ABC for Me: ABC Baby Signs, by Christiane Engel

When we had our first child, my wife started him on baby sign language.  I will never forget the day I came home from work and he signed "Daddy" when I walked in the door!  Our experience with signing really paid off when our third child came along and turned out to be non-verbal.  She is 15 today and we still use a lot of sign language with her.

Whether your baby is hearing or deaf, verbal or non-verbal, sign language is a wonderful early language tool.  Christiane Engel's ABC Baby Signs introduces useful, everyday signs to use with your baby or toddler.  The vocabulary is limited, in that it is an ABC book.  She teaches 26 common signs, arranged A to Z, plus a few more at the end.  It's a cute presentation, though.  Each page has a little rhyming verse for the sign, a picture to put the sign in context, and a more traditional drawing of a demonstration of the sign.

If you and your baby master these signs, not only with your communication improve, but you will be spurred to learn even more useful signs.  This will be a useful, colorful, and entertaining addition to your child's library.


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!