More Baby's First Signs

by Kim Votry and Curt Waller

Book Overview

Every parent knows the frustration of trying to satisfy the demands of an infant too young to communicate his or her thoughts. Now, a growing consensus of researchers agree that not only deaf children but also hearing children can benefit from early exposure to sign language, often learning such basic signs as "milk," "mother," and "change" as early as seven months. With this knowledge in mind, Kim Votry and Curt Waller have written and illustrated...

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563681153
• ISBN13: 9781563681158
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 1 to 3 years

Customer Reviews

A few new easy signs

We have been signing with my 11 1/2 mos old for several months. Although I've read some ASL books, many of the signs are too difficult for an infant to use. I did get a couple of new ideas from this book - but I would have liked a few more everyday words. I do like the fact that it's a board book - so it's difficult to damage. I am also a pediatrician and I really think it benefits a child to learn signs as a way of expression before speech is developed.