Is Tinytalk based on Traditional Sign Language?
A. Baby sign is a temporary communication system used with 6 30 month old babies as a form of communication before they can talk. As such, it is not designed as a replacement for traditional sign language. Baby sign is designed for hearing babies and as those babies begin talking, the signs are dropped as speech takes over. Baby signing is very different from adult signing. With babies it is very important to use easy signs and keep signing fun, so it is not as important which hand is used or how precise you and your baby are as long as you understand each other. With traditional sign language it is important to master the signs and grammar correctly as it is a language used to communicate within a whole community and you are not always speaking to familiar people. Babies do not have the motor skills to perfect a lot of the traditional sign language signs, therefore signing with babies needs to be kept simple. As hearing babies drop signs as they start to talk, there is obviously no po
