Baby Sign Language by Age: The Ultimate Guide
This is where you’ll find how to teach your child sign language by age. It’s the ultimate guide to get started for babies 3 months through 2 year old toddlers. Search by age to find how to use sign language to increase communication, decrease tantrums, and have more bonding with your little one!
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Benefits to teaching your baby sign language:
Sign language is beneficial no matter your child’s age! Check out these benefits for babies and toddlers:
Here’s why your toddler can benefit from sign language, too:
⭐️sign language uses multi-sensory learning (visual, tactile, kinesthetic, etc)
⭐️sign language can EXTEND your toddler's spoken language skills, helping fill in the gaps (especially when they're intelligible)
⭐️toddlers are right-brain dominant, meaning nonverbal language is more effective to lessen frustrations & reduce tantrums
⭐️ASL is the native language of the Deaf, and your child can become bilingual or multilingual!
Using sign language with your baby has many benefits:
🎗sign language uses multi-sensory learning (visual, tactile, kinesthetic, etc)
🎗your baby can sign before their first word because sign language uses motor skills, which develop earlier than the skills needed for spoken language
🎗sign language can lessen their frustrations, because they are able to communicate their needs more clearly & efficiently
🎗research has found that sign language supports and facilitates spoken language skills
First ASL signs to use with babies and toddlers:
Reflect on why you are wanting to use sign language with your child. More than likely, it’s to reduce frustrations, know what they want more easily, and/or foster early communication. Because of this, we want to use sign language for functional vocabulary.
It is important to use sign language for highly functional vocabulary because:
These words are used across many contexts.
These words have many language functions.
Your child is able to communicate his/her basic needs and wants.
These are some of the earliest words to develop.
How do you teach your baby or toddler sign language?
Get Started Now with 10 functional ASL signs to start using with your baby or toddler right away. Learn 3 tips to ensure you are using signs correctly and with realistic expectations. Whether you have already started signing, or just warming up to the idea, this free guide will take you one step closer to your goal!
Look Who’s Signing Now is my signature four part course that teaches you the exact blueprint I use to teach my own children sign language. Beginning with the foundation of why and when to use baby sign language, how to implement it, and what signs to use. With this self-study e-course, you will have the confidence to sign with your baby and boost their early communication while reducing frustrations, tantrums, and time wasted playing the guessing game.
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Baby Sign Language by Age:
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