A Little Baby Talk
Baby’s can talk? Well not actually but they can use the art of baby sign language. For years I have learned baby sign language and still use it to this day. I not only use it through my work life as an early childhood educator but I also teach my nieces, nephews and friends children how to communicate using baby sign language.
There are many benefits to using baby sign language for both you and your baby such as…
- Learning communication skills
- Building cognitive skills through learning a language
- Increasing the ability to know what baby wants
- Improves the bond between you and your baby
- Aids in lessoning frustration and the inability to understand what your baby wants.
I am no professional when it comes to baby sign language but I wanted to share what I know with all of you. I decided to share this as sort of a mini blog post for my learning project just to demonstrate how a little bit of learning can transform your life and the way you communicate on a day to day basis, even with your little ones.
Below I have created a video showcasing the baby signs that I have learned and currently use. For extra support in learning baby sign language here are some great resources.
Hello Julie Findura, as I read your post I found your learning project very interesting as amazing as you mentioned that your teaching your nieces and nephews how to do baby sign language. I Liked how you pointed out key areas that are beneficial to learning and using baby sign language for yourself and your baby. As a mother, I can say that connection/love, communication, interaction and playing and much more is very important to creating that bond with your child so they know that we are always there for them. When I worked as a Educational Assistant many years ago I had to learn sign language and I can say it was very challenging but also fun. Keep up the awesome work in continuing your learning of baby sign language. Thank you
I loved your video as well as all your resources. My daughter just watched this with me as we are going to follow your blog to learn baby sign language for our next baby that is due this sept! I thought your post was a great length and I loved the resources that you linked!
Thats awesome, I am glad you two are able to learn alongside me through this journey. I will be focusing on ASL mostly but wanted to showcase what I had already known regarding baby sign language. Hope you can still learn some things as you follow along! Congratulations on your new arrival in September!
Hello Julie. Great post.
I really like that you used a video to demonstrate the signs and that you also incorporated many resources. I am also focusing on ASL however I had never thought to explore this are of sign. This is a great idea and serves as a great introduction to baby sign language. Thanks for sharing!
-Amberlee