Babies are using their hands to communicate before they can actually talk. That appears to be a trend at many daycare centers ...

We all sometimes stare at our bawling baby and wish they could just tell us what they need… but what if that was actually possible? What if our tiny child, whose voice box is not yet mature enough to ...

By 8-12 months, many babies can start using simple gestures like pointing or signing “more.” But even before that, you’re ...

How often have you wished so badly that you could understand what your baby is trying to convey? When your little one cries, you know they need something, but you have gone through all the essentials ...

The Learning Experience, a local early education center, is celebrating its third year of teaching American Sign Language to children as young as six months old ...

Before she could speak, Vivian Ostrander was telling her parents when she was hungry, what she wanted to play with and even naming items she saw in the grocery store. She did it through baby sign ...

Jenna and Matt Moench of Kearney had their first discussion about baby sign language about six years ago. That’s when the birth of their first daughter, Emmy, prompted them to decide multiple ...

Parents of very young children, or even soon-to-be parents may want to take part in a new one-night class, "Baby Sign Early Communication," Nov. 11 in Mason City. The class will be held from 6:30-8:30 ...

Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, it’s because they’re picking up on ...

Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports language processing if they regularly heard their mother read them a story while in intensive care ...