Yesterday was the first session of Dylan’s Finger Babble sign language class. We decided to try signing with Dylan because it has been shown to reduce crying and frustration (baby can communicate observations, wants, needs before they can actually speak) and signing facilitates the development of verbal communication (signing babies tend to have larger vocabularies and tend to speak sooner).
Anyway, the class was a lot of fun. A lot of other moms and babies from the mommy group are also enrolled, and the class is run like a playgroup where signing is incorporated into songs and play time.
Yesterday, we learned a lot of signs…Tom and I did, anyway! Dylan’s been having a tough time with napping in the AM lately, so all he wanted to do was nurse and nap (for next time, we’re working on shifting his morning nap to be a little earlier)!
Here are the signs we learned yesterday. This way, next time Dylan’s around, you can know what he’s “talkin’ about…!”
We learned high, low, see, ball, baby, surprise, help, clown, eat, more, daddy, all done, clean up, music, what, help, happy, grandma (mommy with a couple of bounces!), the official sign for hello, hat, thank you, cat, bubbles, and in the context of songs, sky, rock, mountain, and bear.
Once I get my good laptop up and running again, maybe I’ll post the modified signs for “mommy” and “daddy!”
