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Baby Sign has created a lovely bond between me and Kathryn. It's wonderful to know what she is trying to tell me. I have realised her love for dogs, planes and plants....
- Reinette Nel
Baby Sign Benefits
For Babies
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Signing allows your baby to express their needs and wants to you before being able to speak.
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Helps reduce frustration for you and your baby; beneficial from the key ages of 6 months to 3 years.
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Babies exposed to Baby Sign are generally more self-confident and have increased self-esteem.
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Helps develop gross and fine motor skills.
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Helps accelerate the speech process.
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Provides a strong foundation for early literacy, helping to advance your child’s vocabulary, spelling and reading ability.
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Provides insight into baby’s thoughts and interests and creates a stronger bond between you and your baby.
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Stimulates brain development, resulting in higher IQ.
For Toddlers
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Helps you understand while your toddler develops the pronunciation of certain sounds and words.
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Teaching signs helps to stimulate cognitive develop
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Assists with children where a second language is part of the family.
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Gives direction or explanation to your child in public without raising your voice or causing attention.
Provides more confidence when saying ‘sorry’, ‘please’, ‘thank you’, when otherwise too shy to say with words. Signing helps support the child and make it easier to communicate.
For Parents
Instead of crying when they need something - before they are able to talk - Baby Sign babies learn to express their needs and communicate their thoughts using signs; reducing frustration for both the parent and the child. From the basic needs: e.g. want food or drink; tired or in pain; nappy change etc - to the more complicated desires: e.g. want to read a book about monkeys, go to the park etc.
