A signing baby:
can tell you what they’re thinking about BEFORE they can talk
can tell you what they want, how they’re feeling or what they’re looking at
is a very happy, chuffed little being – DELIGHTED to be understood!
has very happy parents / carers who have ‘a window to their baby’s mind’ (and don’t need to ‘guess’!)
is a confident communicator, with an early understanding of language AND able to express themselves
And signing does NOT stop babies talking!
In fact, because at TinyTalk we ALWAYS teach signs with speech, showing our babies how to make the signs and how to say the words, many of our signing babies also start to make early attempts at initial speech sounds, e.g. ‘m’ for ‘Mummy’, when they’re making the signs. Our babies are keen to get their message out! (And their parents / carers are keen to support them, knowing how much they have to say before they can actually speak.)