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Title: Not that great
Review: I purchased this book with hopeful expectations to teach my baby to sign. Unfortunately, my baby and I had lessons of frustration. This book is really too centered around ASL signs and does not account for the fact that babies will develop "Baby Signs". Just like we don't expect our child to say, "Bottle" and happily except "Ba Ba" instead, I think it's important to recognize that our babies' motor skills are not always developed enough to gesture the accurate ASL sign. However, another book, which was more helpful to me, was "Baby Signs". I think this is gentler approach to baby signing and is better suited to parents who just want a temporary bridge for communication until our babies can talk. BTW, it's interesting that Joseph Garcia has to quote the research of Goodwyn & Acredolo (the authors of Baby Signs). Something to think about....
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