- Paperback: 163 pages
- Publisher: Contemporary Books Inc (May 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0809234300
- ISBN-13: 978-0809234301
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 17.3 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,317,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Baby Signs is a remarkably simple way to improve communication between parent and child, using the everyday signals and mimicry that every baby learns from an early age in order to develop an understanding and rapport.
Authors Linda Acredlo and Susan Goodwyn, both active members of the International Society for Infant Studies, show how easy it is to use simple signs to help parents to gain a greater understanding of their baby, while helping the baby to develop skills that will benefit them greatly as they mature into toddlers.
Using no-nonsense language and easy-to-follow photographs, Baby Signs interprets the early gestures of infancy and encourages parents to interact with their offspring without pressure, while learning to enjoy the pleasures of a small child as he or she begins to interact with the world.
Encouragement, repetition and laughter are the order of the day in this cracking little book, designed to help parent and child get the most out of each other as they learn together.--Susan Harrison --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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"This book provides a remarkably simple, intuitively pleasing, yet fascinating way to enhance communication, social interaction, and the sharing of inner worlds between parents and infants before they can talk." Daniel N. Stern, MD Author of Diary of a Baby "This delightfully written book provides parents and caregivers alike a step-by-step approach to encouraging the use of Baby Signs for objects, events, and needs. Opening up this nonverbal channel for communication helps both adult and child through that difficult stage when the desire to communicate outstrips the baby's capacity to say words." Susan Crockenberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, University of Vermont Have you ever noticed how easily babies learn to wave "bye-bye," or shake their heads for "no," and not for "yes"? These nonverbal gestures, or Baby Signs, enable them to communicate quite effectively before they are actually able to say the words. Unfortunately most parents stop right there, never realizing their baby's potential for learning other gestures gestures that make it possible for parents to interact with their child in ways that would otherwise have been impossible until their baby could talk. Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn have spent more than a decade researching and studying the effects of Baby Signs on infant communication, and the results have been overwhelmingly positive. Not only do parents gain a much greater understanding of their children and their needs, but babies also develop skills that actually enrich their comprehension of language. In Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, Acredolo and Goodwyn provide parents with a fun and simple step-by-step program for teaching children Baby Signs at home. This one-of-a-kind book includes easy-to-follow illustrated signs and photos, popular nursery rhymes with signs, parents' questions answered, and Baby Sign stories. Baby Signs allows infants to reach out to others and forge bonds of affection and satisfaction that will last a lifetime. Linda Acredolo, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Davis, and Susan Goodwyn, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at California State University, Stanislaus. They have been teaching Baby Signs to parents, teachers, and pediatricians for the past 10 years.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book changed our lives,
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This review is from: Baby Signs (Paperback)
I cannot emphasize enough how wonderful and valuable this book is. It is written clearly and simply, and even busy parents can digest it in an hour or so. And what a difference that hour will make! You can begin communicating with your child almost immediately. Using "baby signs" as described in this book will not delay your child's language development. (That's the first questions most grandparents will ask!) On the contrary, it gets you both so addicted to communicating with each other that the motivation for developing spoken language is as strong as it could be. This book really did change our lives. It was so wonderful to be able to communicate clearly and specifically with our daughter in the months before her now incredible verbal abilities blossomed forth. "Baby signs" truly provide a window into your baby's mind. I am very grateful I discovered it when I did and urge all parents of young babies to put these signs to work for you.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Common sense suggestions for improved communication,
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This review is from: Baby Signs (Paperback)
A very good book indeed. It spells out a system of signs for communication between carer and child which is simply an enlargement of what most parents do on a day-to day basis without realising it. Having read this book, and now being aware of the concepts behind baby-signs, I am using the principles with my 6-month old daughter and it is already paying off. It is an exciting time when you realise a baby who cannot talk yet actually knows exactly what they want and has a means to tell you!
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great concept, disappointing book,
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This review is from: Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk (Positive parenting) (Paperback)
I am familiar with the baby signing concept, but this book didn't take me anywhere new. Some anecdotal evidence was interesting but the sign suggestions were a minor part of the book. This is not an instruction book - afterall, the book tells you that you and your baby make up whatever signs you like and that mean something to you. There is a short chapter (the last one) of suggestions but I bet you know them already (it really is that obvious). If you lack confidence or need convincing of the concept then I would recommend it. Otherwise, get inventive yourself.
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