Tips for Success part three
After sign exposure, and if permitted by your child, guide your child’s hands to produce the sign. Look for & accept your child’s approximated signs so he/she is understood, but continue to sign correctly yourself. If your child makes up a sign for a special object or action, accept it and incorporate that sign […]
Baby Fingers Tips for Success Part Two
Look for an interest in communicating. This may be as early as 3-4 months; may start focusing on your gestures by 4-6 months; may attempt to imitate gestures by 5-7 months, some babies begin around 8-10 months depending on exposure. Let your child explore so that you can focus on his/her interests. Use signs […]
Baby Fingers Tips for Success Part One
Joseph Garcia, of Sign with Your Baby, suggests that GAZES provide opportune times to introduce signs Pointed Gaze- a noise or an action occurs; you and your child look in that direction and then at each other….Sign! (Ex: Daddy just walked into the room; book if it fell off the […]
LOVE
Skinamarinkidinkidink…. I Love You!
Baby Fingers: Our Story
Imagine being told by your 8 month old that she’s hungry, or by your 10 month old that he’d like “more music.” What if your baby, hardly old enough to sit up alone, could say “I love you”?! And think about the ease in communicating- silently -from across the playground with your 5 year old, […]
What Is A Webinar??
“Sweet” from hands4learning.com Exactly! A Webinar is a sweet opportunity to learn something on-line, at your computer, in the comfort of your own home. But you don’t have to do the research–you just log on and enjoy! Baby Fingers offers Webinars, both live and recorded, to give you the opportunity to learn […]
Reading with Sign
Reading helps children exercise their imaginations and discover new things about the world around them. When my younger son was about 13 months old, he was sitting on our living room floor “reading” a book about Elmo. As he turned the pages, he signed everything he saw in the pictures. At one point, he signed […]
The Magic of Music, the Sweetness of Sign
There’s magic in music….I also truly believe there’s sweetness in signing, and signs are so engaging. I know that when I’m working with babies, the sign language helps keeps their attention and the music is always what grabs it. Music has a unique ability to elicit positive change. It supports child development […]
Lullaby and Goodnight
Happy New Year! I unexpectedly spent a quiet new year’s eve at home with my younger son and our two cats. We had plans as a family (minus the cats) to have dinner outside the city at a restaurant where my husband would be performing with his band, and we were all looking forward […]
My, How Time Flies
Time flies, whether we’re having fun or not! Yet, when I think back, much of what happened years ago feels like it was years ago! It’s still often hard to believe how much time has truly passed…how did I get to be this age “already”, and “suddenly” I am the mother of teens?! Even […]