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Welcome to our website! Here you will find info on how to enhance the verbal language and musical development of babies through engaging and playful experiences with sign language and song. Baby sign language is the use of sign language in order to communicate with infants and toddlers. Music is also used to facilitate practice of sign vocabulary and playful exchanges between caregiver and child. You will find our recommended books and DVDs to support the process of helping children begin to make meaning of information, ideas and social interactions they experience in their world.
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Benefits of Baby Sign Language
Early sign language experience has numerous benefits for babies. Parents and caregivers can sign to babies beginning at birth (using signs for simple ideas like “milk” and “more”). Comprehension on the part of the baby can begin at six months, and the children can begin producing signs themselves around 10 months. Parents and caregivers should be aware that infants will recognize their first sign before producing their own. They should also be patience with their children when they first begin signing to their children because it may take a little while before the baby can understand or even produce signs themselves. Consistency is crucial when teaching your infant how to sign. Infants learn through repetition that is why it is essential for parents and caregivers to repeatedly use signs.Every time an action is performed the caregiver should sign the action to the child. When using a sign the parent should say the word out loud because this will help the baby link the gestures to verbal skill development.
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