Watson,+Jennifer

Watson, Jennifer Watson, Jennifer. //Baby Signing for Dummies//. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2006. Print.
 * "Many people assume that babies don't speak because the don't understand." pg. 10
 * ""But, the truth is, babies understand a great deal." pg. 10
 * "The reason babies don't speak isn't for lack of understanding." pg. 10
 * "It's for lack of the ability to control the movements of the mouth and tongue that are necessary to produce intelligible, audible speech." pg. 10
 * "Those movements aren't developed until babies are much older." pg. 10
 * "However, at a much earlier age, babies //can// control the movements necessary to produce signs." pg. 10
 * "And as a result of this ability, a world of two-way communication can be opened for babies and their caregivers." pg. 10
 * "Children who have chatty, interactive parents typically have more stimulation in the speech center of their brains." pg. 11
 * "That's pretty cool in and of itself, but now consider this: Children who are exposed to a secondary language have stimulation in an additional part of their brains as they're exposed to and learn the language." pg. 11
 * "And here's a biggie for the purposes of this book: According to research done by Dr. Marilyn Daniels, children who sign as a part of their language development have stimulation in a third, //kinesthetic// (movement-based sensory experience) portion of their brains." pg. 11
 * "Signing a word makes that word more concrete because the child is not only hearing the word but also seeing the sign for the word, seeing the object of the sign, and feeling the movement of the sign." pg. 11
 * "Repeatedly experiencing the sign will eventually lead to a child's responding to the sign through obvious understanding or using the sign or word itself." pg. 11
 * "In very general terms, it's never too early to start signing with your baby." pg. 13
 * "That said, however, you have to be mindful of how many signs you introduce to your baby early on (see Chapter 2), and you //can't// expect a newborn to sign back." pg. 13