In college, I took a sign language course that I thoroughly loved, and low and behold, on one of my shopping sprees at Barnes & Noble I discovered videos to introduce sign language to your baby. I love this idea! I especially love this since she will be in transition in terms of language, she will be just starting to process Russian when I come in and throw her for a loop with English. If you haven't watched any of these Sign Language for kids cds, do, they are amazing! Sign language will give us both an opportunity to communicate with each other; babies start signing before verbalizing, if we understand & notice it or not, and what a great way for her to find her voice and help me understand what it is that she is trying to convey. I am super pumped about this! There are videos for both the adults and another to share with your child, plus there are board books to share with your child as well, so we can read about the animals, mealtime, bedtime or bathtime and sign together! Rock on! I am a great mom already!!!! hehehe
3 comments:
I found that sign language really does work. It is the coolest thing!
My sister used sign language with both of her kids and her 2nd is 16 months and she is really good at using the sign language. It is so much easier to communicate with her and less frustrting for all sides.
Christy,
My husband and I totally are into doing this. We bought a book with DVD on baby sign language before Christmas. We keep practicing so that it seems natural for us to do it.
What got us started on this was seeing a friends toddler do this. We loved the idea. This was on our list to blog too :)
Keep practicing!
Eileen
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