Amazing Baby a First Guide to Baby Signing

by Katie Mayne

At just six-to-nine months old, babies grasp the concept of vocabulary and realize that objects have names. However, with little vocal control, they can’t form words with their mouths — but they can with their hands! Learning to sign helps ease the frustration babies experience when they can't communicate their needs to parents. Part of the Amazing Baby series, the book is perfectly-sized for tiny hands and mouths to explore. In her engaging instructions, Katie Mayne teaches parents how to understand their little ones using simple sign language, starting with signs for “milk,” “food,” “drink,” and progressing to instructional signs like “look” and beyond. Filled with easy-to-follow steps, oversized black and white photos, and including a tabbed index, this book teaches and captivates parents and their babies.

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2005

Reviews

[Hanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic and easy to follow guide to teaching baby sign language

[Mallory · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick and easy guide to teaching yourself and your baby sign language. Signs include hungry, pain, milk, hug, and playtime. I would recommend this to any parent interested in using signlanguage to communicate with their baby as most of the signs are intuitive and therefore easy to remember.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Doesn't spend as much time talking about the whys and hows, is more of a visual dictionary. Instructions are easy to follow with plenty of pictures, and my baby liked flipping through the book with me and seeing all the children and babies on the pages.