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Summary: Understand the benefits of bilingual baby sign language in this free video series that will allow you to communicate with your baby through this hand-motion language.
Nicki Ferguson teaches the Baby Signs program in the San Fernando Valley. Originally from The Netherlands, Ferguson has lived in the Los Angeles area for twelve years. She began...read more
"Hi, this is Nicki with baby signs on behalf of Expert Village. And in this clip we'll talk about using baby signs in a bilingual setting. In many families there is a bilingual situation where one parent might speak a different language than the other parent or there might be other caregivers, grandparents, child care centers where the child hears more than one language. Using baby signs is absolutely invaluable in that situation because the sign is the same no matter what language you say the word in. So if I would show you the sign for milk which is just like this, squeezing your fist in and out. The sign is the same whether you say milk or for instance leche. So the baby makes that connection, they learn to associate the sign with the word in both languages and it helps them bridge that gap between the two different languages. It helps them learn it more quickly. Frequently children who hear different languages sometimes they don't learn each language as quickly but using the baby sign will definitely bridge that gap and it will help them speed up the understanding."
eHow Article: Understand Bilingual Baby Sign Language
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