SuperHands Baby Sign is one of Ireland’s best-known organisations dedicated to teaching babies and toddlers to communicate through sign language before they can speak. With the SuperHands app, you can bring baby signing with you wherever you go, learning new signs and picking up tips right from your phone.
Baby sign language is a series of simple gestures that parents and their little one use together to convey meaning quickly and easily. Because these signs can be used well before a baby learns to talk, they help reduce the frustration that comes with not being understood. Most babies don’t say their first proper words until well into their second, or even third, year, and that gap between wanting to communicate and being able to speak can lead to a lot of tears and tantrums on both sides.
Imagine your baby being able to tell you he wants his teddy, that she’d like more milk, or that he’s just spotted a plane overhead. Baby signing makes moments like these possible, and it’s genuinely enjoyable for both babies and parents. Because signing is used alongside normal speech rather than instead of it, it can actually support the development of language and vocabulary as your baby grows.
Communicate with your baby
Baby sign language is most suitable from around 3 months old right up until roughly 23 months. Signing helps carry babies through those early years when they’re desperate to explore and connect with the world around them but don’t yet have the words to do it.
As well as easing frustration, signing with your baby can strengthen the parent-child bond, support speech development, encourage physical and intellectual growth, and build confidence. Best of all, it’s genuinely fun — for baby and parent alike. Learning to sign with your baby doesn’t need to be complicated, and now it’s easier than ever to fit into a busy day.
Sign with your baby anywhere, anytime
That’s where the SuperHands app comes in. Instead of needing a book or a class timetable to hand, you can learn signs and pick up practical tips with just the touch of a button or the swipe of a finger — whether you’re waiting at the school gate, sitting in the car, or grabbing five minutes on the couch after bedtime.
It’s a handy way to build baby signing into your everyday routine, a few signs at a time, at whatever pace suits your family.
To find out more about the SuperHands baby sign app, visit the SuperHands website.
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