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Benefits of Teaching American Sign Language to Hearing Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Wisdom Beyond Their Years

At birth, it's estimated that a newborn's brain has over 100 billion brain cells.  They know and understand far more than we realize. Pediatric science is steadily revealing how surprisingly intelligent our babies and toddlers actually are. Studies also show that when young children are taught to sign, their brains actually become more developed, both cognitively and physically - resulting in one positive benefit after another.

Here are just a few benefits:

• Researched Benefits for Babies & Toddlers
  • Preverbal communication
  • Earlier speech development
  • Larger vocabularies
  • Enhanced intellectual development
  • Minimized frustration (less crying and whining; fewer tantrums!)
• Researched Benefits for Preschoolers
  • Greater word comprehension
  • Larger vocabulary development
  • Enhanced writing, spelling, and literacy skills
  • Decreased frustration
  • More positive peer relationships and teacher interaction
• Researched Benefits for Grade School Students
  • Memory and comprehension enhancement
  • Higher academic test scores
  • Provides another learning path to the language centers in the brain
  • Positively impacts writing, spelling, & reading skills
  • Cultural awareness

* The above statements are based on over 2 decades of leading university studies and the evidence their research suggests.