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Summary: all the basics
Review: Baby sign language basics fulfills its title admirably and, for someone relatively new to the topic, like me, is a good place to start. The broad areas covered include
>>about baby sign language
>>getting started
>>now you're signing
>>signing for fun
>>photographs of 60 signs
with just enough information to answer your questions. The style of writing is upbeat and enthusiastic on the topic and has some good ideas for including signing as part of your interaction with your baby, including the words (and when to sign) to several nursery rhymes which I'd forgotten. Be aware, that although this book has 333 pages, take note of the dimensions 0.98 x 4.34 x 4.30 (inches) - it's pretty small (apparently so it can fit in your diaper/nappy bag). Overall, worth the price for it's intended audience.
Rating:
Summary: all the basics
Review: Baby sign language basics fulfills its title admirably and, for someone relatively new to the topic, like me, is a good place to start. The broad areas covered include
>>about baby sign language
>>getting started
>>now you're signing
>>signing for fun
>>photographs of 60 signs
with just enough information to answer your questions. The style of writing is upbeat and enthusiastic on the topic and has some good ideas for including signing as part of your interaction with your baby, including the words (and when to sign) to several nursery rhymes which I'd forgotten. Be aware, that although this book has 333 pages, take note of the dimensions 0.98 x 4.34 x 4.30 (inches) - it's pretty small (apparently so it can fit in your diaper/nappy bag). Overall, worth the price for it's intended audience.
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Summary: Great book, easy to learn pictures!
Review: I decided to teach my 11 month old son to sign and bought this book on a whim. What a relief it was to find that it has been a such a great help. The pictures for the signs are easy to learn and are all baby friendly words such as change(diaper), mom, dad, grandma, cracker, eat, kiss, I love you and many more. All the other ASL words I wanted to find out about I found on a great website http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/ where there is a virtual dictionary. I highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about teaching their baby to sign.
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Summary: Great book, easy to learn pictures!
Review: I decided to teach my 11 month old son to sign and bought this book on a whim. What a relief it was to find that it has been a such a great help. The pictures for the signs are easy to learn and are all baby friendly words such as change(diaper), mom, dad, grandma, cracker, eat, kiss, I love you and many more. All the other ASL words I wanted to find out about I found on a great website http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/ where there is a virtual dictionary. I highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about teaching their baby to sign.
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Summary: Great book- teaches ASL signs to babies
Review: Positives:
1. uses ASL (much better than baby signs because useful throughout babies life)
2. excellent content, well written, easy to read (i think it even has more content than Garcia's book).
3. dictionary has 60 useful ASL signsNegatives:
1. Very Small, tiny book! (though it is packed with information!)
2. Does not give signs in books content (you have to go to dictionary in back to see how to do the sign).
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Summary: An excellent INTRO - but you won't become an expert
Review: This book is cute, compact (diaper-bag sized!) and presents a great introduction to standard ASL for babies, which I believe is preferable to made-up signs for a number of reasons.
Another reviewer pointed out the inconvenience of flipping to the back to look up signs (indicated throughout with use of UPPERCASE to indicate a sign you should use with your baby). However, I also noticed that some of the signs Briant mentions aren't included in the book at all - most notably, "WHAT?".
This is a sign she refers to all over the place, yet it doesn't seem to be included among the 60 that she provides.
I realize that a book this size has to limit what is included... and it definitely leaves you wanting more, perhaps a full-sized book to leave at home and this one to take on the road while you're just beginning to sign.
I really like Briant's common-sense approach: you don't have to start too young, make it fun, introduce just a few new words at a time - all of this is easier on baby, and definitely easier on YOU.
But I did get the sense that this book may outlive its usefulness pretty quickly once you have both mastered the 60 basic signs included... and that the "front-of-the-book stuff," the sales pitch for baby signing, is a little light & thin on details for repeated re-reading.
I will try to report back in about a year, once I have an actual baby to practice signing on and let you know what my final verdict will be. :-)))
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Summary: Easy to use
Review: This book is wonderful--simple, straightforward explanations, great list of additional resources, and a good set of signs to start. The author addresses the reasons to sign (good for persuading reluctant grandparents to learn), basics for starting to sign, problems you'll run into and ways to solve them. Her writing is both easy understand and witty. This small book (as suggested, we keep ours in our diaper bag) is loaded with information!
Although my son is too little to start signing back, he stops crying when I sign for milk and grunts in anticipation of the breast!
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Summary: Look no further for the perfect baby sign book!
Review: This is a wonderful book written by a mother who's been there, done that, and knows what she's talking about. This book covers a variety of basics, including everything to what baby sign actually is to what to do when baby makes signing mistakes. It includes a nicely photographed starter vocabulary (of 60 useful signs like "eat", "milk", "pain", "mommy", "daddy", etc. and also current internet links for further learning into the world of baby sign.
This book has it all. I was looking at several other books and products for baby sign and I really don't see the need to spend money on expensive programs for baby sign when everything seems to be covered in this book. Just so you know, the signs are just some beginning words so if you choose to really pursue this with your little one, the "American Sign Language Dictionary" would probably be a good investment for further vocabulary development.
A+!
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Summary: Wonderful Sign Language Book
Review: We love this book! I started teaching my 14 month old sign language a month ago, and he can already sign "please", "more", "no", and "All Done". He is calmer and doesn't throw as many fits since he can "talk" to me. THis book is simple and easy to understand. There are so many new signs that I want to teach my son that I can't hardly wait until he learns one so we can start on another!! I would recommend this to any mother who wants to communicate to her children earlier. I will start teaching my daughter when she is about 6 months old and I can't wait to see how she does.
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