fun, but every parent wants to know which signs are the best
The most common sign that parents, who are not taking classes, choose to start signing
is MORE. Be aware-vague signs like MORE might be confusing and ineffective for
babies, as they are seen in a variety of contexts, and can produce different
results in each different context. For example, signing MORE might get them
more milk, more cookies, more toys, etc. But signing is more salient when
it produces specific results, and thus gets positive reinforcement.
Signing MORE can easily be just a nonspecific cry, since it can mean so many
different things. With signing, we would like to enhance speech and enlarge
vocabulary, and I suspect that signing MORE as the first sign can do just
the opposite.
So what are the hallmarks of a great first baby sign?
Read it in our next blog...
Let the SignShine,
etel
Etel Leit, M.S. Founder & Owner www.SignShine.com
Publisher www.BabySignShine.com
Read it in our next blog...
Let the SignShine,
etel
Etel Leit, M.S. Founder & Owner www.SignShine.com
Publisher www.BabySignShine.com
1 comment:
Share "more, more, more" ^_^. I'll be looking forward to it! "More" has been a great comfort when my child at the age of one had been upset about some thing and I signed "do need 'more'..." as I prepare some more food or when my child has been excited about some thing such as my 3 month old, and I can sign "more" as I tickle him more.
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