Signing Time!

Since in my last post I posted a photo of Haley and her Daddy signing 'eat,' I thought I would show you how she has learned her signs. One of her friends comes to our house to play, and sometimes he brings his Signing Time videos. Haley LOVES them! We have one video of Baby Einstein - First Signs and even though she liked watching it (for about 5 minutes!) she never really repeated the signs. So when her friend brougt over Signing Time we watched it together...and she loved it! Best of all she picked up more signs! I had been teaching her a few signs myself, and we also go to the Creative Discovery Museum for Play Gym (There will have to be a seperate post on another day for that!) where we use signs as well, so I suppose all of the repitition and inclusiveness helped...but since watching this video a couple times a week for the past few months, she has really taken off! Sometimes she even requests to watch one! How? Well, she does the "roll 'em up!" motion from "patty cake" and then points to the TV. :) So if you're interested in teaching your child how to communicate with American Sign Language before they can talk, check Signing Time out!