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Why sign with your Baby?Welcome to a World of better communication with your baby! Don't let your pre-verbal child's inability to talk prevent you from effectively communicating. With a few simple signs you can teach your child to tell you what is on his mind, long before he has fine-tuned his verbal skills. The Baby Signs® Program teaches babies to use simple, easy-to-do gestures for communicating with their parents and caregivers. These gestures or “signs” represent an item or concept, like “cat,” “eat,” or “all gone.” Babies and toddlers often use signs as a natural part of the communication process. Many babies know how to wave "bye-bye" or use a headshake to mean "no." But why stop there? About the Baby Signs® ProgramThe Baby Signs® Program helps children develop both language and cognitive skills. Studies show that babies who sign actually develop speech sooner and have larger vocabularies when they do start talking. The Baby Signs® Program is based on the groundbreaking research which began an international movement to teach hearing babies to use signs. After 20 years of careful study, Drs. Goodwyn and Acredolo proved that using signs actually enhances language, cognitive, and social-emotional development.In addition to a child's home, the Baby Signs® Program has applications in a variety of other settings, including:
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