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On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 09:21:02PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> 
> > - Sign language can stimulate early language development. The
> > ideal would be a lojban-based (simplified?) sign language, but
> > since no such thing exists today maybe "baby signs" would be a
> > pretty simple way of communicating with infant as complementary
> > to lojban. Other famous sign languages are american sign
> > language, british sign language, swedish sign language, and in
> > fact every geographic region got their own version. Another
> > benefit of sign language is that it decrease the child's
> > frustration in situations where the child is trying to express
> > it's basic needs with the risk of being misunderstood by the
> > adult.
> 
> I have a baby sign book; the signs are Ameslan, though some vocab
> is simplified (IIRR only one of the three negatives is listed).
> One reason for learning sign language is that hand-eye
> coordination matures earlier than mouth-ear coordination. I
> suggest teaching a baby two closely related spoken languages, a
> spoken language unrelated to the first two, and a sign language.

Unfortunately, I'm the *only* person in the babys' circle that
speaks more than one language, and I speak English and Lojban, so
that limits our options rather a lot.

One of my gfs is going to try to learn baby sign to do with the
babies, but I don't know where she's going to find the time.

-Robin

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