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Originally Posted by John Doe
What is impressive about a baby being able to sign? I am more impressed with my 11 year old nephew's ability to graph his father's stock portfolio performance using the newspaper each week.
I guess the fact that we are the greatest nation on earth is due to the fact that most of our babies hablan solamente ingles.  I have friends that live both in Europe and Asia and have advanced graduate degrees and don't live nearly as well as I do.
I also seem to learn better by actually travelling to other countries (Labor Day weekend+ for this year) than I do from google. But that is just me. |
A baby signing is not a sign of genius. It is something that all babies can be taught before they have the ability to communicate through speech. If a parent teaches their baby to sign, they can understand each other earlier and have less frustration.
Learning multiple languages at an early age also helps in other areas and I've recently read that it helps overall brain development including increased grey matter.
I do agree that first hand experience is better than learning from google, but you have to start somewhere. Also experiencing other cultures through travel is priceless.