Baby Signing For Dummies

Have you thought about signing with your baby or toddler? Parents and caregivers are discovering the benefits of using American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with children long before they can speak. Some studies show that signing babies talk sooner, have larger vocabularies, and have fewer tantrums! Baby Signing For Dummies gives you the skills to connect in a meaningful way with your hearing baby or toddler. Packed with more than 150 illustrated signs, this friendly, easy-to-follow guide shows you how to use simple hand gestures and baby-specific signing techniques to start interacting with your baby. Every sign is accompanied by step-by-step directions and an illustration from meeting and greeting, people, and mealtime signs to clothes, animals, outdoor signs, and, of course, bath time and 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 and courses) Complete with illustrations of the entire ASL alphabet, signing dos and don ts, and ten songs to sign along with, Baby Signing For Dummies is the key to enhancing communication with your child and increasing his/her intelligence in a simple, fun, and rewarding way!

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, funand rewarding way!

Introduction.Part I: Talking Hands.Chapter 1: Getting Onboard with Baby Signing.Chapter 2: Introducing Signs to Your Baby.Chapter 3: Warming Up: Signing Boot Camp.Part II: Ready, Set, Sign!Chapter 4: Signing 101: Some Basic Signs.Chapter 5: Eat, Baby, Eat! Mealtime Signs.Chapter 6: Signs to Help Keep Baby Safe and Sound.Chapter 7: Bath and Bed Signs.Part III: Signs for Everyday Life.Chapter 8: Signing Stuff That Baby Wears.Chapter 9: Signing Animals from A to Z.Chapter 10: Signing in the Great Outdoors.Part IV: Now We're Talking.Chapter 11: Signing Sentences.Chapter 12: Overcoming Stumbling Blocks.Chapter 13: How Long Do We Keep This Up?Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 14: Ten Reasons to Sign with Baby.Chapter 15: Ten Signs Every Baby and Toddler Should Know.Chapter 16: Ten (Or So) Songs to Sign.Chapter 17: Ten (Or So) Signing Resources.Part VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: The ASL Alphabet.Appendix B: ASL Numbers.Appendix C: ASL Colors.Index.