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Step 3 – Start Talking Are you ready to start signing? This is so exciting! It’s now time to choose the signs you are going

Step 9 – Advancing Your child is growing and advancing! How exciting! You are now probably combining signs and speech with your child. This can

Step 6 – More Signs Moving on from basic signs you learned in Step 3, choose some secondary words from the vocabulary link below. Try

Step 8 – Taming Stress Signing, like I said before, is great for preventing tantrums with your baby. Signing helps eliminate the frustration your child

Step 5 – Caregivers Some parents who use baby sign language stay at home with their children while others leave for work. If you are

Step 2 – Getting Started The first thing you will do before you start teaching your infant sign language is pick the signs you are

Step 1 – Introduction Yes, you need to read an introduction before starting. This will just give you a background about why sign language for

Step 10 – Your Growing Child When your child begins to speak, you may want to continue to teach your toddler sign language. If your

Step 11 – Finding More Signers Getting connected with other parents who teach their babies sign language can truly be a great thing. Not only

Step 4 – When Things Don’t Go the Way You Planned You may encounter some friends or family that don’t believe in baby signing. Skeptical

Step 7 – Sign Combinations Babies will often start to combine vocal words (the baby talk begins!) as they progress in their learning. This is

by Heather Jensen Scientists have found that the muscles in children’s fingers and hands are develop faster than the ones in their mouth and jaw,

Step 12 – Conclusion Many parents buy a baby sign language DVD or many books to learn what you have learned in these 12 steps.