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Baby sign language has been shown to very beneficial to a baby’s language development. So much so, that the typical language parameters of children are changing thanks to a child’s ability to express themselves through baby sign from as early as 6 months of age.
So how can a parent know if their child’s language, listening and speech skills are developing normally? All children develop their language, listening and speech skills at different rates. Below you will find a chart based on a non-signing child’s typical language development but this does not take into consideration the use of baby sign language with children. Please note that this table is a guide only.
Your Child’s Age
Typical Language Development:-
By Age One:
Turns head toward the source of the sound.
Watches your face when you speak.
Responds to familiar sounds such as the car in the driveway, the dog barking, the door bell ringing, the telephone ringing etc.
Responds to their name.
Understands simple instructions such as “no”.
Tries to repeat your sounds or familiar sounds from their environment.
Uses one or more word with meaning.
Babbles (says “ba-ba” or “ma-ma”).
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By 17 Months:
Points to objects, pictures & people.
Most vocabulary is mainly nouns ie. People, place, animal or thing.
Tries to imitate easy words.
By The Age of Two Points and says the name to simple body parts such as “nose”.
Starts to combine words such as “more milk”.
Can name a number of objects in their environment.
Can use some pronouns such as “He”, “My” or “I”. However “My” & “I” often get confused.
Understands simple sentences such as “show me your eyes (nose, mouth, hair)”.
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By Age Three:
Speech is more accurate and they can be understood by familiar adults.
Uses three to four word sentences.
Is using some past tense such as “jumped”.
Uses pronouns I, you, me correctly.
Recognises their own needs such as hunger or thirst.
Have favourite books and television shows.
Knows around three prepositions such as “in”, “on” or “under”.
Is using some plurals such as “socks” or “shoes”.
So how does baby sign language change the above milestones?
The main difference is your baby’s ability to begin communicating through sign earlier than their vocal skills will allow them. By the age of two, while non-signing babies are combining words such as “more milk”, parents of signing babies have experienced two-word communication through baby sign language as early as 14 months of age. This is a 10-month gap in communication. Dr Acredolo & Dr Goodwyn further highlighted these benefits in a study where three-year-old signing children had developed the language and vocabulary skills to a four-year-old.
This does not mean that a signing baby will necessarily speak earlier than a non signing baby but that they will have the ability to communicate their thoughts, wants and needs through sign while being pre-verbal.
This ability for children to communicate their needs and wants causes children to be less frustrated and research has shown that it has great language development and vocabulary building benefits.
Give your child a head start in language development with Australian baby sign language.
About The Author
Jackie Durnin has helped thousands of families reduce frustration with their pre-verbal babies around Australia using simple baby sign language. For more information on bay sign language visit http://www.australianbabyhands.com
May 12, 1820 is the birthday of Florence Nightingale and the National Nurses Day has since taken this day to end the week long celebration to recognize the contributions that nurses and nursing makes to the community.
Born in Florence, Italy to the wealthy landowner William Nightingale and his wife Fanny, Florence was treated as her father’s friend and companion. She was taught Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, history, philosophy and mathematics.
At the age of twenty five after refusing to marry several suitors, Florence told her parents she wanted to become a nurse. As nursing was associated with the working class women her parents were totally opposed to the idea.
Finally, in 1851 at the age of thirty one Florence’s father gave her permission to train as a nurse. She studied to become a nurse at the Institute of Protestant Deaconesses in Kaiserwerth, Germany and in two years was appointed resident lady superintendent of a hospital for invalid women in London.
The Crimean War (Russia invasion of Turkey, 1853) brought Britain and France to the aid of Turkey. Within a few weeks an estimated 8,000 men were suffering from cholera and malaria.
At that time there was considerable prejudice against women’s involvement in medicine. However, when The Times publicized the fact that a large number of British soldiers were dying of cholera there was a public outcry, and the government was forced to change its mind. Nightingale volunteered her services and was eventually given permission to take a group of thirty-eight nurses to Turkey.
Nightingale’s views on reforming military hospitals were interpreted as an attack by the Military officers and doctors and she was made to feel unwelcome. Until she used her contacts at The Times to report details of the way that the British Army treated its wounded soldiers, Nightingale received very little help from the military. After a great deal of publicity, thanks to John Delane, the editor of the newspaper, Nightingale was given the task of organizing the barracks hospital after the battle of Inkerman and by improving the quality of the sanitation she was able to dramatically reduce the death-rate of her patients.
When Florence returned to England in 1856 she was considered a national heroine. Due to the shocking lack of hygiene and elementary care that the British Army men received, she decided to begin a campaign to improve the quality of nursing in military hospitals. As a result of her evidence provided to the 1857 sanitary Commission the formation of the Army Medical College took place.
In 1859 she published two books and with the support of wealthy friends and again John Delane, she was able to raise enough funds to found the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at St. Thomas’s Hospital and improve the quality of nursing.
In later life Florence Nightingale suffered from poor health and in 1895 went blind. Soon afterwards, the loss of other faculties meant she had to receive full-time nursing. Although a complete invalid she lived another fifteen years before her death in London on 13th August, 1910.
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