ASL 🤚🏽

If you want to teach your baby ASL I would start from birth (or as soon as you decide you want to teach them) they learn like they learn their native language, talk to them along with ASL and they’ll learn as they learn language & should pick it up as soon as they’re able to communicate with you - they’ll probably use that before talking as it’s easier for them (unless you’re child is deaf then excuse my ignorance) I don’t have much experience in this department but this is what I was told x

I read somewhere 4months is when they start to pick it up.

Birth is a great time to start! Just like any other language. They typically start repeating/using once they have some good motor coordination.

Started at 3 months!

We started at 3 months, but starting from birth would be fine, just like any other language

We use it inconsistently... We mostly started at 6 months when we introduced solids... But she knows all done and please and please is pretty darn cute

I’ve always wanted to learn ASL. My toddler now is 1yo & now I’m starting to feel behind lol. How can you learn sign language yourself to teach your younger one?

We started at birth and she’s currently 16 months and knows 18 signs 👍🏼

We aren't very consistent with signing, but my LO is 4 months and we've been trying since about 1 month I think? So no signing back yet, but we're trying.

We were pretty inconsistent until about 6 months. I think we started with milk, all done, more and please. I remember it felt like it took forever before he started using them too. Every time he mastered one we would add another. If he was showing a lot of interesting in something, I would take that opportunity to introduce the sign. He is now 2 and probably know over 50 signs. Since about 18 months he has been picking then up super fast! I’ll show him once maybe twice and then he’ll start using the sign.

We started around 6 months my cousin started at birth with hers, both girls have the same level of fluency now at almost 3

I started with mine at 6 months and by 9 she was responding back!

We started from birth! We don’t use all of them just a few

Ugh I regret not teaching mine. Is it too late!? 😫😫😫

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Is never too late.

Wow this is awesome! My LO is 3mo. Where do I start ?

At birth!

I started around 6 months and he started to sign back around 8 months I think

I had this same question literally on my fb thank you for posting.

We started at birth. At 7 months old during a rough crying fit I said baby IDK what you want and she signed milk and the rest is history. By age 1 she knew about 20 signs. By 1.5 almost 30. Now at 3.5 we don't sign often because she had great communication skills but when she plays with our friends son who is autistic she will use the signs I've taught him when asking if he is hungry/thirsty

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Started with Milk, More, all done, and please. Added eat, drink, sorry and help next.

Around 6 months more and all done. My 2 year old says some words and sign language. He knows more, all done, hungry, thank you, help and milk.

My son is 20 months and hes learning sign language with his speech therapist

So awesome!

I heard as early as 6 months can learn this

My youngest son. Was sitting up by himself at 4 months and standing alone holding on to the sofa. 6 months crawling and walking at 10 months old I think everyone learns at there own pace as my three children was all different ages. X

Day 1. :) Repetition helps. The first month or so well mainly just be their brain correlating the sign to what they want, so don't give up. Just keep using sign to speak with them. For example, when I sensed my little was hungry, I'd sign hungry and then offer him some food (breastmilk or food). He correlated that sign with when he wanted to way because he was hungry. Stuff like that helps later in life when they start learning speech but don't know how yet. They get frustrated with word language, but motions come more easily. :)

I’ve been doing the ABCs and simple signs with my almost 4-month-old since he was about two months old. Of course he doesn’t do anything back just yet, but one day he’ll surprise us.

At daughter was signing by 6 months bc we started when she was born

We started a program at 8 weeks. My daughter had over 100 signs by age 1

As soon as possible!! For example, right before you give baby milk say and sign it and then feed them. They begin to associate it right away! My baby girls kicks and screams with a huge smile when I sign and say “milk” and she’s been reacting that way since I started and she grasped it. It’s SO cute to see their response!

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Awesome! At what age did she start signing back?

Best decision we ever made

My baby boy started learning ASL at around 15 months old. We noticed he was frustrated since he has a speech delay. It really helped him!

Hey guys! As a ASL interpreter I’m glad you all are doing this, it will totally cut down frustration! It is never to early to start signing the basic words. Mom, dad, Eat, drink, sleep, sit, stop, play finish and go are great ones. Along with grandpa grandma, milk, cracker and toilet. A lot of the others you will really never get to you by the time your child starts to speak. But the early ones are really good to help cut down on the frustration your child may have trying to communicate. Just make sure you sign the word whenever you say it and whenever you can put a A picture or a object with the sign. Any questions feel free to ask!

