U to Z Words – Baby Sign Language Dictionary

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angelica March 8, 2011 at 3:52 pm: I love your website. I ordered a CD-ROM and flash cards on Sign Language, but your website has been much more helpful. I just wish I had found it before ordering the other stuff.
Thanks.
Josh March 17, 2011 at 5:07 am: I am a stay at home dad and we have been working on sign language with my son Matthew. We have been teaching him basic signs and he has demonstrated significant progress. As we introduce new foods to his diet I had a question for you: Is it better to teach kids grouping concepts like “vegetable” and “fruit” or should I start with specific items like “apple” & “carrot”?

I am unsure if babies can understand abstracts in grouping.

ADMIN – Hi Josh,

We usually start with specifics and then introduce the abstract a little later on. So start with specifics like orange, or banana, then once babies has the fundamentals you can start introducing grouping words like fruit.

You would be suprised at babies power of abstraction and generalizing. They have a strong intuitive grasp of grouping and pick it up very quickly, sometimes even creating their own new groups.