Q&A: Infants and sign language?1

Question by April xoxo: Infants and sign language?
Has anyone else who taught their infant basic words in America Sign Language noticed that their toddler now has excellent verbal skills?
I have encountered a lot of people that are all for ASL, and others who are against it. When my daughter was an infant, some people said to me, “Oh that’s not going to help her speech” or “That’s just going to make her speech worse” or “She doesn’t really understand Sign Language.” Some people even laughed and thought it was silly! But now that my daughter is 23 months old, they’re amazed at how well she speaks, uses sentences, and still knows all the signs I taught her.
Anyone else have such a positive outcome from teaching their infant basic ASL?

Best answer:

Answer by jen
Yep! Our story is a lot like yours. People are amazed at how well my daughter talks. She didn’t learn tons of signs because she started using words early, but she does still use a couple, along with saying the word.
Sign language enhances their learning of language.

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