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.

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.

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.

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.

The idea that sign language can be introduced later, if a cochlear implant is not successful, ignores the basic facts of language development. Babies’ brains need language to develop properly.

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.

The window of opportunity for language development The idea that sign language can be introduced later, if a cochlear implant is not successful, ignores the basic facts of language development.