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Greetings from Japan,
For those of you who know, I've been worried about Neil's late speech development (he's 3 and very behind the other kids speaking wise)...
He's coming along OK (slowly but OK) but he gets very frustrated.
Last month my wife saw a special about how some parents are teaching their kids sign language who don't have hearing problems.
I decided to learn some basic sign language and teach Neil (we're also teaching Erika, our 1 year old).
WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!
With his signing in hand he pushes himself to learn more and sometimes speaks when he does so...
Here's a before/after example.
BEFORE: 'Daddy - car' pointing to the drivers seat
This could be translated the obvious way: "Daddy please drive the car" BUT it could also be
"Daddy, this car is too small and I want you to buy a bigger one because in the future I will have many friends"
-or-
"Daddy, please don't drive the car because last time you almost hit a dog"
-or-
"Daddy, the driver's car seat is dirty, please clean it."
As you can see, it could mean several hundered different things and we had to make a 'logical' guess as to what he was trying to say...
NOW: Daddy - "sign for driving and sometimes saying DRIVE" - car
Cool...
And the side benefit... Erika is SIGNING TOO!!!!!
She's got several signs down: DRINK (she's thirsty) - MORE - EAT (she's hungry) - UP (pick me up) - DOWN (put me down) - WANT (which means she wants whatever she's pointing at) and a few more...
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DADDY HERE
Another side bonus: I'm learning sign language... always wanted to but never gave myself the time.
nyakki
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