Baby Sign Language for Hearing Babies Karyn Warburton, . . Perigee, $14.95 (146pp) ISBN 978-0-399-53260-3 ...

Chayton Marson-Rhodes, who is 9, started learning sign language at age 6 months, taught by his mother, Cheyenne Rhodes, a clinical services case manager at the American School for the Deaf.

Originally posted July 22, 2007: I learned about how well babies respond to sign language before a babywas even a thought in my head. When my little cousin startedshowing signs of speech delays ...

And it might even make your kid smarter. Studies have found that babies who were taught to sign had a larger vocabulary at 12 months than those who weren’t. How—and when—to get started ...

Baby sign language helps babies communicate before they can talk. Learn how to teach baby sign language, when to start it, and more with this guide.

GRAND FORKS - Before she could talk, Maya Bodin had a vocabulary of eight words - words she "spoke" with her hands in sign language. When she was about 7 months old, her mother, Colleen Bodin, of ...

If basic sign language can help babies use their hands to better express themselves at as early as 8 or 9 months, it can mean the bridging of this otherwise months-long communication gap.

You’ll want to use the signs every day and every time you use the words. Babies will understand the signs sooner than they will start using them. Some babies may not use the signs until 9 months.

A government study found 24-month-old babies using sign language were talking like 27 month olds. And 36-month-old signers were talking like 47 month olds, nearly a full year's difference.

Sign language allowed him to get a start on that goal, because many babies are able to sign before they’re able to communicate verbally.