Baby Talk + Kids
There has been a buzzword Baby Sign in the current trend. What is buzz about it? Study finds that babies are not born with a blank slate of their brains when it comes to language. Sign language enables infants to speak (manually) earlier than speech language in the early stage of physical development.
The underlying idea about "Baby Talk" (as I prefer to call this way) is simply that babies are capable of coordinating their manual system earlier before they could coordinate their vocal system. Its approach is as practical and intuitive as real-life among native ASL parents who speak ASL to babies, in the same way as parents talking English to their babies. Perhaps one day everyone will be able to speak both vocally and manually -- a matter of choice.
The list of ASL Words consists of some often-used ASL words for parents and their infants. Please refer to the ASL Dictionary for more ASL words.