Jess' signs at 17 months
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When a friend in America asked how successful signing had been as she was thinking of signing with her daughter, I started to jot down the signs Jess was regularly using at that point. I was amazed when the list, in rough order of acquisition, totalled more than 100 signs. She was, of course, speaking with many of the signs by then. This was our signing "high point" before words increasingly began to replace signs. However, at 20 months, with hundreds of words at her disposal, Jess still signs every day, whether for fun or to aid communication. She has started using a few other signs since this list:
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milk (started at 8 months) eat (now tells me when she is hungry) drink "love you" (she has refined this and now signs love correctly rather than her own version. She says you or points.) light duck cat music hat up all gone hello/goodbye shake/ rattle bird fish hen more all gone please/ thank you where flower book cuddle sleep clock key cry ouch/ hurt cloth (her bedtime comforter) spoon fork help me rabbit sheep bee hippo hamster bag sign mouse giraffe elephant crocodile zebra camel rhino ladybird car bike bread butter beans cake biscuit |
chocolate full up boy girl lady man hot rainbow baby/doll glasses frog pig worm monkey sun spider cream hairbrush nappy shampoo/ wash hair toothbrush draw paint rain (also uses it for reins) dog boat swing no tree butterfly clean hands hear work watering can cold sorry wash sand trolley penguin bit big kiss Gramps Granny Grandad Beth Moo up above Sing umbrella garden bear |