Sign language is probably the last thing you expected to ever need to learn, if you have a hearing baby. Science however has come up with a new and amazing way to implement sign language as a perfect bridge between the silent world of a yet-to-speak little one, and you.

• Baby signing was developed by a young medical student (Joseph Garcia) who was studying development in deaf children. He noted that deaf babies, although disabled, developed more ’sophisticated play’ at a younger age than hearing children, and had fewer tantrums if their parents could also sign.
• Acredolo and Goodwyn, psychologists who have produced a popular baby signing book, have noted in their research that babies who start signing early can establish high quality communication with their parents by just eight months old.
• The simple nature of the signs and their easy implementation into every day life has seen attendance to classes soar across the world.
• It has been noted (Acredolo and Goodwyn, 2000) that babies who sign actually cry less than non-signing babies who have more trouble expressing their needs.
• Little signers have been seen to take a greater interest in reading and books than other babies.