resaspieces's review against another edition
5.0
Awesome! Both my bambinos were sign babies w/30+ signing vocabs before becoming verbal chatterboxes! This book goes into some of the science of signing w/o being too technical. Great index of signs w/drawings in the back.
shaun_dh's review against another edition
1.0
“Just as deaf babies exposed to ASL can use signs and gestures to ‘talk,’ so can hearing babies. Fortunately their problem with words is only temporary...” I’m sorry, WHAT?!
Offensive language aside, this book was NOT what I thought it was going to be. While I can appreciate that learning another language would be a barrier for some—so making up gestures is a low barrier to entry—I wanted this to be a book of signs (as in ASL) that make sense for babies, not made up shit. Guess that my bad for not reading the back more throughly? But I think a more accurate title would be Baby Gestures.
Offensive language aside, this book was NOT what I thought it was going to be. While I can appreciate that learning another language would be a barrier for some—so making up gestures is a low barrier to entry—I wanted this to be a book of signs (as in ASL) that make sense for babies, not made up shit. Guess that my bad for not reading the back more throughly? But I think a more accurate title would be Baby Gestures.
inthecommonhours's review against another edition
1.0
The authors picked up on the newest trend and ran with it, but in the wrong direction. Why on earth "make up your own signs" when there is already ASL? One of the beautiful things to come out of teaching babies to sign is that children who are deaf will have peers who are already familiar with their language.
I highly recommend Joseph Garcia's books (Sign with your baby) and the Signing Time DVD series.
I highly recommend Joseph Garcia's books (Sign with your baby) and the Signing Time DVD series.
lizbusby's review against another edition
5.0
Everyone with a child should read this book before hopping on the baby sign wagon. This is the original book by the professors who "discovered" baby sign with their children. I like how it points out that baby sign is not about teaching a second language or continuing it for the rest of their lives. It's about relieving the frustration of a baby able to understand but unable to communicate back because their vocal muscle control isn't good enough. It's about building relationships so a child can ask for things instead of throwing tantrums. It's about helping your baby's brain get started in language patterns earlier, which impacts where they are later in life. According to the study these women set up, baby sign kids maintained an advantage of one grade level of IQ over peers.
I really love baby sign, and I say take it to the source.
I really love baby sign, and I say take it to the source.
kerryann's review against another edition
1.0
i was very disappointed by this book. What it tells you about Baby Signs you could learn for free by doing internet research. What it didn't have that it needed was lots of sample signs. Save your money.
jar7709's review against another edition
5.0
This really works. Both kids "signed" several words before they could talk. Big K had more than 15 signs, and Little L about 5 but we didn't work on it nearly as much with her. Really fantastic getting some communication where there would otherwise be tears.
lunamoooona's review against another edition
4.0
Looking forward to trying some of these with my daughter. If she catches on, great!
katie_voss's review against another edition
3.0
One way to pass the time. I'm still waiting for them to sign back.
library_brandy's review
3.0
80% of this book is all about why you should, y'know, communicate with your baby, instead of ignoring them. Then there's a glossary of signs that will be really useful to you and your child (diaper, eat, sleep) and others that seem so very not-useful, but most of the pictures demonstrating all the signs are small and hard to understand.
Better source: http://www.signingsavvy.com/ for a video dictionary.
Better source: http://www.signingsavvy.com/ for a video dictionary.
kielma's review
2.0
If you've already decided you want to use baby signs, this book is not the book for you. Mostly this is advertising for their program, trying to convince you to do it. It doesn't really teach you how to do it. If you want to use baby signs, get an ASL dictionary or make up your own easy signs!