Based on British Sign Language (BSL), Signing Babies (United Kingdom) uses Signing Sam, a puppet, to teach children to sign before they're able to talk. Some of the children are too young to speak, others have autism and/or other developmental delays. At Signing Babies, parents and their children sit in a big circle and sign nursery rhymes. The children and adults also learn signs for simple items like milk and food and then move on to more social signs. Studies have found that babies and non-verbal children who sign may have increased self-esteem and enhanced speech development.
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