Toddler Sing and Sign: Improve Your Child's Vocabulary and Verbal Skills the Fun Way - Through Music and Play
"Teach your toddlers to sign. It's fun, lessens frustration, and teaches the rules of communication! What could be better?" --Dr. Harvey Karp"The book includes a signing dictionary of over 120 signs and an original CD with easy to follow music and lyrics.  Over 100 instructional photographs throughout the book help readers put a visual to the sign they are trying to create and teach.  Book suggestions, games and activities, and musical fun fill the pages with great opportunities for toddlers." --Treasure Valley Family Magazine, October 2007"Drawing on her background as a music therapist and founder of the Love Language program, Miller (Baby Sing & Sign®) offers a wealth of information about teaching toddlers to communicate better through sign language and song. She demonstrates many easy and practical play-based strategies for integrating sign language and song into the daily lives of families, and the benefits of these exercises these exercises are impressive: they foster language, learning, and motor skills while preventing tantrums. The book and CD contain 13 songs, each presented in a chapter with music and lyrics, pictures of signs that match the song, tips for introducing the signs, ideas for related games and activities, and theme-related reading lists. A picture dictionary of 35 words/signs that were introduced throughout the book comes at the end, as do a glossary, references, and resources. This easy-to-use guide will help parents teach their children new ways to express themselves and learn more about their world. Highly recommended for all public libraries, especially where Miller's first book did well." --Library Journal