I am looking into teaching my baby some basic sign language. Have any ideas about good books or cheap methods to use? I don’t want a huge program, just simple stuff so I know what he wants…
mainly just basic signs so we can communicate before the baby can talk
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are u deaf or him? or one of u cant speak?
bcoz that depends on what u teach and how..
My cousin is deaf and she’s the oldest of two other girls, both of which were more fluent at sign language than actually speaking by five. If you just make the sign for drink when giving a drink and make your child do the sign with their hand (mold their hand into making the sign) and just repeatedly do that whenever you give your child a drink (same with other things, of course) then it will condition them into making the sign when they need it. =) good luck.
If you go to Babies R us they have some basic sign laguage books. I am doing this with my son and he know about 5 signs and he is almost one. I haven’t been very consistent with it though and that is the key. Baby Sign Laguage Basics is a good one but you can just look through the book section and see which one you prefer.
There’s a woman who taught her little one to sign while she was learning to speak and she wrote an article I’ll post in sources. If you already know signs, use them when you’re talking to your baby and teaching words.
The second link is a website that has video clips of different signs.
Your local library will have books on sign language that will probably be helpful as well.
Hope that helps.
I started teaching my daughter sign language when she was 3 months old. We used some cards I picked up at Wal-Mart for $1 and a Signing Time video I bought on E-bay (for abour $10). In less than a week, she understood many of the signs although it took her a little longer to get up the coordination to DO the signs!! Her favorite ones to begin with were milk, more, and mommy! She is 5 months now and recognizes over 40 signs. She’s not deaf, but sign language is proven to up your baby’s IQ if taught withing the first 3 years of life. Have fun!