Comments on: Guilt-free time for parents of babies & toddlers (Signing Time review) http://www.excellentlivingguide.com/2009/12/guilt-free-time-toddlers/ Live a lifestyle of excellence: frugality, creativity, self-sufficiency, self-investment. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:57:08 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.excellentlivingguide.com/2009/12/guilt-free-time-toddlers/comment-page-1/#comment-278 admin Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:32:52 +0000 http://www.excellentlivingguide.com/?p=499#comment-278 Thanks for commenting. My best friend is very hard of hearing, so I've always had signing in my life. It was natural to think of Signing Time when looking for videos that wouldn't be annoying or inappropriate for watching over and over. Worked like a charm. We're also doing Little Pim Japanese, which is pretty cool, too. Thanks for commenting. My best friend is very hard of hearing, so I’ve always had signing in my life. It was natural to think of Signing Time when looking for videos that wouldn’t be annoying or inappropriate for watching over and over. Worked like a charm. We’re also doing Little Pim Japanese, which is pretty cool, too.

]]> By: Deborah http://www.excellentlivingguide.com/2009/12/guilt-free-time-toddlers/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Deborah Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:47:31 +0000 http://www.excellentlivingguide.com/?p=499#comment-263 This is a great post. My family discovered 'Signing Times' when my grandson began losing his hear at 14mths old. We had to begin learning signing and this program helped quite a bit. We ended up using SEE (Signed Exact English) as it teaches children how to properly read because you sign every word from beginning to end. Unfortunately, ASL (American Sign Language) is a jumbled up mess which doesn't help to properly read sentences. My grandson receive bilateral Cochlear implants a yr ago and is now vocalizing, but of course he still signs as well. He is now 5 and is actually proficient in both SEE and ASL, so he is bilingual in signing!! My little grandaugther (20 mths old)has even picked up on the signing (she's not deaf)and signs along with big brother. It is too, too cute. I have some friends that taught their babies signing from the get go as they felt it provided earlier communication. I think everyone could benefit from learning signing. You would be surprised how wide spread the deaf community truly is and it is such a joy to be able to communicate with any hearing impaired person. This is a great post. My family discovered ‘Signing Times’ when my grandson began losing his hear at 14mths old. We had to begin learning signing and this program helped quite a bit. We ended up using SEE (Signed Exact English) as it teaches children how to properly read because you sign every word from beginning to end. Unfortunately, ASL (American Sign Language) is a jumbled up mess which doesn’t help to properly read sentences. My grandson receive bilateral Cochlear implants a yr ago and is now vocalizing, but of course he still signs as well. He is now 5 and is actually proficient in both SEE and ASL, so he is bilingual in signing!! My little grandaugther (20 mths old)has even picked up on the signing (she’s not deaf)and signs along with big brother. It is too, too cute.

I have some friends that taught their babies signing from the get go as they felt it provided earlier communication. I think everyone could benefit from learning signing. You would be surprised how wide spread the deaf community truly is and it is such a joy to be able to communicate with any hearing impaired person.

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