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Notes about teaching NZ Sign Language to babies and toddlers from the author
You can begin introducing signs as early as you want, but studies show that babies as young as six months old can remember and recognise a sign. By eight months, some children are able to imitate gestures or communicate using simple one-word signs.
Keep eye contact as you sign and say the word out loud, using the sign in direct context, for example sign ‘dog’ when you see a dog in real life or in a book, and repeat the sign every time you see the animal.
It’s very likely that your child will invent their own signs or use variations of a sign you use. If they do, that’s fine. Keep using the ‘official’ sign and let them do their sign.
Using sign language as a pre-verbal aid is all about the joy of communicating, not about them ‘getting it right’.
About the Kiwi author and illustrator
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