Opposites

by Janet Weinstock, Angela Bednarczyk, Peter Brant

Studies have shown that children who learn to sign can communicate with those around them long before they can talk. These books are wonderful for all early ages and the signs are easy to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887734066
• ISBN13: 9781887734066
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Star Bright Books
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 4.1"
• Age Range: 1 to 4 years

Customer Reviews

The book does indeed use ASL signs

..The line drawings are not the best...but it is a nice way to read and sign with your child, even children under the age of 2. Giving children, even babies, the means to communicate thoughts, ideas, or wants is such a gift, why hold them back because WE think we know what they can and cannot do. The reality is, when it comes to language learning, children have the upper hand on us adults. That said, I do feel the book is small, but the drawings are actually larger than some of the ones in Slier's books, which also have signs. Both author's books require that you do a little "deciphering" of the pictures, but these are still some of the only books that have the sign pictures right in there. Happy reading!

This book isn't what you think!

This has lovely pictures and drawings of signs, but they are British Sign Language signs, not American Sign Language Signs! This book and the others by this author, are published in Great Britian. I wondered why so many of the signs were "wrong" until I discovered the books origin!Contrary to the widespread myth, sign languages are not universal. If you are looking to learn and use the sign language that is used in the United States, these aren't the books for you.....

Both my boys LOVE this book

Each night this book gets read. We were told that our 2 year old is profoundly deaf when he was 4 weeks. Although this was completely WRONG, he isn't even hearing impaired, he does have a speech disability, so we have used sign with him since he was an infant. Our 4 year old loves to sit down with "his baby" and go through the signs and pictures. It is a sturdy book and presents words that kids can relate to. Great pictures and sign illustrations.

Opposites is a good book for older toddlers.

My 14 month old son loves the sign language books I've given him. He likes the brightly colored pictures in this book and the close up pictures of children's faces. This book contains signs for words such as big/little, sad/happy, and wet/dry. The words in this book seem fit for a little older toddler to me, but he does really seem to like looking at the pictures. The black and white illustrations of how to do the signs are easy to understand. The book is also a nice size for little toddler hands. A big thumbs up here!