Here is a cute video of Annie when she was 15 months old.  I love sign language!

Andrea Burton Ploehn

Emotions

Happy, Sad, Scared, Bored, Surprise, Tired, Mad

My son has never been a good napper so he goes until he crashes.  Just before dinner he fell asleep and we couldn’t wake him up.

We still couldn’t wake him up.

I love that boy!

Here are some great basic signs to do with Annie

Please, Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, More, All Done, Again, Sorry, Help.

Ben has started to show so much personality.  He just turned 4 months old, time sure does fly.  It’s so great how much the family pulls together when a new baby is born.  Our older children can’t get enough of Ben.  I’ve started doing a few signs with Ben like “eat”, “more”, “all done” and “milk”.  It will be a while before he starts to sign back things to me, but I’m certain he’ll be understanding the signs very soon… who knows maybe he already understands.

I can’t believe she is already 5!  It’s so fun to watch your kids grow and reach new stages in their lives.

Brandon love peanut butter and honey sandwiches but he’s never been able to say it.  Here’s his attempt.

We had so much fun learning about street signs.  We made cars out of boxes and then we made street signs with craft sticks and craft paper.  The kids learned their colors and shapes and had fun taking turns driving around while the remaining kids were in charge of traffic control.  The kids also got a paper to take with them in the car that had many other street signs that they might see around the city.  They get to put a sticker on the sign when they see it while they’re driving in the car.

Annie my 5 year old was recording me, so sorry if it’s a little bumpy. And I’m not sure why it sounds like I have a lisp… I had to convert the file size so it wouldn’t take so long to load. I’ll try to add better video later, but for now… at least you’ll have something to work with.

This type of activity can also incorporate sign language.  Here are the signs for: Green, Go, Yellow, Slow, Red, Stop, Car, Bus, and Motorcycle.

You can also play red light green using the signs.

Andrea Burton Ploehn, co-founder www.signing4baby.com

Some of these great ideas came from a signing 4 baby friend Kathy Collins www.joyfulconnections.net
Thanks Kathy

You never know in Idaho.  We had snow yesturday, I don’t think I’m quite ready for it yet.

This is my deaf cousin Rafael. He’s one of the main reasons I started to learn sign language as a kid. I have always been fascinated with sign language because it is such a beautiful language.

Andrea Ploehn