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Baby sign language book - please recommend!

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nomoreheels · 01/04/2011 07:19

Hi all, my DP has expressed an interest in baby sign language & I want to order him a book for his birthday which is next week.

I had a look on Amazon & the choice was overwhelming. Help! If anyone has any tips on good ones I'd be very grateful. Want to order today...

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jasmine51 · 01/04/2011 10:03

Just marking my place because I'd like to know the recommendations too. Do you think there is any harm in developing your own or are there advantages to learning a standard one?

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nomoreheels · 01/04/2011 15:27

Bump.

p.s. jasmine51 - I've asked on my antenatal club thread as well, I'll let you know if I get any responses there as well.

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ToriaPumpkinHead · 01/04/2011 15:39

I have a friend who's a Speech and Language Therapist. I'll ask her for any recs and get back to you :)

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nomoreheels · 01/04/2011 15:52

Thank you, that would be ace!

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MummyBuzz · 01/04/2011 18:47

I teach Makaton Baby Signing as part of my job in a Children's Centre. I would highly recommend the Makaton Signing for Babies pocket book which you can buy from the Makaton website for about £8. It covers about 100 signs including all of the basics that are taught as part of the course. Hope this helps!

MarathonMama · 02/04/2011 17:21

Hi - I did baby signing with my son. It was brilliant, he was signing about 40 things before he could speak a word. We did a sing and sign course and you can buy a vocab book from their website. We also got some "Sign About" books from Amazon. I think there's one called something like "My first signs" - it's nice because you can share it with the baby and it's fairly cheap.

MarathonMama · 02/04/2011 17:48

Oh, and I would do standard signs jasmine51 - my son's nursery uses signs and it means he can be understood by others.

jasmine51 · 02/04/2011 20:02

Do you think it delays language development? The reason I ask is because I know two toddlers who learned signing and both are noticably less vocal than others I know and seem to rely on signing alot. Genuinely curious.

Fumblina · 02/04/2011 20:34

I don't have a book but if you have an iphone there is the Smart Hands app.

or itvbabysign.com is a free resource.

MarathonMama · 02/04/2011 21:49

Not at all in my experience, DS is talking the most of the babies in our NCT group and he's a boy (they're supposed to be slower to talk). He still uses signs when talking and it helps me to know what he's saying (e.g. differentiating between bird and ball), which I think gives him more confidence.

One of the babies in our signing class talks in sentences at 19 months and has been signing since he was ten months. I think it depends on the child but I strongly believe that it's helped my DS with his communication and verbal development. He's definitely less frustrated too as he can tell me what he wants - e.g. at 11 months he was signing when he was hungry, thirsty was finished or wanted more.

The important thing to remember is to ALWAYS say the word when you sign it. That way you're not replacing the spoken word with a sign.

jasmine51 · 03/04/2011 09:19

marathon thanks for that. I read up a bit last night and can see why saying the words is as important. I'll make sure the DH is briefed too!

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