Toddler Interpreter: A Parent's Guide to Baby Sign Language for Hearing Babies and Toddlers
Baby Sign Language is the most wonderful gift that you can give to your baby, letting them know from an early age that they are understood and loved.
Babies have the ability to interpret and understand what you are saying long before their vocal chords are developed enough to form words. Toddler Interpreter Baby Sign Language has been uniquely designed into five easy stages of learning. The most relevant baby signs are taught first making it easier to learn. It involves the use of speech while concurrently signing with your baby, using a vocabulary of keyword baby signs and gestures.
There are many proven benefits of using Baby Sign Language:
- Baby Sign Language reduces frustration for you and your baby by bridging the communication gap in the pre-verbal years.
- Baby Sign Language stimulates brain activity and speech development, resulting in higher IQ.
- Baby Sign Language helps to accelerate the speech process, providing a strong foundation for early literacy.
About the Authors:
Ian Creaser and Lisa Baade share 13 years experience between them working with sign language and children. Ian has taught sign language to hearing children and adults for 7 years. He is also a father and is currently using Baby Sign Language with his new baby daughter. Lisa Baade is a research scientist and a mother of two. She became interested in the use of baby sign language as she looked for ways to become a better parent. Between them the authors have spent a great deal of time researching Baby Sign Language and they hope that this book provides parents with a new and fun way to interact, understand and communicate with their babies and toddlers.