Read on for more benefits of sign language on baby communication.

Did you know that as young as 3 months, a baby’s brain can already process language? (Dehaene-Lambert)

Using sign language also “gives two places to recall language in their brains-in the left side of the brain as language, and in the right side of the brain as image and movement.”

Given these benefits, Alaine has brought My Smart Hands to the Philippines, sharing to parents the wonders of sign language.

Short-term benefits:

• - Decreases frustration in babies
• - Stronger parent and child bonding
• - Boosts self-confidence
• - Allows parents to know their child’s thoughts and personality even before they start talking
• - Personality even before they start talking
• - Accelerates language development

Long-term benefits:

• - Develops reading comprehension


• - Increases IQ

While sign language has definite benefits for babies and communication, research has also shown that as these babies grow older, up to 17% scored higher on tests, signifying a higher IQ. (Daniels)

Despite all these advantages to teaching your baby sign language, many parents, of course, are still skeptical. Won’t sign language delay your child’s speech?

No, it won’t, said Berg in their video. As you may have already observed, there is constant verbalization when Berg was teaching sign language to her baby daughter Fireese, and at that tender age of 12 months, Fireese was already able to say certain words.

Check out this video of Fireese, already successfully spelling a variety of simple words at just 2 ½ years old.

“It’s having the words and pictures in your hand,” says Alaine.

Sign language is just one of the many methods parents can resort to in order to help boost their child’s early development. What’s great about it is that it provides an option that helps your baby express himself and communicate needs, while also promoting parent-child bonding and long-term development.

Fore more information, contact Alaine Antonio:
E-mail: alaineantonio@mysmarthands.com
Address: 9F Trafalgar Plaza, H.V. Dela Costa St. Salcedo Village, Makati Philippines
Landline: (02) 996-2393
Mobile: (0928) 552-1071

You can also visit the My Smart Hands website at http://www.mysmarthands.com/Site/Baby_Sign_Language.html

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