03-25-2005, 07:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Signing to Baby Articles
Hello Signing Mommies,
Let's start posting articles written about the BABY SIGN LANGUAGE! Here are some articles I found on line....build up the page please! 
Getting Started With Baby Signing
by Aisling Jones
You have probably already introduced your baby to signs without even realizing it. Waving hello, bye-bye, pointing, blowing kisses, shaking your head no, or nodding it yes are all common signs that all babies and toddlers pick up quickly. Using signs to communicate with your child can be that simple.
But will my baby learn to talk?
by Jackie Leardi
How many of us ask ourselves this question as we venture into the world of sign language for babies? My guess is that many of us do, or we are asked by well-meaning relatives and friends.
Babies taught sign language often ahead of their peers later on
By DEBORAH WHITE
Parents using a new child-rearing technique may need to pencil in "first sign" next to "first word" in their kids' baby books.
That's because sign language is emerging as another way for babies to communicate, even if they don't have hearing or developmental problems.
Baby Signs Are Simple and Smart
By The Editors of Sesame Street Parents
Teach your baby sign language? Why not? It's fun. It's useful. And it could boost your child's IQ.
Researchers recently discovered a 12-point IQ gap between a group of second-graders who had been trained to sign as babies and a group who had not. "We were astonished," says one of the researchers, Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis.
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