worth every penny!
I bought this video set when my daughter was an infant. I, along with my husband, taught her some of the simple signs-- mostly focusing on the ones we thought would come in most handy (ie, more, water, eat, all done, etc). We started when she was about 6 months old and we got a lot of flack from our friends who told us that it will confuse her and her speech development will suffer. ON THE CONTRARY!!! She picked up signs really quickly and she was able to tell us what she wanted without the whining and screaming that our friends' children went through. In fact, I believe that she was able to learn words (verbal) more easily because she had the sign to attach it to and she wasn't frustrated because she was able to communicate with us at such an early age.
My daughter just turned 2 years old and my friends are amazed at how well she speaks. She's already stringing together 5 and 6 word sentences and is very articulate. Even strangers notice her advanced communication skills and always assume she's older than she really is.
Now my son is 7 months old and since starting on solids a couple months ago, we've been working on signs with him (eat, more, finished). As the need arises, we will add more to his repetoire and I'm sure his sister will help teach him too!
I also borrowed some of the other videos in the We Sign series from our local library and am currently looking into purchasing some. They're wonderful!
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