Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters (Beginning Sign Language) [Paperback]

S. Harold Collins (Author), Dohna Solar (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1993 | ISBN-10: 093199358X | ISBN-13: 978-0931993589

Signs for feelings, directions, activities, foods, bedtime, discipline, comfort-giving.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Garlic Pr (June 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093199358X
• ISBN-13: 978-0931993589
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,730,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Sign Language

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pediatric RN, September 25, 2002

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J. Rauch (Chesapeake, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters (Beginning Sign Language) (Paperback)

I originally purchased this book to compound on the basic sign language I had already taught my one year old daughter. Although she is able to hear, sign language reduced the amount of frustration in trying to communicate verbally, since sign language was easier to learn. I found that by the time we were able to work on larger phrases, she was speaking (or at least able to communicate her wants and needs) and the book was unnecessary. I do, however, find the book useful at the Children's hospital I work at. It contains easy to understand phrases that we use everyday with small children. The book now has a permanent home on our floor for all of the nurses to use.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mom with deaf daughter..., November 21, 2000

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R. Baldridge (Southern Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters (Beginning Sign Language) (Paperback)

We also have three older children learning ASL and this book is very easy for them as well as adults (we have found that sometimes it's harder for adults to learn a new language!) to follow. It contains the alphabet as well as catagorized topics that sitters (or non-signers) can easily turn to and sign to other hearing impaired individuals. This little book has been a very helpful tool in our home and has made our transition into the deaf language a little smoother.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not useful for me, March 17, 2002

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Amelia Sunderland "tesslouise" (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters (Beginning Sign Language) (Paperback)

I found the diagrams in this book difficult to follow, and it didn't contain some words I wanted to learn, while it did contain some I would be unlikely ever to need. Also, the signs are NOT ASL but Signed English. However, I have seen other books in this series at the bookstore, and I might buy the ones on food or school. This book, however, I didn't keep.