Babies communicate long before they can speak and it can be difficult to understand them. It is important to associate signing and speaking so baby is given accessible ways and means to express his needs, feelings and tastes before he starts to talk. Indeed it has been proven that babies can communicate with their parents by using sign language. This already well-established technique in the United States is currently gaining momentum in France. Using signs as a way of communicating helps facilitate interactions between baby and his parents from the very first months, thus strengthening the bonds that develop between them. From now on you won't experience frustrations linked to a lack of understanding regarding the needs and emotions of your godchild or baby!
We'd like to introduce you to a book referencing 50 daily signs that can be modeled in front of baby in order to communicate with him. Thanks to this guide, baby can start to make himself understood and you will be well equipped to deal with unexplained attitudes that sometimes end up in tantrums.
In this book you will discover the language of signs and will be able to understand baby as well as stimulate your little one's brain capacity and language skills, all the while bonding in a unique way. To say the word out loud while signing promotes the acquisition of spoken language. Speech is a skill that requires a lot of time for baby, whereas he can rapidly understand and master sign language. This book allows you to enter the world of sign language through 50 keywords only, so you can interact with baby and learn more about his frustations and current dispositions.
The book contains several sections, each displaying a sketch and descriptive text regarding the movements at play. It has been proven that baby can communicate with their parents by using simple facial expressions, thereby indicating frustrations such as 'tiredness', 'hunger', 'hurt', 'daddy', etc.
The list of advantages goes on, as you'll learn by doing, because learning to communicate with baby also:
- Sustains his language skills
- Makes him a fan of gestural communication
- Lessens crying and daily frustrations
- Reinforces self-confidence and self-esteem
- Provides quality bonding and complicity between parent and baby
This book is a picture book structured around 50 signs illustrated individually as follows: a drawing of the gesture in question as well as a picture of baby applying this gesture, with clear explanations for each picture, helped by the drawing of the positioning of hands and fingers. Treat yourself to this book to access all the advice and practical answers so you avail of a learning plan adapted to your role of parent or family member.
