Teach Your Baby to Sign, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition

Connect and communicate with your baby before they can even speak. This revised and updated features an extra 30 pages of signs and illustrations.

Contents   Introduction: Teach Your Baby to Sign! Why Sign? Using American Sign Language A Brief History of Baby Signing Myth Busting  How to Sign Troubleshooting Milestones   Chapter 1: Signing the Alphabet   Chapter 2: Routines and Needs Using Common Activities Activity: “This is the way we…”   Chapter 3: Animals Animals Are All Around Creating Opportunities Activity: Magazine Zoo   Chapter 4: Fun and Nature             Hanging Out and Having Fun Activity: Outings!   Chapter 5: Let’s Eat! Motivation and Routine—the Perfect Combo! Activity: Grocery Shopping         Chapter 6: On the Move Vehicles and Travel Activity: I Spy Vehicles!   Chapter 7: People and Places                   Let’s Go Visiting!                     Involving Family Members Activity: Easing Transition in a New Place          Chapter 8: Advanced Concepts Going Beyond the Basics Signing in a Two-Language Household Activity: Big and Little, Off and On Activity: “If You’re Happy and You Know It …”   Chapter 9: Teaching the Rainbow Teaching Colors Activity: Using Felt Squares   Resources Acknowledgments About the Author