Baby sign language

tigerbalm · Post by **tigerbalm** » Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:11 pm

Anyone knows good - and free! - webpage that features baby sign language? I mean the signs, that can be used by hearing parents for hearing babies to communicate with gestures before the infants learn to speak.
I can find only commercial sites selling programs or courses on Google.
Thanks for help
Balm

madwolfie · Post by **madwolfie** » Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:25 pm

There are really some basic ones you could pick up from the movie "Meet The Fockers"

tigerbalm · Post by **tigerbalm** » Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:42 pm

true - have to get out my copy?

madwolfie · Post by **madwolfie** » Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:50 pm

Mara · Post by **Mara** » Tue, 15 Nov 2005 8:43 am

I had used baby sign language when my 3 year old daughter was a baby, and its absolutely rewarding. My only reference was Sign with Your Baby, a book/dictionary and video set I bought over amazon.com by Garcia. Another reference you might want to use is the Talking Hands video/DVD. Also bought over Amazon.com.

I learned the signs as I went along, and she started signing back at the age of 10 mos. A pretty long time to take coz I started teaching her at 6 mos. She at this age and until she started talking at 18 mos she signed for MILK, CHANGE DIAPERS, DOGGIE, BUTTERFLY, SLEEP, GIRL, BOY, DELICIOUS, MORE, PLEASE, THANK YOU, PAINFUL, BEE...and the list goes on. We had conversations before she could talk and it was amazing for me, as well as for her grandparents and our family. She had a vocabulary of about 100 signs...

The nicest experience was when we were having coffee in Starbucks, and she bumped into another little girl who knew sign! They said Hello and thank you to each other. So cute.

Please try to continue teaching her baby sign, and let us know how it goes.

tigerbalm · Post by **tigerbalm** » Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:36 pm

hi mara,
that sounds really interesting - do you want to sell your copy? or will there be another baby needing the books and dvd?

balm

Mara · Post by **Mara** » Tue, 15 Nov 2005 2:14 pm

Hi Tiger,

Keeping the books/DVD for the next baby tho. It's easily available online if you're upto it. Might have used copies too for a discount if you're really interested.

Goodluck and I hope you find one!

Baron Greenback · Post by **Baron Greenback** » Tue, 15 Nov 2005 3:37 pm

amazing stuff

love the story about the babies signing to each other. I suppose that is the advantage of using a uniform 'vocabulary' as opposed to making your own up .

kloo · Post by **kloo** » Wed, 23 Nov 2005 6:28 pm

u can find samples of signs here..hv fun!

http://www.mybabycantalk.com/content/di ... x?letter=A

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