Sign Language for Babies Cards : 50 Easy Words to Learn [Paperback]

Parenting Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002

There isn't a mom on the planet who hasn't expressed frustration at not knowing why her baby is crying. "If only she could tell me what's bothering her!" is a sentiment frequently expressed by moms about their wailing babies. Imagine how great it would be if babies could say why they're crying -- or that they want more juice, have a tummy ache, or need a hug.

Teaching babies sign language deepens the parent-child relationship and, studies show, makes it easier for babies to learn to speak and read.

This card deck, the first of its kind developed to teach sign language to hearing babies, contains flash cards with the 50 most important words you can teach your baby: mommy, daddy, enough, more, juice, hurt, happy, love, and so on. The deck also contains a 16-page booklet with helpful tips.

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For more than a decade, Parenting Magazine has gained the loyal readership of smart, involved parents by getting to the heart of what moms and dads need to know about raising a child. Parenting, owned by Time, Inc., is the most popular magazine of its kind. With a controlled circulation of 2M and a reach of 15M, Parenting reaches 100% of the expectant market, 50% of families with children birth to age 2, and 40% of families with children birth to age 6. In addition, Parenting delivers 3.5M "First Moment" bags bedside to new moms before they leave the hospital. ("First Moments" contains product samples, product info, etc.) The Publishers of Parenting have contributed to several books including Parenting Guide to Your Baby’s First Year— 0345411803, Parenting Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth— 034541179X, The Babysitter’s Survival Kit— 0783509103.

Product Details

• Paperback: 16 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401900410
• ISBN-13: 978-1401900410
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,076,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Sign Language

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96 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cards unclear, and not American Sign Langage, April 23, 2003

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This review is from: Sign Language for Babies Cards : 50 Easy Words to Learn (Paperback)

Unlike a previous reviewer, I actually knew that I was getting only a pamphlet and flash cards with this purchase, but I thought this was a very neat idea. I wanted to give my 14-month-old daughter cards to look at and play with (and maybe use when she starts to read). She already knows 50+ signs, so most of the words on the cards are familiar to her. But that's not the problem -- it's the fact that the drawings are so impressionistic (though pretty) and that the signs are different than the signs she already knows, which are based on American Sign Language (ASL). It's this latter fact that will make me return the cards; I don't care to teach her different signs than she alredy knows for the same words. Teaching our daughter sign language has been one of the most amazing things we could have done -- it is so fun and empowering for us parents and for our daughter to be able to communicate with each other!! But this pack of cards won't help. I suggest Joseph Garcia's book (but only as a start). When you get going and want more words, or words specific to your baby's daily life, get the Picture Plus Dictionary by Virginia McKinney. It is the best and most comprehensive dictionary for words we wanted to teach our baby (yogurt, toast, strawberry, truck, outside, even weird things like "hiccups"). But the resource I've used the most is the American Sign Language Browser. It's fast and you actually see a person do the sign (sometimes you wonder if you're doing the sign right when you're copying it from a book)

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars this is not a book, February 12, 2003

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This review is from: Sign Language for Babies Cards : 50 Easy Words to Learn (Paperback)

Just to be clear. this is not a hardback book. It is a very small box of 25 cards with one sign on each side and a tiny pamphlet. Not what I was expecting at all. Oh well, the cards are OK. Would have liked bigger cleared pictures to share with baby. If I was expecting a tiny box of cards I would probably give it 3 stars. There are some useful signs in the collection. Personally I was disapointed. This should have cost $3.50, not $10.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, June 8, 2004

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Dianna G. Narotski (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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I was online looking for supplemental baby sign things to teach our daughter more baby signs. I wish I'd seen the negative reviews on Amazon.com before I'd bought it. These signs are all ASL... you can do just as well to look them up in an ASL dictionary. And many of the signs aren't very useful to even try to teach a baby (how can a baby learn the 3 signs in "I love you"??)The flash cards are not cards for the babies to look at (which is what I had thought they would be), and the book (pamphlet) is a joke. I've not used this thing at all and wish I hadn't gotten it.

If you want to get a start in baby sign... get the 4 Baby Sign board books. If your baby likes books, your baby will most undoubtedly love those books. If your baby learns all the signs in those books, pass on this flash card pack, and instead get creative with an ASL dictionary.