"Sing & Sign for Young Children shows early childhood professionals how to teach sign language skills through music and play during everyday classroom routines"--

Toddler Sing and Sign is a play-based program, including an award-winning music CD, for teaching toddlers simple American Sign Language. The program, which features more than fifty words and signs easily learned through song, is convenient to incorporate into children's daily routine. It includes signs for animals, colors, actions, and other key words toddlers use to communicate their wants and needs. It also shows how learning sign language helps verbal toddlers improve language, learning, and motor skills while preventing tantrums and more.

"Sing & Sign for Young Children shows early childhood professionals how to teach sign language skills through music and play during everyday classroom routines"--

Not only does learning to sign help babies ask for what they need, but music and repetition are also among the best ways to build language skills. Now it's easy and enjoyable to teach signs during your child's daily routines. Developed as a popular workshop series by an award-winning music therapist, Baby Sing and Sign is the original book-and-CD guide to feature upbeat songs for learning basic words and American Sign Language, at home and on-the-go. Baby Sing and Sign includes: A delightful 13-song music CD featuring "baby-friendly" tunes Music and lyrics for more than 35 key words and signs 100 black and white instructional adult and child photographs throughout Signing games and activities for the whole family With creative songs and engaging playtime activities designed to appeal to young and old alike, Baby Sing and Sign is an ideal bonding experience for anyone involved in the first years of a child's life.

BABY SING & SIGN is a wonderful, sensory-rich way to teach and practice key sign language vocabulary with hearing babies and toddlers. Sign language is a proven way to jump start language and provide little ones with important communication skills to express their wants and needs before they are able to speak. We use the child's preferred activities -- music and play -- to engage families in language learning. The program is great "baby brain food" and fun and easy for the entire family. The Parent Guide gives families all the tools they need to be successful teaching baby sign and supporting their child's emerging language.

"Finally, songs that are really perfect to sign and sing to!":— Barbara Granoff, "Sign2Me" presenter andco-creator of the award-winning Sign-A-Lot DVD series Signing along with songs is one of the most effective things you can do to encourage your baby to try new signs. It’s a fun way to introduce new concepts, and music is a great memory aid for language learning! If your baby could talk, he or she would tell you that singing and signing go "hand in hand"! This activity guide and CD program brings you 14 original and traditional signing songs, perfect for the littlest signers, with clear illustrations. Music by award-winning singer/songwriter Susan Z takes you and your little one on a magical journey to a land of storytime, teddy bears, tea parties, and fun-filled daily routines.

When it comes to signing with babies, the secret to success is to make signing fun! Using signs in playful and engaging ways gets babies’ attention and stimulates their interest in signing like nothing else. In Sign, Sing, and Play, busy parents will find imaginative ways to include signing naturally throughout the day with activities that can be used at home and on the go!Whether it’s time for a story, a diaper change, or a ride in the car, parents will find dozens of ideas for including signing in ways that motivate baby to sign back quickly and keep signing exciting for parent and child.Sign, Sing, and Play picks up where Baby Sign Language Basics left off and is a must-read for parents, grandparents, and child-care providers who sign or are considering signing with their babies and toddlers.