When we started this baby signing bit, I was skeptical. My fear was speech delay brought on by over-dependence on non-verbal cues. Cora has since disabused me of that concern. So I thought that I would provide a partial list of some of our wee girl's most common words.
Family: Mommy, Daddy, cousin, boy, girl, baby
Colors: Blue, green, yellow, purple, red, white
Animals: Turtle, bird, dolphin, whale, shark, fish/fishy, dog, cat, donkey, cow,
Food: Milk, noodle, chocolate ("choc", but we know what she means), cracker, cheese
Clothes: Socks, shoes, shirt, coat, hat
Manners: Please, no, no-no-no-no-no-no-no, NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO, yes, all done (really sounds more like NEE-NEE), hello, bye-bye, night-night
Toys: Animals, doll, stroller, farm, ball, bubble, show (for movies)
Movies: Fishy ("Finding Nemo"), ooh-ooh-ooh (monkey sounds and sign for "Curious George"), whale ("Fantasia 2000"), dog ("Lady and the Tramp")
Numbers: 1-10, generally with only minimal help. 7 is the worst one, but she happily skips it to get to 8.
ABCs: ABCDEFGhIJKLmnOPqrSTUVwXYZ (Cora gets about the first three without much prompting; after that it's repetition time; but she does know the signs for quite a few!)
Bodily functions: Toot, poop, pee
Body parts: Ear, eye, nose, mouth, teeth, elbow, hand, knee, belly, bottom, feet, toes
Random phrases: "Get up, mommy!"
Spanish words: Mosto, hola
3 comments:
The kids are going to have so much fun with Cora and her speaking! They still sign stuff they learned from her at Christmas.
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Go Cora! I have to say my experience has been that kids who sign are MORE verbal. The more signs they know the more they speak. In fact, I wager there is not a person alive who talks more than Andrew. I don't think he ever stops for breath. He talks even in his sleep. Our home,car, yard, etc...is never silent. And Ryan is also a little chatterbox these days. We call him our personal tour guide. "There's a truck. There's a house. It is blue. There's a bird. Mommy, I see my shoes." I think perhaps we will sign a little less with Molly. LOL
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