Sign Language Animations: 6 Food Words

Why teach children sign language? It helps babies learn to communicate before they can talk, and teaches kids to appreciate a language used by some of the deaf community. Start with these easy signs for words about food and eating.
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1. Hold your hand up to your mouth as if you were drinking from a glass.

2. Tilt head back, as if taking a sip.

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arfiedler1 wrote:

It'd be nice if I could see more than the first slide.

7/29/2011 10:47:35 AM Report Abuse
Watkins31 wrote:

love the sign language thing, great to foster understanding and limit frustration, but PlEASE!!! "cheese" and "cookie"??!! let's try: "more", "enough", "milk", "water" etc... we ARE parents with babies right?

4/15/2011 02:16:25 PM Report Abuse
mamatobrooke wrote:

We started doing signs with our baby at 9 months. By 12 months she knew 50 signs but was also able to verbalize over 50 words. Her vocabulary is amazing. She's now 15 months and says 2 syallable words and occasional 2 word phrases. I attribute a lot of this to early communication. She will sign and verbalize often, but there are some words that are difficult, especially when she is frustrated so signing helps break down those barriers.

2/10/2010 11:36:14 PM Report Abuse
carolinaemay wrote:

what happens when babies get so used to signs that they don't want to talk?

2/10/2010 03:53:44 PM Report Abuse
tdhendrix wrote:

My daughter started signing at approximately 6 months. She could sign more, cat, poopy, and eat. She knew what they meant because whenever she saw a cat, she would sign "cat" and likewise with the others that she learned. She still uses them today and is almost 2 and had learned more words and will sign and say all of them. It was a great way to communicate with her at such a young age.

2/9/2010 01:17:08 PM Report Abuse
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