It is your decision when you begin signing to your baby but remember that due to the development of your child's motor skills, in most cases they will not be able to sign back to you until they are 6 months old or more. Some parents' sign to their children from birth and some introduce their children to it when they are beginning to speak (12 months+). Ultimately there is no right or wrong time to introduce your baby to this wonderful language and its benefits.

This depends on many factors such as

• Your child's age
  
  The recommended age to begin teaching your baby is six months old. Children develop at different rates and some children will pick up baby sign language within a few weeks while others may take a number of months.



• The frequency of signs used around your baby
  
  The key to successfully teaching your baby sign language is consistency. The more your baby sees a certain sign being made, the sooner your baby will recognise it and begin to imitate what it sees. Also encourage your family and your childcare provider to use the signs that you are attempting to integrate into you and your baby's life.



• If your child is more interested in people or their surroundings.
  
  Some babies are interested in people and will watch the people around them with fascination. They will watch what they do and eventually will want to imitate them.
  Others are more interested in all that surrounds them, in inanimate objects. Babies who are more interested in the items around them may be slower to pick up sign language as they have less interest in communication.

There are many benefits to teaching your child baby sign language. Personally I think the most profound benefit is the bond baby sign language creates between you and your baby and how baby sign language provides an insight into your baby's thoughts. Other possible benefits include a foundation for early literacy, an increased I.Q., improved memory, a more confident happy baby and also helps to accelerate the speech process.

Sign language is not a universal language, each country has its own version of sign language and its own colloquialisms. The main difference between the various signed languages is whether they use one or two hands to make a sign. Australian Sign Language is a two-handed system that is related to British sign language. American Sign Language is a one-handed system and is primarily descended from French Sign Language.

The best thing about Australian Baby Hands is that it is a step-by-step guide to introducing baby sign language to you and your baby. The process is simple and no previous experience is necessary to master this beautiful language and experience the many benefits.

Research shows that babies introduced to baby sign language from a young age generally accelerate the speech process. Also when a signing baby begins to speak, they have a much greater vocabulary than a non-signing baby.

There are two schools of thought concerning introducing a child to two languages and using sign language also.

The first way you can do it is to separate the language by person. For example if you speak English and your partner speaks Spanish, you would speak English and introduce the sign while your partner would speak Spanish and introduce the sign.

The other way to do it is to separate the language by place. For example, home may be where you would speak Spanish and sign the word and then anywhere outside the home, you would use English and sign language.

The first method seems to be the most effective and popular way.

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