NCDR: started sign language lessons today

astroMom

It was so fun, and the lady came to our house.  She charged us less than half of her normal amount, too...summer discount!

ananas19

I have really enjoyed watching my DS starting to use signs. He's picking up one every day or two now. It's amazing to watch him delight in communicating!

LetsBeNice

We taught DS1 a few signs, and we loved it...instead of him screaming for us to open a cupboard door he would sign "help"!!

xpedite

omg. duh. I am a sign language interpreter, and never thought about teaching over the summer! I wonder if I could start something for the fall.

BonitaKaz

I interpret ASL too and I never thought to teach it to others.
I know it's something I plan on doing for my kids though.

kdello

It's so easy to teach basic signs (milk, eat, more, all done, etc), and it saves so much howling and whining. Glad you're enjoying it.

Sparla1027

That's awesome! I signed with a little boy I used to nanny (ish) for- it was so rewarding! I cannot wait to work on it with LO! Glad you had a positive experience!

MrsDink

We've just started with DS! I took ASL in high school and college and think it's such an awesome tool for babies.

My nephew (who is almost 3) still uses a few signs here and there! 

With DS we are just starting out with milk, more and hungry. 

astroMom

The lady we had isn't an interpreter...she is completely deaf but can read lips.  I also already know the alphabet & a few signs, so that helped us communicate.  I guess I already knew that it would be good for DS, but I was just surprised by how much I truly enjoyed learning the new signs.  I had a blast!

bethandjoe09

What are everyone's favorite signs?  The only one DS knows well right now is "milk," though I'm trying to be more consistent about using "wet."  I know "more" is a good one, and I'll add "help" to the list.  What else do you use?

xpedite

Please, thank you, all done, bed

bethandjoe09

xpedite:

Please, thank you, all done, bed

OMG duh.  I can start teaching him manners before he can talk.  Awesome, thanks!

Mrs.B6302007

We've been teaching BB, too.  She's up to about 30 signs that she uses on a regular basis.  It's AMAZING how quickly they learn!

Mrs.B6302007

milk	banana
fish	dinosaur
baby	please
dog	shoe
more	sock
cracker	car
daddy	doll
eat	tree
drink	cold
hat	diaper
thankyou	waffle
rain	mommy
all done	wash hands
	water
	bear
	bus
	airplane
	snow
	game
	stop

Mrs.B6302007

I can't edit to add since I c&p from excel.

 

She doesn't use all of those all of the time (like snow obv) but there's her list.

We also practice when we read books.  I'll keep an eye out for items in the picture that she knows the signs for and I'll ask her about them.