SIGN with your BABY

SIGN with your BABY
How to communicate with infants before they can speak.
Dr Joseph Garcia.

CONTENTS
Communication: The backbone to a healthy relationship with your child.
911...To call or not to call?
Proving an Intuition
Get the Big Picture
Something done wrong long enough becomes right?
Why the first signs of intelligent life can be signs
"Even though I can't talk yet, I know more than you think I know."
How your child's cognitive skills and motor coordination develop during infancy (before 24 months old).
Seeing the world through a newcomer's eyes
Shared perception and shared meaning
Learning by association
Will signing interfere with my child's speech development?
To contribute or commit?
How to sign with your baby.
Let your fingers do the talking
Gazes: Opportune Moments to introduce signs
Let's Face It
The first signs of intelligent life
How to show your infants a sign
Which signs to start with and when to start
"Can you tell me where it hurts?"
Some handy games
Recognising your children's signs
Repeating and reinforcing your signs
Combining signs
How to create a new sign
The power of silence
Things to remember
The terrible twos and threes:Talk your child out of them.
Final thoughts
Hand shapes
Vocablulary
References
Index
108 pages.