08 April, 2009
Monkey has learned her next sign!! (You can catch up with our sign language journey here!)
She now does "please"! Sometimes she gets a bit carried away and REALLY wants something, so she will do "please" over and over until we give it to her!
I think secretly she wants to be a singer too! This one is for you Miss Jaime!
(sorry about the messy floors, but I am terribly unmotivated today!)
01 February, 2009
(make sure you turn off the music in the left side bar before viewing!)
She has learned her newest sign! You can see our progress from the beginning here!
This is her signing that she is "all done"! Now as a disclaimer... this is HER version of "all done"! When she really gets excited about being "all done" it looks like she may take flight, but alas... she is "all done"!!
I have loved teaching her these signs! She now does "eat", "more", "bye" and "all done"! It has been a great help in our communication!
04 November, 2008
I told you all I would post a new video when "monkey" learns a new sign! We have been working on "eat" for a while. I think she gets it. Sometimes she is so hungry, the sign become very "intense" and she smacks her mouth. Anyway, she is using it and now I know when she wants to eat. I am so proud of her! To check out where we started go here!!
Two words down and more to go!
21 September, 2008
When I had my daughter 8 mo. ago, I was bound and determined to teach her sign language as a baby! I have two older children who I didn't teach sign language to. They had no speech delay or lack of IQ, but we spent many a mealtime and day with the ole "point" and "grunt" ! Drove me up the wall! I started to think, what if I could communicate with my baby and have a more productive and stress free experience?!
According to parentsite.com, research has shown that babies who sign are less frustrated since they have a way of expressing their wants and needs. Simply put, they cry less. Babies are born with a natural desire to communicate with their hands. They clap when they are happy! Rub their eyes when they are tired!!But even more amazingly, babies who are taught a few simple signs not only speak earlier than non-signers but have larger vocabularies and become better readers. It has to do with stimulating more synapses of the brain. Signing babies have IQ’s that are 10-12 points higher.
To sum it up, babies who sign…
Speak earlier than non-signers
Experience less frustration
Develop larger vocabularies
Become better readers
Have IQ’s that are at least 10-12 points higher
This information taken from parentsite.com
Here is a chart from signwithme.com to get you started!!
There starts my journey! We only have one word down right now. "MORE"! (that was the biggest source of crying at mealtime with my other two.) Of course each baby will have their own adaption of the sign until they can get it right. They will also use the same sign for everything until they can expand their vocabulary!! The next step we are working on, while refining "more", is "more, what?" "EAT" and "DRINK" is next! We are only going to concentrate on the basics for communication for now!
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