Ming @ Agents of Speech explains how pairing gestures and baby sign language with spoken words helps non-verbal children understand and learn language. Gestures like tapping or pointing make meaning clearer and reduce confusion, even when kids can't yet produce the sounds themselves.
Is the meaning of the words clear.
What we need to.
Do is to add a gesture.
With the word that we say. So if you look at the free courses in our.
Videos, we talk about open, right, we.
Talk about tap, tap.
And we say mama, right? When we pair words with gestures, it.
Actually helps.
A child to learn that word a lot easier because even if.
They didn't get.
The sounds coming.
Out of our mouths. And I want to tell you, this is how a child.
Would feel if.
You have a.
Second language and someone.
Says a word that's very hard to.
Remember, but they pair it with a gesture that's much clearer about what they want. A lot of times these sounds children.
Haven'T even started to learn.
How to comprehend.
It's actually quite.
Difficult for them to pick up. So we make the meaning of our.
Words clearer.
Through the use of gestures.
And I've said this many times on the channel, sign language, baby signing, whatever.
Gestures actually help people acquire language, no matter the age and especially for speech delayed children.
