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Sign language-thoughts?
I am torn over if I should teach Ty some basic sign language.
I am torn b/c he is a boy(obviously) and he is an August baby and I really want him to start kinder on time if he is ready.
I know boys oral language usually develops slower than girls so that is why I am torn.
I did ask our pedi. about this last week at his 9 month appt. and she decided against it from the research that she did on it plus her son is a summer baby.
What are your thoughts?
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Re: Sign language-thoughts?
I'm confused why when he was born has anything to do with it?
I'm not sure about sign language. I'm tempted to teach him "More" and "All Done" but that's probably it.
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We did the basic signs with Abbie because they taught them to her at daycare. She knew please, thank you, more, all done and a few other that I don't remember. She did talk pretty early, but my neice who knew the same signs is just starting talk where you can understand her and she's 2 and a half. I'm just not convinced that sign language would swing it one way or another too much.
Collin Thayne 10.11.2010
I've never heard of it hampering speech long term. *Maybe* delaying it a couple months, but nothing that would hamper him 4 years later!!!
We taught DD several signs - eat, milk, more, all done, please. We tried to teach her more signs like cat and ball, but since you say the word as you sign it over and over again, she picked up on the words before the sign. So no, it didn't slow her down at all.
At almost 3yo, the only word she ever signs anymore is please, and only when she's really begging for something.
I absolutely will teach DS signs, it was a wonderful tool and I feel like it really saved DD and us a lot of frustration.
I might be slow but what does signing have to do with school?
I have used it with my DD and her language developed early and quickly. She is 16 months and now is saying at least one new word every day. SInce all kids develop differently, and some kids who have used SL developed language skills early, some on time, and some late, I think it is safe to say that sign language did not affect that all that much. If a child's language develops late, who is to say it wouldn't have been that way anyway? I'm pretty surprised your pedi is so against it-mine really recommended it.
As for the starting school on time thing, I hardly think using sign language as a baby would affect that 4 years later, but I also have to say that sometimes as far as maturity goes, it is best to hold summer babies out for school until the next year. Especially boys, because of their development. All kids are different, so I am not saying you should hold your son back when he gets to that point, but I wouldn't try to rush him into kindergarten just because he is old enough.
It's awesome. As long as you use the spoken word with the signed word, there's no proven language delays. The delays occur when you don't stress the oral side of it as well.
The one thing that I've just observed is that a lot of people teach it at a young age, but when the baby doesn't catch on quickly, they give up.
It wasn't a priority for us, so we didn't start until maybe 10 months to a year old, but she caught on almost instantly. So neither of us got frustrated trying to learn or teach it. So don't feel pressured to start now, or if you do start now, don't give up if he doesn't catch on instantly.
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I too am a little confused as to what in the world this has to do with starting school on time????
Anywho....I never knew it to hinder a child unless you never spoke aloud when using the sign. Kohen and Kamryn learned about 5-6 words each in daycare and I never saw a developmental problem in regards to speech.
I love that Tracey can sign. I can't imagine what it would be like if she couldn't easily tell me what she wants. All done was our first, then came milk. We started some basic stuff around 6 months but weren't completely consistent with it, but one day it just kicked in. I couldn't believe it when she pulled herself up on my legs and signed milk. "More" came a bit later but that one is great too (Although to her it generally just means "I want that" because she'll point to something and sign very enthusiastically. )
Now at 15 months she signs and speaks "all done," "milk" and "daddy," and she has lots of other words that she doesn't sign. (I need to write those down tonight so I can have a rough number for her doctor tomorrow).
I started signing to Aidan at 6 months and he started signing back to me at 9 - well before he would have been able to verbalize to me that he wanted milk, to eat, bath, all done, change, ball... those were his first signs. For us signing was great and I think is one of the reasons we didn't have the same tantrums that other kiddos get when they can't get their needs across. It was nice to know right away that he could tell me something was hurting him or he was just ready to go to sleep.
Aidan is now 27 months and speaking more than most of the kids his age we are around. Now, I do notice that the girls we are around are more advanced on the whole than the boys, including Aidan - but I actually see the opposite effect with our little circle of friends, the more they signed the more most are talking now.