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Toddlers at play

"Designed to help parents and caregivers sign successfully with toddlers, this comprehensive approach uses American Sign Language and features more than 200 age-appropriate signs, practical advice, and photographic demonstrations to enhance communication and language development in young childr...

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Main Author: Daniels, Marilyn T.
Other Authors: Frawley, Georgia., Frawley, Ken.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Orange, CA : Production Associates, Inc., c2010.
Series: Sign to speak.
Subjects:
Nonverbal communication in infants.
Interpersonal communication in infants.
Sign language.
Language acquisition > Parent participation.
Parent teacher books.
Summary: "Designed to help parents and caregivers sign successfully with toddlers, this comprehensive approach uses American Sign Language and features more than 200 age-appropriate signs, practical advice, and photographic demonstrations to enhance communication and language development in young children. A wide variety of interactive signing activities are also provided, including rhymes, songs, games, and stories to heighten a toddler's signing experience. Research and theories are also presented, supporting the benefits that hearing toddlers can receive from signing." -- From Amazon.com.
Physical Description: xviii, 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781887120913
1887120912
Author Notes: Marilyn Daniels, PhD, is one of America's leading researchers, lecturers, and authors on using American Sign Language with young children to enhance early communication and learning. She is currently a professor at Penn State University and has published a variety of magazine articles and books, including Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy . She lives in Newport, Vermont. Georgia Frawley, MA, has taught classes on child development, parenting, and marriage and family for more than 30 years, and has performed more than 1000 musical programs. Ken Frawley has presented Play-Along Song programs for more than 20 years and has instructed early childhood professionals, teachers, and parents on how to use playful songs with children for fun, development, and learning. He has written and produced 200 children's songs. They live in Orange, California.

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