My Baby Can Talk - First Signs Board Book [Board book]

J.K. Waidhofer (Author, Editor, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2008

The My Baby Can Talk First Signs Board Book invites babies and parents to come on an engaging and interactive journey to discover the first twenty-four signs and words that are most loved by babies including eat, drink, milk, more, book, go and favorite animals! This charming board book can be used to support the words and signs presented in the award winning My Baby Can Talk First Signs DVD or introduce this book separately for hours of educational enjoyment.

Each page comes alive with the word, a vibrant real world image and a delightful poem for you to share with your baby. You will also find an illustration of the sign and a formal sign description for you to learn and offer to your little one.

Babies are able to communicate at a much earlier age than they are able to speak. Research has shown that babies who use sign language tend to speak sooner with larger vocabularies, show an increase in IQ scores and engage in more sophisticated play.

My Baby Can TalkTM is a series of award winning programs that teaches babies and parents to communicate at an early age, reducing frustration and creating a special bond that is so important for healthy child development. My Baby Can Talk teaches babies American Sign Language (ASL) in a format that delights the senses while tapping into a baby s natural language abilities.

Inspiring early language development from simple gestures to first spoken words!

Product Details

• Board book: 24 pages
• Publisher: Baby Hands Productions; Board Book edition (June 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974572632
• ISBN-13: 978-0974572635
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,128,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great rhyming book to go with the video, October 27, 2010

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K. Goeldner "new mom" (Des Moines, IA and London) - See all my reviews
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We got this for our daughter when she was about 9 months old. She had the "My Baby Can Talk" videos and loves them, and it seemed a good way to reinforce the signing. It was especially good when she was in childcare, because nursery staff who didn't know the signs could read her the book (not much to ask really!) and learn the signs, while reinforcing what she already knew.

One of the things I really like about these books, which other signing books don't seem to have is little rhymes that explain the sign. Other books show you the sign, but there is nothing to read. Examples from the book: "Taking a bath is what I like best, The sign for a bath is washing your chest" or "My little socks are comfy and new, With fingers together I pretend to knit two". With pictures of the item (socks) and a drawn picture of a little girl doing the sign. So it is like reading a nursery rhyme AND learning the sign.

My daughter is now just over 2yrs and I can't stress enough how great signing as been for her. She rarely has tantrums, because she can express what she wants. When she does have a tantrum they last about a minute, while I remind her use her words or her signs to tell us what she wants. And her language ability is far ahead of the other kids her age, I think just because she learned so much earlier that things have names... and now she wants the name for everything!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Baby apparently only wants to talk about animals, January 7, 2010

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Owen's mom (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

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Book is a nice size for a small child to hold and has good color photos of both the subject being signed and a child signing. I like the book, but 75% of the signs are animals. I was hoping for more daily use signs (as the book is called "First Signs"), we just don't see a lot of horses and ducks during our day. My 3 year old only communicates through sign and he does like to look through this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this board book, July 16, 2011

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Diane Garrett - See all my reviews

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This is a great series, the books by themselves or with the DVDs-kids and adults alike learn quickly and easily, and it's fun!