W. Joseph Garcia - Sign With Your Baby: How to Communicate With Infants Before They Can Speak

Pros: Simplistic, Enriching, Rewarding!
Cons: None!

Would you like to *talk* with your baby? *"YES!"* I thought so! As an early childhood educator/care provider I would be rich if I had a dollar for every time I heard a parent plea his/her desire to be able to *hear* the desires/needs of...

Pros: You get to communicate w/ your child, helps develop motor skills.
Cons: Like with anything it takes time to teach can get frustraiting.

Have you ever wondered what your baby is really feeling. Are they actually tried or do they want more dinner? Communication would be so much easier if you had a way to talk to your child and know that she/he understands, and wouldn't it be even better...

Pros: simple to learn and use, allows babies to communicate basic needs before they can speak
Cons: absolutely none

This is book is a "MUST HAVE" for new parents, in my opinion. The author, Joseph Garcia, provides a very useful illustrated guide for using sign language with your baby. Children are limited in their ability to communicate in the first two...

Pros: Enables your baby to communicate at a very early age, lowers frustration levels for parent & baby
Cons: Some signs are hard for little hands to master

I purchased this book after watching a story on a news show about early communication with infants, using sign language. The show was very informative and Joseph Garcia, the author of this book, was interviewed for this segment.

I just wrote...

Pros: Explains the Whys and Hows of Teaching Sign Language to Babies, Sign Dictionary Complete With Illustrations
Cons: None

I recently picked up Sign With Your Baby from the library to read through. A friend of mine had been using this book with her child for the past few months and has had great success with it. After reading through the book, I have decided this is a...

Pros: kids communicate earlier, less frustration for parents
Cons: N/A

My nephew has been deaf since birth and now at age 11, most of our family has mastered sign language in order to speak to him.

When my son was born, I immediatly incorperated sign language into my speaking with him. I would sign as I spoke...

Pros: Affordable. Easy to learn w/ the CD. It works! Enables infants and parents to communicate.
Cons: Requires persistence and the signs in the book are hard to read.

I picked up the book w/ CD at Costco and wanted to try it out. To be honest, I didn't quite think it would work. I was very persistent in showing my 7-month old the first sign - the sign for milk - every time I offered a bottle. It took about 3 or 4 weeks...voila' - today my little one refused to eat any of her food and all of the sudden showed me the sign for milk! I couldn't believe it! I brought her the bottle and she showed me the sign again and again. I was giving her what she really wanted. Amazing! I can't wait to introduce more words/signs now.