Sign and Sing Along: Baa Baa Black Sheep (Sign and Singalong) (Board book)

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PreS–Festive watercolors show endearing toddlers singing and signing each well-loved song. Black arrows and squiggles depict the motions that their hands should make. Motions that show actual American Sign Language for words such as sun or spider have captions while those that are traditional fingerplay movements are uncaptioned. While this approach could be confusing to ASL speakers, the books should appeal not only to families with hearing-impaired children but also to those following the current trend of teaching prespeakers basic sign language.–Bina Williams, Bridgeport Public Library, CT
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Product Description

Favorite nursery rhymes and songs with simple and clear signing instructions. Even proficient speakers will long enjoy signing to a favorite song or rhyme.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Child's Play, Int'l. (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 190455041X
• ISBN-13: 978-1904550419
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #194,168 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clear, easy signs demonstrated by cute illustrated babies!, May 14, 2006

By	Jennifer M. Macleod "yiddishe supermama" (Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"Get your fingers ready to shear a sheep...!" (snip, snip)

That's how storytime begins with this book, which will encourage active participation even in babies who aren't signing.
Very cute pictures of babies and helpful captions for parents on the pictures of signs make this a series of books you will enjoy together again and again.

The series is slightly inconsistent in that only one book - Itsy Bitsy Spider - features a helpful REVIEW of signs on the back page (maybe they had an extra page because that song is short?). I found the review very helpful, and wished the other books in the series had one, too...it gives the baby yet another signing sing-along opportunity!

Baa Baa Black Sheep includes many very useful basic signs, but I discovered (I guess it's a longer song?) that the full song doesn't fit, so unlike with Twinkle Twinkle, the first big ("Baa Baa black sheep...) isn't repeated in the book.

Not a big deal, but slightly off-putting to reach the end of the book in the middle of the song. :-)))
This definitely hasn't interfered with dd's enjoyment, however!

Recommended for ages 1-2 only, as it's a very basic song that older toddlers will probably not sit still for for long.