Haussmann,+Penny

Haussmann, Penny

Haussmann, Penny. "Baby Sign Language : History of Sign Language : ABC Home Preschool." //Preschool Curriculum - ABC Home Preschool : Home School Preschool Curriculum : Preschool Workbooks//. 2008. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. [].


 * "The interest, in baby sign language, began in the late 1980’s by two separate and significant research projects."
 * "Joseph Garcia, a student at the University of Alaska and the team of Linda Acredolo PhD. and Susan Goodwyn PhD both from the University of Davis."
 * "While attending the University of Alaska, Joseph Garcia became fascinated with his observations that babies of his deaf friends were fast on the trail of becoming sign language “experts” by the age of 9 months!"
 * "Garcia’s own infant son’s became the “test subjects” that eventually developed his “Sign With Your Baby” and “Sign 2 Me” multimedia programs based on American Sign Language (ASL)."
 * "Linda immediately made the connection of Katie “communicating” with the fish at the pediatrician’s office."
 * "Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, they were able to identify progress at ages 2,3, and 8 years-old. Results proved signers out-performed non-signers in many areas of cognition and language development."
 * "Without the statistical research from Acredolo and Goodwyn, we may not be aware of the positive impact the introduction of sign language to a baby’s cognitive and language development."
 * "Due to the amazing results, noticed in her own child, Haussmann founded Tiny Talking Hands to teach other parent’s the simple techniques that would provide lifetime developmental benefits to their own children."