Baby talk, first language acquisition
Peekaboo is a classic, timeless hide-and-seek baby game. It has no rules. It can be played anywhere, anytime. It stimulates baby's senses, encourages social development, and language development. It helps reinforce "object permanance", which means that something still exists when it's covered, behind something, or disappeared into another room.
Babies start to better understand the concept of object permanence by month 8. By months 9 to 12, baby will likely be able to play peekaboo on her/his own.
Playing peekaboo is simple. You cover your face and uncover it while saying, "Peekaboo!" or "Peekaboo I see you!" Alternatively, you can also use a blanket by covering and uncovering your face.
You can play further with the use of language in ASL, such as "The Animal Peekaboo" as shown in the video. It uses handshape-based nursery rhymes. A combo of nursery rhymes and peekaboo. What a bonus!
The video shows a fun, interactive reading and play, using a book (title?). Each page has a face of an animal with the folded extended page to cover and uncover. At the end of the book, there is a mirror with the extended page that would cover and uncover the baby's face!
Try nursery rhymes with baby in sign language.
New to sign language? "Where do I start?" or "How do I start learning sign language?" This ASL Rookie guide lists some selected links to the tutorials for ASL beginners to get started and keep rolling. It may be a useful review for intermediate-level learners and ASL students as well.
Some tutorial pages are a mix of free and premium versions. Access to premium content and links below are available in the PatronPlus subscription. More links/posts will be added from time to time.
Are you able to carry everyday conversations in ASL? Are you a student in the intermediate levels and beyond, who wishes to boost up your signing skills? You've come to the selected tutorial series. (Some premium content are available to PatronPlus membership.)
Stories, poems, performance arts, etc. in sign language.
This documentation project follows a child's language acquisition, literacy development, and phonological acquisition in sign language, specifically ASL, from newborn to age five in a natural native-ASL environment and visual culture.