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Signing help

goldenleavesgoldenleaves member
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We've been half-heartedly signing with Lauren since birth but she's starting to pick it up more and more so I need to start learning some more! Any good iPhone apps?

She randomly busted out "more" today when eating breakfast- I've been showing her this sign for months! She also signs mama, spider and dog (which looks remarkably like bath).

She has her own sign for "spider" (as in the itsy bitsy spider). I know this is nbd, but is this something to discourage for other words? Are we supposed to stick strictly to ASL? This is all so new to me.

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Re: Signing help

  • mightmom13mightmom13 member

    Not sure if you are doing a program or what your screen time views are but baby signing time and signing time DVDs are great in the word/picture/sign/repeat approach while keeping the viewer entertained.

    DD lost a lot of her signs when her other

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  • Assembly_ReqdAssembly_Reqd member

    I wouldn't worry about the mis-signs. Just like when learning to talk, when your child says the word not quite correctly, you say the word back to them to affirm you understand and to indirectly model the correct pronunciation. Eventually their fine mo

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  • mommy0411mommy0411 member
    I have an app called Baby Sign ASL. It has a large vocabulary and it has animated babies demonstrating the signs. My DS doesn't pay attention to the TV so Signing Time wasn't an option for us but he loves this app and watching the signs. He has even start


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  • goldenleavesgoldenleaves member

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    Oh that's so fun that she's starting to sign back!  I'm eagerly awaiting Megan showing some sort of recogn
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