I started at 6 months but it was more for me so I could get In the habit of signing every day but I think the avenge is 8-10 months

4 months. 5 months they start paying attention to it and by 6 you should be able to get some form of a couple signs

My 12 week old cant sign of course but she understands the sign for “milk” already and it helps her calm down until I can sit to nurse or warm a bottle. Never to early to start talking and signing to kids!

Honestly you can start as early as you want to. The KEY is repetition, the babies are always watching and learning even if they don’t do the motions right away. One day out of the blue your baby will just start doing it. Trust me, it happened with my son.🥰

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And once I realized he could do that I started showing him flash cards and he was able to identify what was on the cards before he was even 1.

You can start immediately. I use to work in daycares before the pandemic started and I used sign language with my infant class.

There wasn't a need to teach my lils but taught them starting at 6 months old. Just so I could understand their needs better.

From what I have read and done; the earlier the better. My son didn’t start repeating things back until he was about 11 months old, but the more consistent I have been the more I see my son picking up on new words.

Basically it’s the same as talking out loud. Families were both parents are death start right away like we do with our voices. The sooner you sign the sooner they will understand it the same as they would your voice. The big difference and the reason people sign is because development wise children can do sign language before they can say words. That’s why it cuts down on frustration because they can communicate their wants at an earlier age. Plus, they are comprehending what you sign the same as they would voice. It’s just All about repetition. You have to be consiStant

Started at 8wks! 😂 I know she still couldn’t even see me but it helped me memorize a lot of signs. She eventually started catching on around 8mths and started signing back at 12mths. 2 yrs 2 months now and she still signs and it has helped with communicating tremendously

I’m an ASL teacher. My expert advice is any time! It’s just like any language. Kids will develop motor skills before oral skills so they will most likely sign before talking.

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Yes! Anytime! My daughters daycare taight them SL as they were infants, she was able to communicate through sign and teachers would send home a sign of pckages they were being taught so parents could communicate from home and it helps usnso much because she is also bilingual which delayed her speech but now she is a chatter box who knows sign as wlel

Start from the very beginning!! Babies are so ready for language 😍

You can start at any time. Earlier the better.

I started at 2 months old to help me remember them. And my baby was signed back by like 9 months. She is almost a year old now and does a total of 5 signs.

I believe you can start teaching them right away. Some of my friends are deaf or hard of hearing to I am going to teach my son sign

When they’re born! At 2 months my son could communicate certain things to me and it’s amazing!

From what I read it was suggested you should start at like 6 months, but if your baby is older that doesn’t mean it’s too late!! At a year my baby did her first sign by about 14 months I think she knew 9 signs! It was so helpful! Just make sure you’re saying the verbal word with the sign. I taught my daughter the following words.... more, eat, all done, milk, water, book, music, please, and bath

As soon as possible. I worked at an elite school for kids age 6weeks-4 years and when I was in the infants room , the teachers signed all the time. I only say elite, because we had fire drills for babies, parent teacher conferences, made portfolios, and a bunch of things you wouldn’t think they do in a “day care.” The sign language was almost second nature. It’s so amazing when they sign back. I have 2 kids and they both did it when they were little. My husband was amazed that they could communicate when they wanted milk, more and were all done. With that being said, don’t expect that they will know a lot of signs... There are a solid handful that are the most important anyway, like milk, more, eat, all done, please and thank you. The others were just a bonus :) Also, some of the signs may not look exactly as what you are expecting, you have to be aware of what their hands are doing and what they are trying to do..if that makes sense? For example, the “more sign,” looks like your

hands trying to kiss each other. Some babies that may be starting to sign may not have mastered the “pincer grasp” yet? And so one hand may be opened and the other is a pointing finger and it looks like they are pointing their pointer finger in their palm? It may not look super obvious that it’s a “more” sign, but if they are repeatedly doing this movement whenever you ask if they want more, then that’s the sign they are using for more. Good luck. Children signing is sooo cute and helpful :) Happy holidays!