Annabelle signs

Don't mind the mess in the background, or Annabelle's you-can-get-those-dirty clothes. Watch the awesome signing.

Annabelle fired off all these signs in about 15 minutes. We'd do a bunch, then she'd watch herself (and sign them again as she watched, intently concentrating the whole time), then we'd do some more. I only had to visually cue her from behind the camera for two signs out of all fifty-some. (There are some verbal cues in there, too, but you can hear those for yourself.)

She's learned all these signs since the fall when I took a baby signing course. It has been fantastic for helping her communicate.

Here's the full list, if you want to look up the exact sign in a Signed English dictionary:

boots
hurt
school
work
shoes
slide
walk
rain
snow
all done - this isn't in the dictionaries, but it's how everybody does it
milk
cold
eat
water
book
open
yes - she shakes her head "yes" (or her hips, sometimes); we haven't taught her the official "yes" sign
big
stop
up
baby
sleep
dog
truck
tail - this is Annabelle's own made-up sign
hat
bye-bye
no - she shakes her head "no"; we haven't taught her the official "no" sign
telephone
diaper
bath
wash (hands)
sleep
thank-you
brush (teeth)
me
off
daddy
nanner (i.e. grandma)
giraffe
white - she hasn't mastered this one yet
pig
snow - (again... she was very excited about the snow that had fallen in the morning)
cracker
tree
bicycle
radio
poo
pee-pee - she can't do this one yet
on
in
out
down
wind
mouse
monkey
cheese
shower - she's not doing this one yet
help - when she needs help, she shakes her hands like "cold" (but with open hands)
music - this is her own made-up sign; she conducts a little orchestra
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[MusclecarsMeditation]

Absolutely beautiful!