Linda Acredolo, Ph.D. and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., Co-founders of Baby Signs, Inc. have done significant research on the many benefits of signing with your baby.
I was trying to find a way to tie signing in with one of our favorite ways to teach our babies and get them excited about learning -- reading! Turns out that Drs. Acredolo and Goodwyn have published the perfect acticle to make my point.
"In addition to the obvious importance of parents reading to their children, it turns out that adding signing to the mix makes a significant contribution by helping jumpstart development in a number of critical reading-relevant domains." Some examples:
Verbal language skills
Phonemic Awareness
Familiarity with print and enjoyment of books
Please follow the link and check out the Full Article, you'll be amazed on just how much everything ties together, and you may even wonder why more people aren't choosing to add sign to their story time!
April 14, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Please leave a comment, I would love to hear what you have to say!