02762cam a2200409 4500 339263442 TxAuBib 20120306120000.0 020213s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002022402 9780071387767 pbk : alk. paper 0071387765 pbk : alk. paper (OCoLC)49225767 TxAuBib Acredolo, Linda P. Baby Signs : How to Talk with Your Baby Before your Baby Can Talk / Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn ; with Douglas Abrams. New ed. Chicago : Contemporary Books, 2002. xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Amazon.com Word Count - 33870. Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-190). 1. Introducing Baby Signs -- What are Baby Signs? -- Baby Signs and American Sign Language -- Benefits for your baby -- As easy as waving bye-bye -- How Baby Signs began -- Our goal for this book -- 2. How to Baby Sign -- When to start using Baby Signs -- How to start : ten steps to success -- A day in the life of teaching Baby Signs -- Your baby's progress -- Making learning easy and fun -- Baby Signs in child care -- Keeping your eye on the right prize -- 3. A world of Baby Signs -- Starter signs -- Safety -- Mealtime -- Bedtime -- Feelings -- At home -- Outside -- Animals -- Choosing Baby Signs -- 4. Off and running with Baby Signs -- Here, there, and everywhere -- Baby creations -- First metaphors -- Baby Sign sentences -- Typical sign combinations -- Off and running, in different directions -- 5. From signs to speech -- Baby Signs : a dress rehearsal for talking -- Why your baby signer wants to talk -- The transition to speech -- Gone but not forgotten -- A legacy of love that lasts a lifetime -- 6. Sign time, rhyme time -- Baby Signs dictionary. A step-by-step guide to help parents and pre-talking infants communicate with each other by using gestures, body motions, and other nonverbal means of communication. 20101104. Nonverbal communication in children. Nonverbal communication in infants. Interpersonal communication in children. Interpersonal communication in infants. Infants Language. Child rearing. Nonverbal communication. Goodwyn, Susan. Abrams, Douglas. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh041/2002022402.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh022/2002022402.html Publisher description ALEML