Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters (Beginning Sign Language)

By S. Harold Collins

Signs for those who work with young children, such as care givers and sitters. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093199358X
• ISBN13: 9780931993589
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Garlic Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.6" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Pediatric RN

I purchased this book to compound on the basic sign language I was using with my daughter. Although able to hear, I found that sign language gave her a means of communication at a much earlier age which decreased frustration for the both of us. By the time I was using the information from this book, she was speaking (or at least able to communicate with me) and the book became much more useful at the Pediatric hospital I work at. The book is now part of our library, for reference, when working with the deaf children on our floor. The book is easy to understand and covers many of the words and phrases we convey everyday to small children.

Pediatric RN

I originally purchased this book to compound on the basic sign language I had already taught my one year old daughter. Although she is able to hear, sign language reduced the amount of frustration in trying to communicate verbally, since sign language was easier to learn. I found that by the time we were able to work on larger phrases, she was speaking (or at least able to communicate her wants and needs) and the book was unnecessary. I do, however, find the book useful at the Children's hospital I work at. It contains easy to understand phrases that we use everyday with small children. The book now has a permanent home on our floor for all of the nurses to use.

Mom with deaf daughter...

We also have three older children learning ASL and this book is very easy for them as well as adults (we have found that sometimes it's harder for adults to learn a new language!) to follow. It contains the alphabet as well as catagorized topics that sitters (or non-signers) can easily turn to and sign to other hearing impaired individuals. This little book has been a very helpful tool in our home and has made our transition into the deaf language a little smoother.

wow

If you work with deaf children then this is the book for you. It is so good I bought two. It teaches you things that you could oly learn in child assessment for the hearing impared.