First Signs Three Board Book Bundle
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Each First Signs book contains 13 different New Zealand Sign Language signs with details and illustrations on how to do them.
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Description
First Signs Three Board Book Bundle
Our First Signs Everyday Words Three Board Book Bundle gets you started with key signs to help you communicate with your little one, easing frustration (for everyone!) by giving them a means to express their wants and needs.
- Including a copy of:
Everyday Words One
Everyday Words Two
Animals
Children understand hundreds of words and concepts before they can communicate verbally, and teaching basic signs to children benefits both them and their parents by providing a means of communication before and during speech development.
You can begin introducing signs as early as you want (the earlier you do means more practice for you!), but studies show babies as young as six months old can remember and recognise a sign. By eight months some children are able to imitate gestures or communicate using simple one-word signs.
Each book contains 13 different New Zealand Sign Language signs with details and illustrations on how to do them.
Features:
- Format: Board Book
- Size: 160mm x 160mm
- FSC certified paper (sourced in an environmentally-friendly, socially responsible and economically viable manner)
- Includes the two official languages of New Zealand – Māori and New Zealand Sign Language
- Features illustrations and a simple easy to follow description
- Suitable for ages 6 months and up
- Written by Jenna Brockett
How it works
You can begin introducing signs as early as you want (the sooner you start, the more time you have to practise!), but studies show that babies as young as six months old can remember and recognise a sign.
By eight months, some children are able to imitate gestures or communicate using simple one-word signs.
Start with a couple of key signs which are linked directly to your child’s world e.g. ‘milk’, ‘mum’, ‘dad’, ‘sleep’.
Keep eye contact as you sign and say the word out loud, using the sign in direct context to start with (e.g. ‘bath’ during bathtime, or ‘food’ as you serve food.)
Repeat the signs regularly and suggest that other caregivers or family join in.
It’s very likely that your child will invent their own signs or use variations of a sign you use.
If they do, that’s fine. Keep using the ‘official’ sign and let them do their sign.
Approximations of a sign are fine, as long as you both understand the meaning.
Using sign language as a pre-verbal aid is all about the joy of communicating, not about ‘getting it right’.
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