UNDATED HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo has more information about this different approach to teaching babies to communicate. Children usually don't speak their first word until they're a year old, ...

Q: I’ve heard about teaching sign language to babies before they can speak. How do I try this with my baby? A: Baby sign language is a trend that seems to have real staying power. Signing with babies ...

Providing babies with tools to help grown-ups understand what they want also boosts their self-confidence. Parents don't have to be fluent in sign language; most of the basic signs are iconic, meaning ...

GRAND FORKS - Before she could talk, Maya Bodin had a vocabulary of eight words - words she "spoke" with her hands in sign language. When she was about 7 months old, her mother, Colleen Bodin, of ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Babies are using their hands to communicate before they can actually talk. That appears to be a trend at many daycare centers where tiny infants are being taught sign language so ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A Westminster daycare is teaching American Sign Language to babies as young as 6 months old. "Children always want to learn something new, and we give them the opportunity to do ...

Figuring out the answer can be a guessing game for parents. It would be a lot easier if the baby could talk. Until a youngster is verbal there are ways to bridge the communication gap between parents ...

Staff say they do it in baby steps, incorporating sign language throughout the day. “When they’re ready to eat, they sign to us that they’re ready to eat so we’ll sign that to them,” said Victoria ...

Nine-month-old Gary Cox couldn't talk, but he let his mother know when he wanted more milk or if his soiled diaper needed changing. If you would like to learn more about sign language classes for ...

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