sign of the times

Sara Gould, a Signing Smart instructor, visited the blog this morning as a result of "searching for baby and Charlottesville related sites."

She must have visited our "review" of the Baby Signs book (on the right sidebar) because she says,

While Signing Smart is one of those ASL-type programs for babies, your friends have the wrong idea about the 'difficulty' of the signs created. That's one topic covered in the workshop, but basically, any motion you do will seem too complicated, the key is learning to recognize your child's imitations. ASL is useful because it's a resource, you won't make up a sign and then forget what it was you used. Especially problematic once your child has a large vocabulary. You can always pull out the ASL dictionary and remind yourself.

Thanks for the information, Sara. We have close friends who are doing an ASL-based sign language with their 7mo daughter, Squirmantha, and I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes.

If you do a Signing Smart workshop after Benjamin joins us in the world, we're likely to attend. We might even try for the one you're doing next month.

- papa