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Educational revolution or fad, is talking to your baby in sign language really useful?

2021-10-14T12:33:11.175Z


SURVEY - Fashionable among new parents, sign language makes it possible to enter into communication with the infant more quickly. But is this a real advantage in learning to speak?


"

No, no, no, Jaden, you don't tap but you can hug."

From the top of these 60 centimeters, the little boy runs and with his two chubby hands shows a caress. "

That's it, caress

", reproduces the educator of the crèche

Les Petits Princes

in Antony (Hauts-de-Seine). "

Do you want to play? Or read a book?

His hands are in a series of movements that may go unnoticed but are not for Jaden. The little boy, about 16 months old, understands the proposal and goes to look for a work. In a few minutes, he delves into the story of a monkey in search of bananas and other fruits. Once again, the little fists reproduce, with innocence and imprecision, the gestures of an adult.

"If I make the cake sign, they're all going to come over and ask me for one, thinking it's snack time."

"

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As in Antony, more than a hundred nurseries offer this method of learning, punctuated by gestures drawn from sign language.

"We

only teach them a few words

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Source: lefigaro

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