Since speaking requires fine motor skills, it takes more time and practice to master than it does to replicate a hand gesture. Movements in a parent's mouth and throat that comprise verbal communication are mostly hidden from a child's view. However, signing offers a much more visual and kinesthetic means to learn each word. The fact that neuropathways responsible for language rest upon the same neuropathways for motor coordination is an important factor. By improving their motor coordination through movement exercises, they strengthen the brains capacity for learning language.
Signing is an excellent way to employ motor coordination and language simultaneously.
Growing numbers of professionals within these communities are recommending Joseph's program. If hearing parents of hearing babies can learn to use signs, perhaps parents of deaf children will be more inclined to follow suit. Childcare facilities are frequently faced with the request to integrate their special-needs children with the mainstream. By offering native sign language signs to children in both communities, they share a common language with which the children can connect. This process of signing goes beyond just getting children to communicate earlier.