Signs of a happy baby : the baby sign language book / William Paul White and Kathleen Ann Harper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, William Paul, author.

Harper, Kathleen Ann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Sign Language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 154 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Morgan James Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

"An inspirational and helpful resource for parents to help them learn how to foster early communication with their children through baby sign language" (Sabrina Freidenfelds, MPH, IBCLC, founder of Then Comes Baby). What does your baby want to say?You can find out even before your baby can verbally speak by using baby sign language.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Why Sign? The Benefits of Baby Sign Language

Signing Story: Signing Helps Your Child Tell You When Something is Wrong

Why Sign With Your Baby?

Potential Benefits of Baby Sign Language

Chapter One Quick Tip: Practice, Practice, Practice!

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: Imperfectly Perfect Parenting

Chapter Two: When to Begin to Sign

Signing Story: Sign Language Opens a Window into Your Child's World

When to Start Signing

How Speech is Processed in Your Baby's Brain

Stages of Speech Development

What to Do about the Naysayers

Chapter Two Quick Tip: Time it Right

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: Making Magic in Your Family

Chapter Three: Pay Attention

Signing Story: Signing Helps You to Develop a Stronger Connection

Paying Attention Pays Off

Chapter Three Quick Tip: Make Eye Contact

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: You Can't Spoil a Baby

Chapter Four: Use Your Words

Signing Story: Signing Creates Conversations with Your Child

Conversations Matter

Chapter Four Quick Tip: Be Consistent

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: Sleeping Like a Baby

Chapter Five: Go Play

Signing Story: Playing Around with Baby Sign Language

Signing and Play

Chapter Five Quick Tip: Put on a Happy Face, Sad Face, or Silly Face.

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: Playful Parenting

Chapter Six: Watch This - Teachable Moments

Signing Story: Signing to Build a Tremendous Vocabulary

Take Advantage of the Teachable Moments

Bridging the Gap in a Bilingual Family

Chapter Six Quick Tip: Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: Learning the Hard Way (for You)

Chapter Seven: You're Okay - Patience and Positivity

Signing Story: Signing Provides Relief from Whining

Signing Helps Ease Everybody's Frustration.

Chapter Seven Quick Tip: Hand-on-Hand Learning

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: Finding Patience for Yourself

Chapter Eight: Signing in Special Circumstances

Signing Story: Sign Language is Invaluable

When Signing is Necessary and Needed

Chapter Eight Quick Tip: Home Signs

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: What to Expect

Chapter Nine: Happily Ever After

Signing Story: When You Can't Quite Understand What Your Child is Saying

What the Dickens Are You Trying to Say?

Chapter Nine Quick Tip: Go All In

Kathleen's Coaching Corner: Shortcuts to Happiness

Endnotes

Baby Signing Dictionary

ASL Alphabet

ASL Numbers

ASL Handshapes

ASL Signs

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Thank You.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-68350-211-6

OCLC:

1018459653