Baby Sign Language Flash Cards: A 50-Card Deck Cards – July 1, 2007

LOVE THE CARDS, but need to split into baby and toddler sets then increase the number of words in each set to include what is actually appropriate to that age group.My husband and I are learning these signs and using them with our 5 month old. We are hearing and are only using sign language because we want our son to be able to communicate non-verbally to reduce frustration AND because my sister's family uses sign language. To be honest, we should have started signing to our baby when he was just a newborn as he was really able to pick up gestures at that time... esp things like "drink" for his bottle because newborns instinctively bring their fists to their mouths to ask for food. I am sad we missed that opportunity but at least we can start teaching him now.First of all, we love these cards because the signing and images are very clear. In fact, we want MORE... because this volume was way too incomplete for a baby's vocabulary. In fact, much of this could have been placed in a toddler set. I wish there were two volumes that together provided a great starter vocabulary: a baby set and toddler set each with 50 cards.... but that is not the case, so I have to review based on what you actually get in this set.The low stars is basically due to poor word selection for a baby set... babies need to signal for needs like eat food, drink bottle, diaper change, pick me up, read a book, i want mommy, i want daddy, playtime, get my toy, etc. This book has a few but not all of them... but includes things like pig, airplane, cheese, mouse, cookies, etc. that no baby needs to use. My 5 month old son does not need words like train or ice cream or slide... he is too young and won't be able to use those words for quite some time. That is why i say those words are more suited for a toddler.Here is what is included in the cards and the age ranges I think the signs will work for in hearing families (in other words the kids will be able to understand and use them):Youngest baby appropriate - drink, bath, book, bed, more, ball, eat, fan.Older baby appropriate - milk, water, light, dog, cat, baby, telephone, shoes, hat, car, boat, rain, snow.Toddler appropriate - girl, boy, banana, cracker, cheese, cookie, ice cream, bubbles, slide, swing, keys, train, airplane, butterfly, cow, fish, bird.Pre-school appropriate - sun, moon, stars, tree, flowers, help, bear, mouse, pig, rabbit, horse, duck.Overall, I just wanted a set focused on what a baby needs to communicate... this set did not meet that. Its a good set, but so much is missing from basic words like mom and dad to anything to do with diapers (which is a big part of a baby's life.) So I am left wanting more... which is not a bad thing IF the author released a volume 2 that filled in the word gaps.

These cards are so colorful and grab the attention of the kids!!! As a Pre-K teacher, these are a must have and I love how inclusive we are teaching our children to be. The deck covers so many everyday words that make it easy to the kids to have basic communication in ASL

I love the writing and how easily the signs are explained, but I do wish the illustrations/pictures depicted the word easier like less going on in the background.

Very nicely made - images for the child on the front and an adult making the sign with commentary on how, exactly to do it, in text beneath the picture on the back. The cards seem to cover a pretty wide variety of vocabulary - objects like milk and book, animals like dog and cat, and even, actions - bath and bed, and some concepts like more and help. There's instructions, tips for games and other use of the cards than just show and put away, so that was very helpful to us. We'd recommend this set.That said, the image on the help is very indirect, it's a parent holding a toddler's hands - I took it that the parent was 'helping' the child to walk, but my husband took it more literally at first glance and latched onto the 'walking' rather than helping. But then again how could you really express 'help' in a photo? We also had some questions on some of the words used - airplane? bear? which just weren't relevant to our child in her day to day so for right now they're being left in the box.(would have loved to have a diaper/poop/change me card but oh well) However the milk card shows both a bottle and breastfeeding, which I thought was fantastic - covered all the bases for us.

I got these based on the reviews and reading Monta's book. I think they are great. They are high quality, a nice size and thickness and have bright colours. The sign language is clear and I like the use of real photos in both cases (on one side is an image, on another, Monta signing). While the deck includes some cards I use (such as bed, bath and milk) I would love to see it include others of a more practical nature. It has cards for "bear" and "horse" and so forth, which is okay, except that I'd much prefer to have cards for hot, cold, warm, pain/hurt, sleep, thirsty, happy, sad, love, games, potty (maybe more foods too?). Having said this I would buy it again but maybe Monta if you're listening we can have set 2! (I know it's not as easy to illustrate but even if the images aren't as perfect or maybe two images, like thirsty could be a boy looking up with a hand over his throat and then side by that a second image of him gratefully drinking a large cup of water, for example.)

My 18 month old daughter is obsessed with these cards. She loves to go through them a thousand times at once. I really love the fact that for "milk" the images provided are of a bottle of milk as well as a breastfeeding baby. There are some unnecessary images for words though. For example, the "light" card has an image of a little girl turning on a lamp, which causes confusion for my daughter as there is a girl and a lamp in the photo, rather than just a lamp alone. The same goes for "more", I'm not quite sure why there is an image of cereal pouring into a child's bowl. My daughter loves these, and seems to have them all memorized now, I'm just not sure the images are helping her actually understand what it is.

I wanted to start baby signing(ASL) with my 8 month old, but I wanted it to be like a nice game. So for us, these flash cards work really good. The signs are very well explained on the back of each card, they are colourful and easy to use.

A great way to interact with your baby. Easily cleaned if required! Well recommended.

I feel like there are basic signs missing, such as “please” and “thank you”. I ended up just googling basic baby signs and found a bunch of great resources. Also, YouTube has great videos that demonstrate the motions, which you can’t get from flash card formats. The flash cards themselves are great physical quality with descriptions for the motions.

Aunque no es LSE (Lengua de signos española) ayuda a la concienciación de que la lengua de signos no es una mímica, sino que es una lengua natural nada icónica y que debes conocerla. Esto en cuanto al uso que yo le he dado en mi asignatura de Atención a la Diversidad en Educación Infantil. Hemos hecho juegos de hacer el signo que sale en la carta y tratar de averiguar qué es, entre otras actividades. Para el aprendizaje de la lengua de signos no vale en España porque no es LSE.

I wish they had cards that are more important like the word “more” or “food” thing that babies will use a lot. Not words like “fan” “bear” which they don’t really need to communicate their needs