As you and your baby sign together, be sure to use every resource available to you. It’s very important to use the signs every time you point to something or perform an action, and it’s just as important to speak the words as you do so. This consistent repetition of both words and signs helps the child learn and remember them, and you can reinforce the learning with baby signs books, videos, toys and other tools. But one of the ways of helping the signs stick and making the learning process fun is by adding songs and music to the repertoire.
Much of the structure of the programs that help to teach sign language for babies is based on the social and medical understanding of early childhood development. So it’s not a surprise that the creators of these programs have included music, since it plays such a large role in baby learning in general. Even the Baby Einstein program, which started out trying to increase babies’ intellectual capacity with classical music and poetry, has entered the baby sign language realm. It offers a video called “My first Signs – See & Sign With Baby,” which teaches simple signs accompanied by speech and of course classical music.
Sign Babies sells a whole line of instructional DVDs that teach the use of signs to babies, and each of the thirteen volumes in this set has a music CD that accompanies it. Baby Signs, Inc. also includes music in its instructional materials, usually bundled with videos but also sold separately or with toys. So there is plenty of music from which to choose. And sometimes there are local groups, like the Sing-A-Song organization in New York, that engage in baby sign teaching through regular classes, using their own original songs and music.
Between signing videos, books, toys and CDs, you will have no lack of baby sign resources for teaching your child this new method of communication. Music has always been one of the primary learning tools for infants, and can provide yet another avenue for your own baby. It will also add an element of fun and relaxation to the learning process. Keep music in mind as one of your teaching tools as you begin to introduce sign language to your baby.
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