Today I had a realization- Little's Bug current vocabulary is limited by how fast sign language DVDs can get here. It makes me laugh and cry at the same time. He is an extremely visual learner as are all his parents, so unfortunately, books are a no go for learning sign. I open this books and instead of learning how to sign something as simple as OPEN, I find the Statue of Liberty play for Michigan. Needless to say, this is not helpful when attempting to sign OPEN.
So, our interim solution to this has been DVDs. Now, many people will say go to the library and test them out. Oh friend, if only it were that easy. A bookstore or library seems to activate a dormant gene in Little Bug that tells him to scream as loud as possible, run like a bat out of hell, and cause general mayhem. While it can be tolerated in small intervals, it is not something that is conducive to picking out his vocabulary.
We recently realized that he has his first sign DVD memorized. At first, we thought he was getting confused, as he would sign FISH while the video was still on BOOK. After careful observation, we realized, he knew the order of the signs and was signing what was next and then go back to stimming with his cars.
Hopefully, UPS will deliver his words on time today- I know he wants them.
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