Sign to Speak: Babies Can Talk has won a 2011 Mom’s Choice Award for excellence in parenting materials.  The book is the most comprehensive publication for the use of American Sign Language, ASL, for use with babies, children from birth to 18 months, available in the U. S. today!  (more…)

Signing with babies has been a subject that Dr. Marilyn Daniels, Georgia, and I have been dealing with for over 30 years. What do to? How do I do it? Do I need a signing background? Will it work? Why should I do it? Why sign with hearing babies? These are just a few of the questions that have been repeated to us hundreds, if not thousands of times and they lead me to soem basic concepts about signing with babies that we oultined in our first book together called Sign to Speak: Babies Can Talk.

First, why are you deciding to sign with your baby? For me the key reason is that babies can use sign langauge, and in our case American Sign Language, ASL, for early communication. One of our daughters begand to sign words back to us as early as 9 months old, long before she could speak. This allows babies to tell you what they want and need withoug having to always cry. This brings me to to my second concept. Parents don’t have to be signing (more…)

Signing with babies has become more and more popular and American Sign Language, commonly known as ASL, provides words that babies can use long before they can speak.   This is important because signing babies can communicate with their parents and others who know the signs from as early as 8 months old. Our own children began between 9 and 13 months of age.  Baby sign language provides babies with a powerful way to tell people around them what they are thinking.

Our DVD We Sign Babies and Toddlers provided a video demonstration and parent testimonials to help non-signing parents not only learn to use ASL with their baby but do learn how to do it.  Our focus in this DVD was to provide signing for young children from birth to 3 years of age.  During this time there is a great deal of developement and so we decided to partner with Dr. Marilyn Daniels, internationally know lecturer and author to create a book that provides parents with detailed information on signing specifically with a baby. 

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Sign to Speak: Babies Can Talk offers parents, teachers and caregivers with a clear and easy to follow program on how to sign successfully with their baby. Included in their program are the most popular and effective signs to use with babies for enhancing early communication of wants and needs. Here are five simple steps to follow to successfully incorporate signing into the life of your baby.

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There are many reasons to use sign language with a baby but over the years We Sign has found that these are 5 key reasons that encourage parents, teachers, caregivers and early childhood professionals to embrace signing. 

Signing Part of Your Parenting Skills
Generations of parents have all asked themselves many of the same questions. Amongst these are: “What can I do to improve my parenting skills?” “What can I do to help me understand what my child is thinking?” and “How can I best aid my child’s learning, growth and develop.” These questions are all in parental efforts to do what’s best for their baby.

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