Baby Sign Language
A Vocabulary of 12
Signs at 12 Months Old
I can not recommend
Baby Sign
Language highly enough. I have been teaching my daughter Baby Sign
Language since she was about 9 months old, it is extremely easy to
teach. At 10 months she learnt the sign for milk and it was incredible
to communicate with her at such a young age. But it was really between
11 and 12 months that her signing really took off, at this age babies
seem to absorb so much and learn so quickly. Once she comprehended
that actions could communicate what she wanted she seemed to want to
learn more and more signs.
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Now at 12 months she
has a vocabulary of 12 signs, some of which she also says the word (or
the first syllable of the word). Her signs include More, Milk, Eat,
Sleep, Diaper, Ball, Dog, Finish, Drink, Duck, Bath and Head.
These words have helped so much, if she is crying and clinging and I
do not know what is wrong I ask her to show me with her hands and she
will show me that she wants to eat or needs her diaper changed.
The best thing is that
any baby can be taught
baby sign
language, it is simple and easy. It does take a bit of persistence
on the part of the parent at the beginning, but once your child gets
his or hers first sign all that effort is worth it 10 fold.
I had a similar
experience doing
Baby Sign Language with my older son, he was able to communicate
his needs at a similar age. At 13 months he was able to sign 'help'
and 'hurt' which was a big help to reduce his frustration.
It was a smooth transition for him from signs to words. Baby
sign language definitely helped him to communicate what he wanted, it
reduce family frustration and assisted with learning language.
Jen
More About Baby Sign
Language
From 8 months of age babies do not have the ability to speak but can
start to understand much of what is being said. Babies at this age
can easily be taught to use gestures as a way of communicating. Baby
sign language teaches babies a collection of easy to remember and
simple gestures to use as a way of communicating.
Research has shown that teaching your child sign language delivers the
following benefits:
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Helps babies talk sooner
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Develops larger vocabularies and helps babies understand more words
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Reduces tantrums, tears and frustration
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Helps improve intellectual development
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Encourages greater interest in books and pretend play at an early
age
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Enriches bond with parents, siblings and carers
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Increases self-esteem and self-confidence
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Increases communication and learning at a very early age
Signing does not interfere with your baby’s speech or language
development; it actually encourages babies to speak sooner and assists
to develop a large vocabulary. Once a baby starts verbalizing words
he will still find signing useful for those words that are more
difficult. You can start teaching baby sign language at any age, even
if your child has started saying some words already. Babies up to the
age of 2 ˝ years can benefit from signing.
To start baby sign language you do not need to attend a course or have
any prior knowledge of signing. Baby sign language is designed to be
simple and fun and easily learnt by parents to build into their
everyday life as a way of communicating with their baby. To start
signing with your baby all you need is an illustrated book listing the
available signs. Pick a couple of words that you use daily and start
to sign that word every time you say it. Make sure your baby can see
your hands when you are signing and ensure that you are consistent.
Depending on the baby’s age it may take several weeks before your baby
signs back to you but when she does it will all be worth it.
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