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Summary: GREAT book
Review: I find this book to be extremely helpful in teaching my son to talk with sign. It is very short and has helpful signs in the back of the book to make looking them up easier. ALthough my son is only 7 months old, I hope to use this to make communication easier for him.
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Summary: Very Useful
Review: I found the book to be extremely well writen, and very helpful. This revolutionary idea is clearly explained and shown in its colorful pages.
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Summary: Too complex for (non) words!
Review: I had high hopes for signing with my baby and bought this book, but was overwhelmed and rather disappointed. What I soon found was that ASL (American Sign Language) which is a great tool for the deaf community is too much for me to learn (I'm college educated, but I'm a new parent who has to work for a living!) However, there are other books out there (see Baby Signs) that are much more free, more intuitive and more supported with real research than this system is. You don't NEED to learn ASL with your baby, you and your baby can create your own language. Your baby is probably already teaching you one. Do they wave "bye bye"? do they raise their arms when they want to be lifted? Then they are creating their own wonderful, original sign language with you that will free you from all of this books charts and lists!
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Summary: Wonderful. Using true American Sign Language is rewarding.
Review: I have started using the complete learning kit and I am amazedat how fun and easy the instructions are. I like that this book uses true American Sign Language. I know "made up" signs are okay to, but this way.. I am learning actual sign language too!
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Summary: Great idea and better than Baby Signs
Review: I have to disagree with Proudparent's review. I first bought the book Baby Signs and found it to be the equivalent of a long article about why teaching your baby to communicate non-verbally is a good thing with some examples of signs that parents had made up on their own. I was already convinced that signing was a good thing and so while I found the book interesting I didn't find it useful. When I ran across Garcia's Sign With Your Baby, is was much more of a "How-To" that helped me get started. I really like that he advocates use of American Sign Language, it took some of the pressure off us trying to think up appropriate signs. Plus it's a bonafide, beautiful language. We were even able to take out children's books at the library that had the ASL signs along with the English text. Our baby didn't have a problem with the basic signs, we did adapt some ASL signs to make it easier and on occasion made up our own signs. Like Baby Signs, the Garcia book is a bit light, I would have preferred something more comprehensive, but of the two books about signing with your baby, I found it to be the more useful. Our playgroup all taught our babies how to sign in ASL and it's made babysitting each other's children so much easier. Whichever book you use (or neither, you don't really need a book), do try signing with your baby. It's so much fun for parents, grandparents and babies. Our daughter is talking now, but still uses her signs sometimes. It opened up her world to us so much earlier than we would have thought possible.
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Summary: Good overview but sometimes frustrating to read
Review: I like the format of the book. It explains many of the signs, how to use it, and when to introduce it. What I found somewhat frustrating was that in the drawings of Mr. Garcia doing the signs he used about 20 different arrows to denote hand movement. The problem with that is the legend for the arrows was in the middle of the book, not the beginning (so you were guessing for half the book) and it only explained three of the arrows. Most can be figured out but some you have to assume. You may want other resources to complement this book.
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Summary: ASL correct and lots of fun!
Review: I loved that this book was quick and easy to read, and came with many ASL signs relevant to babies/toddlers. The original book on signing with your baby ("Baby Signs") focussed more on making up your own signs, where the signs in this book are true ASL.
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Summary: Truly Unbelievable!
Review: I must admit I was a bit skeptical when I first heard of this book. However, after signing with our 9 month old for 2 days, she had learned three signs and now can sign for a variety of things. I would highly recommend it for any parent--especially those who are skeptical like I was. I guarantee they will quickly change their mind when they see their child in action!
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Summary: My grand daughters mastered Sign Language in no time!
Review: I purchased this book for my two grandchildren when they were 6 months old. One lives in Texas & the other lives in Alabama so we were able to see 2 different families put this book to use. Both girls began signing back to their parents within 2 months for "milk," "juice", & "more." They are now both 15 months old and I just had the opportunity to spend the past week with one of the girls. I was absolutely amazed to see how she has learned to communicate with sign language. Both mothers say this book should be on every expectant parent's wish list and if you put forth the effort to teach you baby to sign the rewards will be tremendous.
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Summary: Not that great
Review: I purchased this book with hopeful expectations to teach my baby to sign. Unfortunately, my baby and I had lessons of frustration. This book is really too centered around ASL signs and does not account for the fact that babies will develop "Baby Signs". Just like we don't expect our child to say, "Bottle" and happily except "Ba Ba" instead, I think it's important to recognize that our babies' motor skills are not always developed enough to gesture the accurate ASL sign. However, another book, which was more helpful to me, was "Baby Signs". I think this is gentler approach to baby signing and is better suited to parents who just want a temporary bridge for communication until our babies can talk. BTW, it's interesting that Joseph Garcia has to quote the research of Goodwyn & Acredolo (the authors of Baby Signs). Something to think about....
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