Numerous experts have documented the benefits of teaching basic American Sign Language (ASL) signs to hearing infants and toddlers to enhance early communication and language skills. Using ASL, children as young as seven or eight months old can convey their basic wants and needs, as well as initiate conversations on topics of interest to them. These communication skills can prevent many of the frustrations and temper tantrums commonly experienced before children learn to speak verbally. But for parents and caregivers, the task is daunting: in order to teach ASL to their children, they must first learn it themselves. Many of the books geared toward teaching ASL to adults are overly technical and difficult to absorb for anyone on a tight time schedule (and what parent or caregiver isn't?). And most of the existing children's sign language books are little more than colorful ASL dictionaries. A new series of children's books written by Tanya Kuza offers the solution. Everyday Signs for the Newborn Baby is the ideal gift for baby showers, new parents, first birthdays and daycare centers, this sturdy board book presents an entertaining story that children and caregivers love to read, while also enabling them to learn a few key ASL signs along the way. The movement of the signs is shown in a lift-the-flap format that is fun for children to explore while making the signs easy for adults to imitate and use in their everyday routines.
Numerous experts have documented the benefits of teaching basic American Sign Language (ASL) signs to hearing infants and toddlers to enhance early communication and language skills. Using ASL, children as young as seven or eight months old can convey their basic wants and needs, as well as initiate conversations on topics of interest to them. These communication skills can prevent many of the frustrations and temper tantrums commonly experienced before children learn to speak verbally. But for parents and caregivers, the task is daunting: in order to teach ASL to their children, they must first learn it themselves. Many of the books geared toward teaching ASL to adults are overly technical and difficult to absorb for anyone on a tight time schedule (and what parent or caregiver isn't?). And most of the existing children's sign language books are little more than colorful ASL dictionaries. A new series of children's books written by Tanya Kuza offers the solution. Everyday Signs for the Newborn Baby is the ideal gift for baby showers, new parents, first birthdays and daycare centers, this sturdy board book presents an entertaining story that children and caregivers love to read, while also enabling them to learn a few key ASL signs along the way. The movement of the signs is shown in a lift-the-flap format that is fun for children to explore while making the signs easy for adults to imitate and use in their everyday routines.
