Sign of the Week - Dog!

Happy New Year! Hope everyone is doing well and setting those 2010 Goals! :)

For January, I thought I would start with the theme of "Animals". My daughter, Audra, loved to learn the Animal signs when we first started signing with her. And even at 23 months, she loves to learn new Animal signs.

I'll start with one of the basics, which is "Dog". There are two ways to sign "Dog" - you can either just pat your leg, or you can pat your leg and then snap your finger (like you are calling a dog). Most babies will just pat their leg.

We don't have a dog in our house, but I would love when I would take Audra for a walk and she would hear a dog and make the sign. It was wonderful to communicate with her so early, it was as though she was asking me "Do you hear the dog, mommy?" - rather than just making a noise and me not understanding what she was trying to tell me.



Happy Signing!

Sign of the Week - TOY!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We spent the Christmas weekend in California, and took our kids to Legoland. They had a blast! This week's sign is "Toy".

Sign of the Week - COLD!

In keeping with a winter theme, the Sign of the Week is COLD! My daughter Audra loves to use this sign. At her daycare, the teacher likes to give them frozen fruit pieces - and Audra always signs "Cold" to me when she picks up a piece and puts it in her mouth.

Sign of the Week - SNOW!

I know we don't get much snow down here in Phoenix - but this is a fun and easy sign to learn. It has been pretty "cold" for us Phoenicians, but we'll still have to drive up north to see any of the white stuff. :)