Teach Your Little Ones Sign Language with Baby Sign Language

I have an uncle who has been deaf his whole life.  Although he is a good lip reader, I really wish I knew more sign language so I can communicate with him better.  My sign language knowledge consists of the alphabet and a few words that we taught my oldest daughter when she was a baby (“more,” “please,” and “thank you”).

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I was excited to receive a Baby Sign Language kit so I can learn more signs and teach sign language to my children at the same time.  I received the Baby Sign Language Standard Kit, which includes a Baby Sign Language Comprehensive Teaching Guide, Baby Sign Language Official Reference Dictionary, flash cards, and a wall chart.

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The Baby Sign Language Comprehensive Teaching Guide is a great resource to start with when teaching your child sign language.  The most popular first signs for babies to learn are “milk,” “more,” “mom” or “dad,” “all done,” and “up” so we have started working on those signs.  While we are working slowly right now, the guide will come in handy once we master some basic signs and move on to eventually signing phrases and then fully communicating in sign language.

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The Baby Sign Language Official Reference Dictionary is another great resource.  It contains over 600 common words, numbers, and even the alphabet.  I tried teaching my daughter “K” for her name (which was a little difficult) and “L” for her little sister’s name (which was way easier).

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The wall chart contains illustrations of 22 basic signs (my daughter thought “car” was fun).  I definitely need to hang this up somewhere in my house so we can all work on these signs together.

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There are 52 flash cards in the kit that you can use to teach basic signs and words that children use often (like “baby” as shown by my daughter).  One side of the flash card has the word and a picture, and the other side has an illustration of how to perform the sign.

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I was really impressed with the Baby Sign Language Standard Kit.  The guide and dictionary are easy to use, the illustrations are great and easy to understand, and I look forward to using it more and more.  I am also excited to teach my children sign language skills.

You can purchase Baby Sign Language products online.  The Standard Kit sells for $39.99, or you can look for a different kit or individual items (guide, dictionary, flash cards, wall chart, or DVDs).  You can also download and print your own flash cards or wall chart, or just look up words in the online dictionary with a video demonstration of the sign.  You also have a chance to win your very own Baby Sign Language Standard Kit here!

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*Angela received the Baby Sign Language Standard Kit to facilitate this review.  All thoughts and opinions are her own.*

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56 Responses

  1. I”d like my child to use signs for please and thank you the most, however I bet she’d probably use the signs for hungry or more the most.

  2. I actually really need this because I’m in the process of attempting to teach my son sign language. I would hope that he’d use the sign “love” the most!!

  3. I don’t have children, but I think it’s important for them to learn sign language. I grew up raised by a deaf aunt and she taught me from an early age.

  4. This looks like such a great starter kit. It’s amazing a child’s world once they can learn to communicate.

  5. This is great and something all kids I believe would like to pick up. I know my kids had learned a couple signs and use them often just because they know them now.

  6. My son is 16 months and we enjoy saying mommy, milk, and ouch if he hurts himself. We’d LOVE this prize!

  7. I have always wanted to learn sign language so i love this idea. It would be great for me to learn and teach my daughter at the same time.

  8. My daughter is 2 months and I’ve been looking into starting signing with her when she’s a bit older. I wish I could’ve with my first daughter, but didn’t know enough about it. I think she’s use “hungry” a lot, lol she sure likes to eat.

  9. This would be great for potty training, so i guess “time to go”. My niece is studying signing in college:).

  10. My son is non-verbal right now so I am trying to teach him to sign for the things he wants. For example, eat, drink, more. He is 3 and on the Autism Spectrum so his speech is delayed but any form of communication would help him to express himself.

  11. My son would use more as he always wants more to eat and my daughter would probably use milk as she loves her milk.

  12. I never did this with my little ones, but Mayim Bialik says she did with her boys while she was ECing them, and they could sign they had to potty before they could even sit up. I am a firm believe it works and wish I had known of it back then

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