Comments on: Sibling Signing http://www.australianbabyhands.com/blog/baby-sign-news/sibling-signing/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JackieDurnin http://www.australianbabyhands.com/blog/baby-sign-news/sibling-signing/comment-page-1/#comment-117 JackieDurnin Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:33:10 +0000 http://www.australianbabyhands.com/?p=91#comment-117 Hi Jennifer Great to hear from you :-) If you would like to get more actively involved within the Deaf community then you could try contacting <a href="http://www.deafchildrenaustralia.org.au/" rel="nofollow">Deaf Children Australia</a>. They list a number of activities within their site for POD, Parents of Deaf and also have message boards where you may find local groups. Happy Signing Jackie Hi Jennifer

Great to hear from you :-)

If you would like to get more actively involved within the Deaf community then you could try contacting Deaf Children Australia.

They list a number of activities within their site for POD, Parents of Deaf and also have message boards where you may find local groups.

Happy Signing

Jackie

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.australianbabyhands.com/blog/baby-sign-news/sibling-signing/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Jennifer Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:54:18 +0000 http://www.australianbabyhands.com/?p=91#comment-115 Hi Jackie, it has certainly been fun for us to have two young signers in the house. Ursula is now 23 months, Xavier is 3 3/4. They both love learning signs, and trying to perfect them, obviously easier for the older one, but both seem to think it is excellent fun to sit with me or their dad going through the alphabet or signing about pictures in a book. Even the little one is keen to learn to sign the alphabet. I love how they learn by watching and also by having their hands moved and shaped - much easier than teaching them to make particular sounds. And it is all reinforced as they see each other learning. I also love how Xavier can make a sign like aeroplane or walk be so expressive, telling a whole story. I have recently noticed that they also tend to sign when their mouths are full. (I wonder if I do that too.) I would love to give them the experience of getting to know people who sign all the time, members of the Deaf community. Do you have any suggestions? Jennifer Hi Jackie, it has certainly been fun for us to have two young signers in the house. Ursula is now 23 months, Xavier is 3 3/4. They both love learning signs, and trying to perfect them, obviously easier for the older one, but both seem to think it is excellent fun to sit with me or their dad going through the alphabet or signing about pictures in a book. Even the little one is keen to learn to sign the alphabet.

I love how they learn by watching and also by having their hands moved and shaped – much easier than teaching them to make particular sounds. And it is all reinforced as they see each other learning. I also love how Xavier can make a sign like aeroplane or walk be so expressive, telling a whole story.

I have recently noticed that they also tend to sign when their mouths are full. (I wonder if I do that too.)

I would love to give them the experience of getting to know people who sign all the time, members of the Deaf community. Do you have any suggestions?

Jennifer

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