Hannah signs "Bath"
Some mums in my classes have said that they don’t have time to sign with their children. They thought you’d have to set aside a chunk of time to intensively teach your child to sign every day!
I want to focus my next few blogs on simple signing games you can play during the every-day tasks you have to do like shopping, bathtime, meal time etc. These games are the ones I have played with my children and it helped making the signs fun and appealing – as well as encouraging interaction and repetition.
Today I start with a simple game for bathtime…where you can sign the words ‘All gone’, ‘ Again’, ‘where’, ‘Hat’.
Take whatever toy you have in the bath – this might be a boat or duck (great chance to show the baby the sign for boat or duck!).
Now put it on his/her head – great laughter and cheers from mom. Sign ‘Hat’ and say “You [Charlie/Emma etc] have a hat on”! It will of course fall off (= surprised look and say/sign “All gone! Where is the hat???”)
Find the toy and say “Shall we do that AGAIN?”
Repeat until your child gets bored or the bathwater goes cold!
I know it sounds like a simple game but its great fun for the babies!
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I know it sounds like a simple game but its great fun for the babies!
