Baby signing , which one sooo confused

[melsy]

I would like to teach my dd signing for hearing children. I have done a search on here for makaton etc , but confused as to which one is the easiest to master, as many different ones are spoken of. So far I have been starting to talk to her using some signing but I am not sure were I got them from??MILK eg. is like u r milking a cows udder with your hand??? I got it from a link on another thread some time ago. She is only 17 weeks old and I am aware that I may not get any response till 6-9months old, but it wont hurt to start??? I would like to find a group doing this , but there doesnt seem to be one near me in North London.

No, that's not Makaton. I love the site though with the video of the signs. Makaton do a video of their Core Vocabulary as well as the Dave Benson Phillips nursery rhymes video (wish they did them on DVD!). WWW.makaton.org wish I got commission!

davros isnt that the one in my last link??

Just noticed on the Makaton website that the BBC programme Something Special is going to be repeated so it can be taped 4 at a time. It is a good kids' program covering different topics that is fully accompanied by Makaton signing

Sorry Pops, typing too much to read! Yes, that's it.

Thank you for that, was just getting frustrated.
Will have to continue research.

i may still buy the makaton dave video as ds LOVES action rhymes even though his peech is coming on brill

i just bought it

I have the Joseph Garcia one, the video is for the parents and they show the signs in ASL however in the pack there is a booklet with the BSL signs illustrated, not worth the money IMHO. Also have the Makaton Dave video and (BSL) sing and sign DVD both of which are aimed at parent and child (mostly child.)Both of these are brilliant especially Dave. My 17month ds loves both and has learnt signs from them. Makaton as far as I am aware uses BSL signs and finger spelling. HTH

I've got Baby signs by Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn - got it off Amazon, and they also have 'baby's first sign books' with ones to get you started - actually I show this one to dd all the time just because she likes the pictures - they suggest starting when your baby starts to nod and shake their head, point etc. Good luck!

Just to explain why i asked for previous messages on this thread to be deleted/.....
after posting here last night, I realised that the links came from my amazon account....and my email address could be accessed. Fortunately, other details could not be but it made me paranoid"
Sorry for the confusion - melsy if you want me to post the links again,,,,,let me know!

Ah, so Sing and Sign is BSL? That would make more sense then for people in the UK. However, I don't understand why they have diversified from Makaton except to be able to brand and therefore sell something "new"...... ALso, if they are advocating using a sign for EVERY word in a sentence then I wouldn't agree with that. The reason Makaton is scaled down BSL is that it is designed for non-vocal people who can hear. BSL, or substituting every word, is for people who can't hear. I think Makaton has been subject to quite a lot of research and it definitely seems to be the case that it is more effective to use signs for key words rather than every word. However, I can totally understand the attraction of the lovely Sing and Sing website, classes, products etc and I'm a sucker for well packaged and exciting new things........

I think I sort of understand. To summarise BSL, (used in sing & sign), is more complex & is used for non hearing children as will as not yet speaking.Makaton is still BSL but the simpler version for kids who cannot speak yet???. OMYGOD your brain really does go after preggers,

Dont worry Popsy I added them to favourites when u linked them, but all that shows up is my husbands details as it must read who u r from your url or something. Youe details didnt show anywere.

I think I'm confused now. As I understand it Sing and sign uses BSL signs but doesn't sign every word just the ones the babies/ children are likely to use. The blurb states "it teaches you and your baby simple signs derived from sign language" and "gesture systems such as Makaton, signalong, say it and sign it, bsl and others all work well with these sing and sign tunes." Sorry my post baby brain doesnt function as it used to. My ds is a hearing baby but i find using signs very helpful as he can communicate to me things he cannot say yet which stops many tantrums.

Sorry if I'm confusing everyone!! I wasn't sure if Sing & Sign uses a sign for every word or not, now I know it doesn't. I still don't understand why they would formulate some hybrid of others and why not just use Makaton or Signalong or whatever....???