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Sign Language for Babies Cards : 50 Easy Words to Learn

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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)

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.

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.

We just bought these, as our first baby sign language purchase. It's a cute idea - especially if you realize what you're buying (a box of 25 cards, totalling 50 signs - with a small pamphlet). The pictures are pretty good. There are a few signs that I'd like some clarification on, but overall it makes for a fun start. :)

The cards are not useful, limited vocabulary, and uninteresting both for baby and for me. I like the Signing Time books and DVDs a million times better, have learned more and had fun doing it.

These cards are nice, but you get what you pay for! There are better ones out there for a bit more money

I was dissapointed in these cards. Many of the signs they are promoting for babies are not ASL. It seems that if you wish to teach your babies sign language it should at least be an already established language. No reason to reinvent the wheel.

These are very user friendly and are such a useful tool for teaching sign language to our 7 month old. Thanks!

As the mother of a four month old, I read everything I can get my hands on about anything baby-related, and have recently been fascinated by the idea of signing with my daughter. I've been planning to research and choose a book to learn more but on a whim saw this little kit and picked it up despite the inflated price, considering it's just a small box with a "book" and 25 cards. The book is a complete joke, don't be fooled by the description saying it's 16 pages. Minus the one line intro, at least six blank pages for "notes", etc. there ends up being about 3 pages about signing with your baby and let me tell you you can live without the information.
The flashcard idea is a good one, but the words are limited. I'm not sure how they decided what words to include but there's not even one for "cry". The pictures are difficult to interpret as well. I think my money's better spent on a simple ASL dictionary.