Berg,+Laura

Berg, Laura

Berg, Laura. "How To Teach Your Baby Sign Language | How To Do Things." //How To Do Things » How To Articles & How To Videos//. 2010. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. [].


 * "Also, we take in language on the left side of our brain as a sound and we take in sign language on the right side of our brain as an image."
 * "There have been PET studies that have show that signing babies use more of their brain than non-signing babies."
 * "I always encourage parents to use proper ASL signs for a number of reasons."
 * "For one thing, you are teaching your child a real language that they could potentially use in the future."
 * "There was a recent study that actually showed babies have a preference to real languages over non-languages."
 * "Because the language already exists, you don't have to worry about ‘inventing' a sign and then remembering what you did."
 * "If you forget the sign for ‘mommy', you can easily look up the ASL sign."
 * "I also believe that there is real value in teaching your child the manual alphabet."
 * "It has also been proven to help students with their spelling skills as they get older."
 * "Many parents introduce their children to French or Spanish at an early age; this is no different. ASL is a real language – the fourth most used language in North America."