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Before You Sign With Your Baby

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Updated February 08, 2011

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Are you planning to use sign language with your hearing baby? Here is information about books, classes, and how to start using baby sign language.

Sign Language - Baby Signing

An overview of baby signing, with information on the benefits, baby sign language resources, classes, and websites.

Sign Language - Start Baby Signing

Guest article by the founder of Sign Babies, with advice for parents on how to introduce their babies to baby sign language.

Sign Language - Baby Sign Books

There are more and more baby sign books available. Here are some of them.

Baby Sign Language DVDs

Some of the available DVDs for learning baby sign language.

Sign Language - Nursery Rhymes

Although not about baby sign language, parents who learn basic signs may want to use signed versions of nursery rhymes with their very young children.

Sign Language - Older Kids

When your child grows a little older and is no longer a baby, you can continue to use sign language. This guest article discusses the benefits of sign language for preschoolers.

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