I'm Feeling...: Teaching Your Baby to Sign

I was looking for a book that had signs for feelings in it. My daughter is 17 months and uses many signs. She has been having issues with biting and hitting when she is frustrated. I have used this book to dialogue with her about her feelings and it helps me teach her what to sign for certain emotions. This has helped her express herself much better rather than acting out. I do wish it had more emotions (such as frustrated and disappointed) and didn't need to include physical feelings such as cold and hot. Great tool overall. She also enjoys looking at the kids signing.

The Baby Fingers: Teaching Your Baby to Sign board book series is just spectacular. I love this one, I'm Feeling. The expressions on the babies faces are so precious! My toddler loves these board books and I love that he's learning American Sign Language---not some made up gestures.

This is a WONDERFUL book and an excellent place to begin signing with your baby. Another wonderful book is "I Want..." also by Lora Heller. Lora is an expert in signing as well as children. I signed with my baby from about 9 months, and he picked it right up. He is now a very advanced talker at 2.5 years of age. He loved signing, and so did I - it gave us a way to communicate before he could talk. I knew what he wanted and what he was feeling/thinking so much more often with signs! I can't say enough good things about it and about Lora Heller. The book has very clear pictures and directions for how to make the signs. Your child will like the actual pictures of other youngsters.

This book, and the I Want book are great for find excellent photos of the signs you need to teach your baby how to ask for the things they need, or to tell you what they're feeling. I've seen it work; kids who learn sign language are much less frustrated and more verbal than their peers. It changes their whole personality for the better. They learn the meaning of language as a way to identify their needs. This book has cute pictures of children in which your baby will be interested, and that will help teach you the signs to use with your own child. The chunky board book format is great for throwing in a diaper bag. I really like these two books (I'm Feeling... and I Want...) a lot. I can't think of any improvements.