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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.<br>
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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).<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Mats Andrén<br>
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On 2012-01-05 17.17, Hester Duffy wrote:
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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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.singandsign.com/classes/map.php">http://www.singandsign.com/classes/map.php</a>).
I first heard of it from parents about ten years ago, and it's
still going strong.<br>
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H<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Ruth
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Hello all,<br>
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I am curious if families in countries other than the US are<br>
enthusiastic about the baby signs activities/videos etc, or<br>
suggestions on where to look to find that out. Has this mainly
been a<br>
US phenomenon? An English-speaking families one?<br>
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Thanks for your thoughts.<br>
Ruth<br>
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Psychology Department<br>
Bucknell University<br>
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