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Why Sign Language for Babies?
The Most Important Benets
Our research has also revealed even more important benefits for emotional
development. Once your baby begins signing you’ll see for yourself how
the ability to use signs makes daily life with your baby easier and sweeter.
Specifically, using signs. . .
* decreases frustration, tantrums, and tears;
* enables your baby to share his or her world with you;
* strengthens the parent-infant bond;
* helps you recognise just how clever your baby is; and
* promotes the development of self-confidence and self-esteem.
A Gift to Last a Lifetime
It’s easy, it’s fun, and it’s a wonderful way to support your baby’s
development. By helping your baby communicate effectively so early in life,
you are laying a foundation of love and learning that will last a lifetime.
Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn are internationally recognised
scholars whose ground-breaking research demonstrating the positive
effects of signing on infant development has sparked a world-wide
movement. They are authors of the best-selling book Baby Signs: How
to Talk With Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk and co-founders of
the Baby Signs Institute through which they provide Sign, Say & Play™
classes, Parent Workshops, and high-quality products to make every
family’s signing experience a success. For more information, visit
www.babysigns.com.