Sign language with hearing toddlers

[kiwimum]

This is my recent video of Chloe reading words at 21m. She is now saying a lot of words but still like to use sign to help her be understood.

http://youtu.be/GNfEYEImgyc

[kiwimum]

This morning over breakfast I was able to get some photos of Chloe finger spelling the New Zealand Sign Language Alphabet while watching Preschool Prep DVD. She loves that DVD at the moment. It all about the letter sound rather than the letter names. Each letter has a face and kind of a personality I guess. I think its a great DVD to help teach finger spelling. 

[seastar]

Gorgeous photos of a gorgeous girl. Well done on continuing with sign. I still use it with my 3 year old when we do French.

[mario]

We now watch YBCR and signing helps my son a lot. He signs to show he understood what was said.

[MarthaT]

Nice pictures, we did quite a bit of signing, even when they began speaking it still helped a great deal to convey what he was wanting.

[jserickso]

We sign with my 22 month old and he actually knows more signs than me. He watches baby signing time, but the surprise signs are from signing iPad apps. If he knows the word, he usually signs at the same time he speaks it.

[mario]

Now I'm thinking that almost two months ago I was thinking about stop signing to my DS. Thank you kiwimum and lalla for your advices. Now I'm more than happy to use signs with my son. I actually use it even with my wife when she is far. ASL is an important part of what my son is today and he loves it. Even when he says the word, he likes to sign.

[m_rogue23]

My toddler is now 1 year and 3 months old. She can speak a lot of words now and is very communicative. Do I need to continue giving her sign language lessons? I started giving her some sign language lessons when she was 6 months old. She used to sign for milk back then which my husband and I really found helpful.  Our daily lessons now consist of LR, manual flashcards for reading and math, Little Musician, and I am slowly incorporating what I've learned in Tweedlewink Overview online training into our daily routine. However, I find myself press for time because I am a working mom.

[kiwimum]

M-rogue23,

I wouldn't stop if I was you. When my daughter hit 14 months there seemed to be a signing explosion going on. She wanted to know the sign for everything and anything and was picking it all up really fast.I think I only had to show her two or three times and she knew the sign.  It made it really exciting and interesting when she started putting two signs together and even three signs together to get her message across. Keep going with it but take the pressure off yourself and just keep signing in everyday situations rather than set lessons. Make it just a natural part of your conversation, make up signs on the spot if something new is of interest to your child. My girl just turned two and I havnt introduced a new sign to her for a few months but we still sign with the signs we already know. It kind of just a habit now.
keep going your doing a good job

[verita]

I got very interested. Already tried today - all kids are interested, 4yr old as well
But call me crazy - I'm treaching them ASL though I'm from Poland. Simply because many sign words are shown online for free...

I tought them 5 words ca, theid dad too. Tomorrow next ones. I love it!

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