The Baby Signing Book: Includes 350 ASL Signs for Babies and Toddlers

by Sara Bingham

Book Overview

This first edition (9780778801634) is replaced by the second edition (9780778804512). Communicate with babies -- even before they can speak. Before a baby can talk and before a toddler can say... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778801632
• ISBN13: 9780778801634
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Robert Rose
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Love this book!

I love this book. It has so much information and so many signs. Also I always think that it is hasrd to tell how to do a sign by looking at the picture and this also walks you through the steps of making the sign as well as the picture. I think this is the best baby sign book I have seen.

Baby ASL

I love the Baby Signing Book. Love the games and songs in it, and I especially like that it's ASL, not "baby sign."

ASL made easy for parents and kids

I am an RN, my daughter is 9 months old, I have been using this book in addition to the Signing Times DVD's , it is great, easy to understand, and well organized. It is actually based on ASL, not improvised signs, my baby already knows about 5 signs, and attempts her own versions of them too.My 6 year has taken an interest in teaching her baby sister as well

A great resource

I love the DVD set Baby Signing Time by Rachel de Azevedo Coleman, but my daughter and I were ready for more words. Since there are only two DVDs out so far, we needed another resource. This book is great! The first third of this book is broken into the following chapters: 1. A Quick Course in Baby Signing 2. Sign Language Development 3. Signing with Your Young Baby (0-6 mos) 4. " (6-12 mos) 5. " (12-18 mos) and so on through 3 years Also included "Signing with Your Special Needs Child" and "How to Sign and Sing." (Classic songs like "The Itsy Bitsy Spider, "Old MacDonald" and "The Wheels on the Bus"; and ones that are put to classic songs but that help reinforce your sign-vocab like the "Change Your Diaper Song" put to "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain.") The rest of the book is a picture dictionary of words you will want to use when communicating with your child. Pretty much every word I have looked up in order to sing nursery songs is there. Sometimes I look for a word and it isn't there, but this doesn't happen often. And these are usually words that are not specifically geared for the little guys. It makes me hopeful that there will be a part two one day. The pictures are very helpful and clearly drawn and labeled. I keep it in my nursery and refer to it whenever I am talking to my daughter and don't have a "key word" in my sign language knowledge. If you are looking to get started with sign language, I recommend the DVDs I mentioned at the beginning AND this book.

Excellent resource for signing with babies and toddlers!

Sara does a great job in explaining all the benefits to signing with young babies ad children. The signs are clear and readable, and the book as a whole is easy to understand and follow. The book also has great tips for signing with children with special needs! The Baby Signing Book is a wonderful resource and I would highly recommend it to anyone that wants to sign with their kids!