| Why Sign with hearing babies and toddlers?
Are you ever frustrated or worried when your baby cries and can't tell you why?
Do you ever wish you knew what your baby was thinking?
Imagine your baby being able to ask you a question or initiate a conversation about something that interests him or her!
Two-way communication fosters trust and mutual understanding and deepens the bond between you and your baby. Signing with your baby provides limitless opportunities for exploring and learning about your babies new world together!
Proven long and short term benefits
Research shows that signing babies:
- Talk sooner
- Have larger vocabularies
- have less frustration, crying and tantrums
- Show more interest in books
- engage in more sophisticated play
- score higher on IQ tests (when tested at age 7-8)
Many parents also report that their signing toddlers are better at paying attention and listening than most other children their age- a result of having learned early on to 'Stop, look and listen' to what is being shown or said.
Signing is being used with increasing frequency in childcare and preschool programs and has been shown to dramatically decrease aggression, hitting biting and noise. |
