Q. My daughter is using some sign language with her baby. I’d enjoy learning more about that. Does the library have books on sign language for infants?
A . We have five books (and a DVD) on this subject. The information below comes from “Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers” by Christopher Brown and John Clements. They offer this background information: “Early sign language skills have actually been proven to increase the speed at which a young child acquires verbal skills. When using sign language with a baby, the word should always be verbalized as well. The end result of this is that once the child is able to verbalize, he or she has already acquired a great deal of vocabulary.
“Apart from the joy of being able to communicate with your child at a much earlier age than if you had to wait for spoken communication to begin, there are many other advantages. The obvious one is the way that it enables many potential frustrating situations — for both babies and parents — to be resolved.
