Special Needs
kada626
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sign language...
kada626
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Does anyone have any DVD reccommends or any other reccomendations for my dd and I to learn sign language?
My dd just did two signs....eat and ball from watching baby einstein. I wonder what else I could do to encourage her learning(as well as mine).We met a little boy, 18 months, at the pedi's office that was signing awhile back and I thought it would be great if my dd could communicate with him.
Any advice would be great!
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Re: sign language...
I use Signing Time dvds with my class at school. Myself and the children love them.
Here is the website: https://www.signingtime.com/?gclid=CJi-zKmRwJYCFQykagodZj8Fyg
Or you can just google signing time.
Good luck!
It really depends what you want. Do you want to teach your dd a language? Then I would enroll in a class and make an effort to meet and expose your dd to deaf people. If you simply want to have early communication with your dd, I'd buy a few books and introduce a few signs here and there.
Be aware that there are books out there that are soley for the purpose of communication, ie, for the sign flower, they have the infant/toddler sniff as if they were sniffing a rose. This is NOT part of American Sign Language. ASL, is the language that most deaf adults use. In ASL there is a specific sign for flower.
If you have more questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
Our special needs son LOVES signing time! The dvd's are a bit pricey but we taped them from PBS. He asks for "Leah" all the time. (It's signing time with Alex and Leah..... the theme song can really get stuck in your head)
i rec baby signing time as well. ryan doesn't really watch tv, but he LOVES baby signing time!
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Lurker here...
I'm not sure of your history since I'm not around much, but if you're trying to teach him/her sign language for early communication, repetition is the most important thing. Every time you hand her a bottle and tell her it's time for his/her bottle, be sure to use the sign for milk, every time you say daddy's name, sign daddy, etc. If your child is a little older, it's fun to make a game out of it to see what signs they can remember by pointing things out in the world around them sort of like I-spy.
My sign language mentor taught her baby boy sign language for early communication primarily this way, and she used the dvd's and books as a reinforcement.
I agree with pp's that if you're planning on having them learn sign language as their language, it's important to get them in a class. ASL is very different from Signed English, which is essentially what you would be using if you were teaching sign language for early communication. It's what those in the deaf community usually use, and just like English or any other language it takes several years and a lot of exposure to really begin to grasp.
JMO