Baby Signing For Dummies

Have you thought about signing with your baby or toddler? Parentsand caregivers are discovering the benefits of using American SignLanguage (ASL) to communicate with children long before they canspeak. Some studies show that signing babies talk sooner, havelarger vocabularies, and have fewer tantrums! Baby Signing For Dummies gives you the skills to connectin a meaningful way with your hearing baby or toddler. Packed withmore than 150 illustrated signs, this friendly, easy-to-followguide shows you how to use simple hand gestures and baby-specificsigning techniques to start interacting with your baby. Every signis accompanied by step-by-step directions and anillustration--from meeting and greeting, people, and mealtimesigns to clothes, animals, outdoor signs, and, of course, bath timeand bedtime. You'll discover how to: * Introduce signs to your baby * Incorporate signing into daily life * Make everyday events easier with signs * Overcome stumbling blocks * Decrease fussing and crying through signing * Help your baby sign combinations of words * Keep your baby safe with signing * Get the whole family involved * Find outside help (Web sites, videos, and signing schools andcourses) Complete with illustrations of the entire ASL alphabet, signingdos and don'ts, and ten songs to sign along with, BabySigning For Dummies is the key to enhancing communication withyour child and increasing his/her intelligence in a simple, fun,and rewarding way!