popularity of baby signs in other countries?

[Mats Andrén]

This is just from my own experience so I don't know how well this 
corresponds to reality. Nevertheless, I am a gesture researcher with an 
interest in children's gestures, so there has been plenty of occasions 
where I have (informally) discussed gesture and gesture-like phenomena 
with Swedish parents.

It seems to me that it is at least relatively common for Swedish parents 
to be familiar with the general idea although they rarely seem to be 
aware of the term "baby sign" (or some Swedish equivalent) as such. 
Actually using baby sign seems very rare however, although it is not 
entirely non-existent. I have only encountered two children whose 
parents have told me they have attempted to use baby sign in one form or 
another at home. One of these two children is visually impaired, plus 
some other issues, so in that case there was some additional motivation 
for trying to use baby sign (as well as other methods that would 
supposedly enhance communication/development).

Best regards,
Mats Andrén

On 2012-01-05 17.17, Hester Duffy wrote:
> Baby-sign seems to be fairly popular in the UK; in the BabyLabs i've 
> worked at, a lot of mums mention it, and there are classes all over 
> the country (see http://www.singandsign.com/classes/map.php). I first 
> heard of it from parents about ten years ago, and it's still going strong.
>
> H
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Ruth Tincoff 
> <ruth.tincoff at bucknell.edu <mailto:ruth.tincoff at bucknell.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     I am curious if families in countries other than the US are
>     enthusiastic about the baby signs activities/videos etc, or
>     suggestions on where to look to find that out. Has this mainly been a
>     US phenomenon? An English-speaking families one?
>
>     Thanks for your thoughts.
>     Ruth
>
>     Psychology Department
>     Bucknell University
>
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