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by Anne Meeker Miller, Ph.D., MT-BC

For the enormous market of parents interested in teaching their pre-verbal infants American Sign Language, a uniquely accessible program, including music CD, for teaching simple signs through songs and activities—a proven way to help babies improve language and motor skills and to communicate before they can talk.

Baby signing is booming: Teaching pre-verbal infants sign language is a physician recommended, scientifically proven way to improve babies' language, learning, and motor skills, and to help parents and babies communicate early on. Using signed gestures enables babies to "tell" caregivers what they want and need, eliminating lots of guesswork and frustration. In fact, babies who have learned to sign often verbalize before their peers.

Fun, real-world way to teach signs: Baby Sing and Sign is easy and accessible, offering creative, upbeat songs-music and lyrics and engaging play activities, illustrated with instructional black and white photos, for more than 40 key words and basic ASL signs.

Includes a full-length music CD: The book includes a 14-song child-friendly music CD—it's like Baby Einstein meets baby signing. Baby Sing and Sign's musical approach not only makes it easier and more enjoyable for young children to learn the signs, but also makes it an ideal program for helping special needs kids improve communication.

Based on popular workshops: This program was uniquely developed and kid-tested by the author, a board-certified music therapist and early childhood education expert. She frequently conducts Baby Sing and Sign family workshops all over the country.

KIRKUS REVIEW:

"Music therapist Miller borrows basic signs—like "more," "stop," and "help"—from American Sign Language and makes them memorable for young children by incorporating them into songs.

Singing and signing are great ways to communicate with babies, foster their development and have fun engaging with them. This book contains 13 folk-style songs, simple enough for even the most tone-deaf parents. Each song is presented in a chapter that contains music and lyrics, pictures of the suggested signs, tips for introducing the sign, ideas for games and homemade toys and chapter-themed reading lists. Readers will be inspired by real-life stories of parents who have strengthened their bond with their infants and reduced the frustration of misunderstanding by teaching them to communicate by sign. Features a 13-song CD, 100 black & white photographs and a picture dictionary of the 35 words/signs introduced throughout the book.

Perfect for parents and parents-to-be alike."