Babyzeichen Zwergensprache

This comprehensive family app from the Baby Sign Language Network aims to provide parents/caregivers and their babies/toddlers with respectful, interactive communication from the very beginning. Its graphic design also intentionally includes siblings who cannot yet read.

Beyond simply teaching baby sign language, the app offers additional suggestions for everyday life in its informational texts (i). These include play and activity tips, instructions on how to perform the signs, typical everyday situations, and other contextually relevant signs.

You can use the app at home to look up or learn new signs (e.g., to accompany rituals, at mealtimes, for feelings, etc.) and also find thematic ideas on the go, such as which signs are best suited for the park, playground, forest, or water.

The selection of signs in this app reflects our experience since 2004 regarding what babies find engaging and which initial vocabulary is particularly important for them to communicate their needs, express their thoughts, or share their discoveries.

Video Dictionary of Baby Sign Language

• Sign language videos organized by topic

• Optional A-Z index of terms with search function

• Everyday life and play tips for each presented term

• Option to mark terms as favorites and create your own collection of favorite signs

Sign Language Song Collection

• Videos and lyrics to children's songs demonstrating the practical integration of accompanying hand gestures into songs with musical accompaniment

• Links to the individual signs that can be used

• Further examples of rhymes, finger games, and graces

Picture Books with Sound Effects

• Lovingly and child-friendly illustrated individual pictures for 5 themed volumes that can be brought to life with baby sign language

• e.g. With sound effects for animals or vehicles

• With the option to switch from the image to the corresponding sign language video

• Children love watching this part with their mom and dad, as it encourages them to tell stories, search, and guess together

Quiz Game

• Guess and correctly match signs

• As a game variant for each topic

• With displayed corrections and a constantly changing random mode

The Goal and Approach of Baby Sign Language

Baby sign language helps parents understand each other and be understood more quickly. Simple gestures emphasize key words and enable early dialogue. Even babies as young as 6-9 months can understand frequently used words/signs and consciously use their hands. Baby sign language gives them the opportunity for active participation and facilitates the learning of spoken language. This intensive exchange strengthens the bond, creates closeness, self-confidence, and contentment, and makes children's eyes light up when they feel understood.

Baby sign language helps babies understand each other more quickly and be understood. Sign Language as a Basis

The baby signs are based on German Sign Language (DGS), from whose various regional dialects the hand gestures were selected to be as visual as possible and easy for babies to imitate.

Following a holistic approach, the vocabulary is chosen so that the signs playfully facilitate association with words, are clearly distinguishable from one another in hand and arm movements, and involve various movements and body parts. This ensures that, in addition to visual perception, gross and fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and body awareness are also developed.

Following a holistic approach, the vocabulary is chosen so that the signs playfully facilitate association with words, are clearly distinguishable from one another in terms of hand and arm movements, and involve various movements and body parts. Additional teaching materials

Coordinated baby sign language materials from Zwergensprache founder Vivian König, such as parenting guides, board books, CDs, and posters, are available in bookstores and at:

http://www.zwergensprache.com

Playgroups, courses, and professional development

Information and dates for Zwergensprache baby playgroups, parent workshops, professional development courses, and daycare seminars held in over 200 cities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland can be found at: http://www.babyzeichensprache.com