Reading picture books with children provides many opportunities to use signs. Children love to look through picture books and have adults tell them what is on each page. This is a wonderful opportunity to model signs for things in which the baby is clearly interested in. Once children have signs for things in books, they can take an active role in book reading, making the activity even more fun for parent and baby alike! Because we know that exposure to books in the early years is related to better literacy skills, this increase in enjoyment provided by signs is an important advantage.
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