Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244).
Contents
Baby sign language basics: What's all the fuss about? -- How your baby (and you) will benefit -- Why and how it works -- Ready, set sign!: Introducing baby's first signs -- All aboard the baby sign language express -- Increasing your baby's sign language vocabulary -- Staying the course -- Dictionary listing -- Baby sign language dictionary -- Advanced signer: Sign language for toddlers -- Learning by example -- Potty training and sign language -- Look who's talking! -- Appendixes.
Summary
Increasingly, sign language is becoming essential for parents to understand the wants and needs of their babies - and to help increase verbal development as the infants grow. More than a way to bridge the gap between the gurgling stage and the time when babies are actually able to talk, baby sign language has become a national phenomenon.
