http://hana.freedomblogging.com/2007/07/20/guess-who-keast/122/ Connecting the Deaf & Hard of Hearing of Y-S to the Community and Beyond Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://hana.freedomblogging.com/2007/07/20/guess-who-keast/122/#comment-288 sandhya Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:53:08 +0000 http://hana.freedomblogging.com/2007/07/20/guess-who-keast/#comment-288 i fully agree. baby sign is great in general - it reduces frustration because children are able to understand language well before they are developed enough to speak. an 8 month old who might just cry for something is instead able to sign "milk" or "eat" or "more." i think it is especially crucial for parents of deaf children to learn and become very comfortable with ASL. all children need to be exposed to language at an early age in order to help them master it more easily - so of course deaf children need to be able to learn ASL to help them be able to communicate with the outside world even at such a young age. great blog! i fully agree. baby sign is great in general - it reduces frustration because children are able to understand language well before they are developed enough to speak. an 8 month old who might just cry for something is instead able to sign “milk” or “eat” or “more.” i think it is especially crucial for parents of deaf children to learn and become very comfortable with ASL. all children need to be exposed to language at an early age in order to help them master it more easily - so of course deaf children need to be able to learn ASL to help them be able to communicate with the outside world even at such a young age. great blog!

]]> http://hana.freedomblogging.com/2007/07/20/guess-who-keast/122/#comment-286 Cookie Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:00:14 +0000 http://hana.freedomblogging.com/2007/07/20/guess-who-keast/#comment-286 Missy is one of my dearest friend and she is an awesome teacher with ASL. Missy is one of my dearest friend and she is an awesome teacher with ASL.

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