Signing Hands Outreach

Benefits of Baby Signs® Program          

You are invited to join the thousands of families who have already discovered the magic of this revolutionary way to talk with babies before they can talk.

Child Development experts Dr. Linda Acredolo & Dr. Susan Goodwyn unveiled the benefits of using signs with babies, which launched the Baby Signs^® movement. Their two decades of research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, have proven that using the Baby Signs® Program has extraordinary benefits for your baby including reducing tantrums, boosting your baby's emotional and psychological development, and helping your baby learn to talk sooner

Benefits                                            

* Allows babies to share their worlds
* Strengthens the parent/infant bond
* Reveals how smart babies are
* Helps babies learn to talk
* Boosts babies self-confidence
* Promotes positive emotional development
* Jumpstarts intellectual development                                         
 

RESEARCH

Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn, the authors of the book Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk have conducted over two decades of academic research on the use of signs with hearing babies, including a long-term study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Their ground-breaking research describes the proven benefits of the Baby Signs^® Program.

More than 140 families joined our study beginning when their babies were 11 months old. Each family was randomly assigned to a Baby Signs^® group or a non-Baby Signs^® group.

At 24 months, the Baby Signs^® babies were on average talking more like 27 or 28 month olds. This represents more than a three-month advantage over the non- Baby Signs^® babies. In addition, the 24 month old Baby Signs^® babies were putting together significantly longer sentences.

At 36 months, Baby Signs^® babies on average were talking like 47 month olds, putting them almost a full year ahead of their average age-mates.

Eight year olds who had been Baby Signs^® babies scored an average of 12 points higher in IQ than their non-signing peers.

Please visit the official Baby Signs® website for more information on the benefits.