Benefits of using sign language with your baby
Here are some benefits of your baby learning just a few basic signs at home:
- Facilitates communication between baby and caregiver
- Strengthens bond between baby and caregiver
- Promotes brain development
- Babies who sign can communicate their needs earlier than those who use spoken communication alone.
- Allows your infant to initiate conversation
- Allows your infant to clearly communicate specific thoughts
- Gives your baby a strong sense self-sufficiency, independence, and confidence
- Lessens the pointing and 'unh' 'unh' that comes with pointing at objects
- Builds your baby's confidence
- Refines motor coordination and spatial reasoning skills
- Strengthens vocabulary and grammar skills
- Increases I.Q.
- Stimulates linguistic and literacy skills at very early age
- Signing children have an increased interest in books!
- Motivates your baby to speak earlier!