching your child this communication skill is done by a method called modeling. Linking simple words with gestures does this. Your child might be too young to actually be able to make the gestures, but you can still begin to teach them the meaning of them. This way, when they are older and have better command of their bodies, they will already know the gestures to use to communicate with you.

For great resources, flash cards, DVDs for how to do the signs and more just visit the BabySigns™ website by clicking here

For example, whenever you are about to feed your child, before you do, say “eat” and make an easy hand gesture like pointing to your mouth. Make sure your baby can clearly see the gestures, so they can remember them. Another good word to teach is “more”. When you are rocking your child or doing something else that you know gives your baby pleasure, stop periodically and say “more”, before beginning again. Also begin associating these words and signs with objects.

Before handing them an item like a ball, say “ball”. Start slowly and add on words gradually. This gives the baby time to learn and remember what you are teaching them. It’s important not to try to force them to learn these gestures. Let them pick it up at their own pace.

Teaching your baby sign language is rewarding and by the time they are actually able to speak, they will already know the right words to use to let you know exactly what they need.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as Baby Gift Baskets Delivered athttp://www.babygiftbasketsdelivered.com

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Fun Ways to Teach Sign to Your Baby

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Fun Ways to Teach Sign to your Baby by Nicole Dean

Join any group of new moms and you’ll hear all about the benefits of teaching Sign Language to hearing babies and toddlers. Many moms have started with the basic signs (milk, eat, more). But where do you go from there? We know how signing helps the parents, but there are many more subtle ways it can help the mother/baby relationship.

Signing enables your baby to communicate at an early age, before she can speak. Signing helps to lessen temper tantrums and frustration by giving our babies the ability to tell us their needs. But, it’s so much more than that. Not only do you have the chance to know when your baby wants “milk” or to “eat”, but you also have the ability to get a glimpse into her personality and share her interests. By simply teaching your baby signs like dog, book, telephone, baby, dance, fish, elephant, you are able to know what your baby is thinking when she looks out the window or rides through the grocery store. Just give her the tools to tell you!

For great resources to help your baby start to communicate through baby sign language, click here to visit the BabySigns™ website.

There are many situations where you can ‘talk’ with your young baby.

Reading:

Look through picture books together and sign the names of animals and foods. Watch her point to animals and tell you exactly what she sees. If she points to an animal and looks at you for guidance, say the animal’s name and then look up the sign in your Sign Language Dictionary, so she can ’say’ the animal’s name back to you.

Grocery Store Trips:

During a walk through the store, your baby can tell you she sees “balloons”, “dogs” or “cats” if you walk through the pet aisle, “flowers”, “books” and so much more.

Videos:

Sit with your baby and watch a video together. Sign the different objects as they come on the screen.

Zoo trip:

Point to the animals as you walk past, say and sign their names. You’ll be amazed when your baby signs back to you.

Songs:

Old favorite songs like “Old McDonald” are perfect for signing. Or find a new Children’s CD to sing and sign with.

Games:

Put toys under a blanket or behind your back and ask the baby to find them. Simple words to sign are “ball”, “phone”, “hat”, or “book”.

We have been given a gift that our parents didn’t have — the tools to communicate with our preverbal babies and toddlers. The opportunities are endless.

Need an ASL dictionary? This one is great! Random House Webster’s Concise American Sign Language Dictionary.

Nicole Dean is the owner of http://www.showkidsthefun.com/baby.html , a fun resource for parents to spend time with their children. Nicole also enjoys sharing her knowledge of baby signing with other mothers so they can have the same fantastic experience that she did.

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