Talking Tykes’ Top Ten Reasons to Sign With Your Child: 1-       Children are able to communicate needs and wants before verbal speech is developed.           (Can begin teaching sign at 6-9 months of age) 2-        Reduction of negative behavior because child is able to communicate with parent. 3-        Strengthens parent to child bond. 4-        Promotes positive self-esteem by empowering the child. 5-        Research shows a child who signs at an early age has an increased receptive and            expressive vocabulary (Higher IQ). 6-        Empowers child to initiate conversation at an early age. 7-        Signing won't delay verbal language development.  Research shows, it may even            accelerate it. Children who sign usually start talking sooner and develop larger            vocabularies than non-signing babies. 8-        Stimulates intellectual brain development. 9-        Promotes social interaction. 10-      IT’S FUN!
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