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• They Say: Rich Kids Make Better Hand Gestures

  Children in weathly families already have tons of advantages over those who are less privileged. Now it turns out they can make better hand gestures, too. According to a new study undertaken at the University of Chicago, kids who come from higher socio-economic backgrounds gesture much more frequently as infants and tend to have more developed vocabularies by the time they reach the age of 4 1/2. The same study also emphasizes how related these two skills are, noting that babies who can interpret the meanings of such gestures ultimately become better at communicating verbally. The differences based on income were striking. Read More... Posted Feb 15 2009, 01:35 PM by Jen Chaney with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: education, child development, rich families, they say, Jen Chaney, poor families, Sign language, gestures, hand gestures

• They Say: Baby Signing Does Work

  It's pretty darn preliminary, but two recent bits of research indicate that yes, babies who are taught sign language might be able to communicate earlier in a way that makes life easier for them and their parents. Read More... Posted Jan 06 2009, 01:30 PM by Miriam Axel-Lute with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: down syndrome, research, whining, communication, baby sign, crying, signing, Axel-Lute, ASL, learning to talk, Sign language, cognitive development