Baby Sign Language

:Hindering or Enhancing
Communication in Infants and Toddlers?

Researcher

Cesafsky, Mellisa J. Author

Beyer [2008a] ASL (American Sign Language)
Suggs [2003] ASL (American Sign Language)
Heller [2004] ASL (American Sign Language)
Kissane [2001]

Chun [2004], founder four benefits

Christiensen [2009a], Speech Development and Milestones
Acredolo and Goodwyn [2008], Skeptics and How to Answer
Their Question
By Mellisa J. Cesafsky
Dr. Amy Schlive Research Advisor

Objectives
Research suggests the
benefits of signing with
your baby include
possible higher IQ above
average ability later in
life to learn a new
language, may learn to
speak earlier, earlier
understanding of the
English language and
they can communicate
their wants and needs to
their caregiver at and
early age.

What is baby sing language?

Defined as a method in which you and your infant (or toddler)

use specific hand shapes and motions to convey words and
meaning (quickly and easily) with each other.

Theory
ASL (American Sign Language)

90% use ASL as well as to created baby sings language because its
easier than you teach your child using grammar and sentence
structure. ASL have been used in Italy since the 17th century and in
France since the 18th century for the instruction of the deaf. ASL is
nature language as proved to the satisfaction of linguistic community
by William Stokoe.

By using hand shapes, palm

orientations, movement of the hands,
arms and body, location in relation to
the body and facial expressions.

Research methodology
Target group: the people who are familiar or
communication with children.

Parent
Teacher
Baby sitter
Childcare
Caregiver

Research methodology
Data Collecting
Learning from case study and observe the
outcome. We interpret from the development
that parent try to teach their daughter when
she was born .

Case Study
Leardi was taught baby sign language since
she daughter about six months old . She
stared with a few basic sings and then her
daughter try to pronounce vocabulary when
she was twenty. Now at 16 months , she
continues to learn how to speak and even
small sentences.

The Results of the Study

There are many advantage to sigh with your
baby
1. To communicate effectively with the baby,
children and parents will be better
understanding each other.

2. To help the children developing

3. To help improving the IQ of kids,

showing in subject like Math,
Arithmetic and Statistic when they get
older.

4. The children will become happy

because they can communicate want
they want and get it from their parent.

5. To strengthen the relationship

between parent and children.

6. Parents will also have great feeling

because they can talk and fulfill the
desire of their children.

7. To help the frustrated babies tell

parents their wants and needs. They
will less crying and be in a good
temper.

8. To help your baby to speak sooner.

Even the baby cannot speak, they
learn a lot of vocabulary. So when they
are able to speak they know a lot of
word.

9. There is the study from National

Institute of Health shows that ASL help
children jump-start intellectual growth

Conclusion
According to the research, we can see how
children can improve their brain with using
sign language so its easier than teach
children speaking.

Discussion
According to the research, when
parents teach sign language to
specific hand shapes and motions
to convey words and meaning that
make children collect those words
.Also, children can collect and
pronounce the world accurately by
listen song
In addition, Not only baby can
improve language but also adult
can develop sign language as well .