Sign with your Baby

Received this DVD and it never worked. Would not play in any DVD player that we tried. Waste of money.

Purchased as a gift for a hospice family.

Good reference for some essential sign language for baby.

This DVD was fantastic! It provides everything one needs to get started right away. I was especially pleased with the plethora of signs demonstrated on the DVD.

Wow, really thrilled with this DVD! It is not to show to your child, but rather to teach you as a parent or caretaker how to most effectively go about teaching and communicating via sign language with your hearing (or hearing impaired) baby of age 6 months or above. Bought it used on Amazon for about $1.50 plus shipping, so a real steal. Its so well presented, so educational, you wouldnt really even need to buy a book before applying your knowledge. Several seasoned experts as well as signing parents give tips and demonstrate their points with anecdotes or footage of their own babies. [I did buy another signing video before this one, but its really not suitable and way overstimulating for baby. Maybe better for little ones age 1-3.] My baby is four months old now, but her dad, grandma, and I are getting started learning the signs so we can communicate with her at the earliest! Its clear shes eager to have more communication options in her repertoire! :) Best wishes to all in their efforts to communicate with their babies and children.

The DVD would not play, I am not sure why because my pc could recognize it. Xbox will play everything else. This one was a no go. From the looks of the brief piece I watched the video seemed really really dated. My guess looked like the eighties.

Our 17-month old great-grandson spends 3 days a week in Day Care where signing is taught to all the wee ones from about the age of 9-months I believe... its fantastic, as they can quickly learn to express their wants and needs through the hand signs, long before theyre capable of forming words, so they can communicate without being frustrated, at least at Day Care... At home, once we all began to notice the repetition of certain hand movements on his part, and confirmed through his teachers what it represented, WE all needed to learn what HE knew, then we were all able to share concepts and respond.... What a wonderful bridge of understanding the practice creates, and this DVD made learning it possible and exciting. This should be used universally.

Teaching your baby/toddler sign language is so beneficial that I dont understand why everyone isnt doing it. My 21 month old has been signing since she was 9 months old. I think she is so easy going because since understanding the concepts she has been able to ask for what she wants like: help, more food, or tell me when she doesnt like something by signing finished, etc. I feel like all parents should do whatever they can to make life an enjoyable experience for their children (one that is balanced with play and learning) and this is a great way to make them happier, not to mention you as well. This DVD is 15 mins of how to sign with your baby and the benefits of it and a vocab menu that shows you how to produce certain signs. It isnt difficult to start, you only start with a few signs. The hard part is identifying your babys version of the sign once they start producing so you can reinforce it. It does not delay speech (my daughter is a chatter box). In fact there are arguments that it enhances speech because the child learns earlier there is a word assigned with an item/concept/etc. and how to manipulate that concept by engaging it through signing. I like Sign with your Baby because it uses real ASL signs (most of which make sense so theyre easy to remember) and Joseph Garcia is not annoying to watch. If you cannot afford this you can rent it from your local library.

Best one weve used so far. A must for anyone teaching their baby to sign. We absolutely Love it! Thanks Joseph Garcia!

We used this with both of our boys. It takes practice, but it does pay off. Both were telling us what they wanted long before they could verbalize. This saved us from frustration and crying tantrums. That was my main reason for using it. But it is also fun to see what the children were thinking about and talk to them about it before they had actual language to do so.