Time has flown! Ava will be three soon and Olivia is walking talking some what and her signing is going great guns!
Ava has learnt a lot more signs lately and is very keen to learn more.
The signing class I organised with Tiny Hands Talk was really good, the kids loved it. Unfortunately Ava was sick and did not get to go. Olivia liked it though. There was fun for all.
Olivia’s favourite sign at the moment is ‘dog’ everything is dog! She has also started saying ‘mummy’ Finally!!!!! ‘Dad’ not so much, which is weird because ‘dad’ is usually the one they say first, but I don’t mind at all.
Olivia’s BIG news is that she has learnt a new sign, ‘bath’. Although it does not look like the Auslan way, it is Olivia’s way.
Olivia also has six teeth now and still chases Ava around, but now she can do it a little faster. They also ‘play’ together and see who can annoy each other first, and then it ends up who can hit each other the hardest!!!!…..then the tears come.

I have also put our signing poster in our kitchen which i think has helped them alot because they see the signs all the time. Sometimes Ava will sit down with me and we go through all the signs and ‘play find the sign’. She likes this as much as playing ‘hide and seek’!!

Our chickens are also growing up. They are all fully grown…but no eggs yet!…i keep telling myself they will earn there keep soon. The girls love playing with them. When Ava and Olivia wake up in the morning and come into the kitchen the first thing they look for are the chickens. Olivia signs ‘bird’ and points at them with a big smile on her face. It is so cute!

Why is it that when you try and get them to show other people the signs that they know, they suddenly don’t know them anymore…why is that?

I would like to thank the people who have seen and are using Signing Stars products. We like hearing the nice feedback and are very proud of our products.

Happy signing!!
Kylie

These are some pictures of the girls playing with our iphone app. All three of them are very clever at it!!!!

It has been a while since my last update and alot has happened since then. Olivia has had her 1st birthday. I cannot believe she is one already where has the time gone? She is also walking. Chasing after her big sister! Her baby signing is also going really well, she now can sign ‘finished’,'mummy’ and ‘daddy’. We are having a baby signing class on Friday with Judy from ‘Tiny Hands Talk’i am looking forward to that because both my girls love music! I will let you know how they go.
Ava, Olivia and Maija were all playing with our iphone app the other day and they absolutely loved it. They all knew how to slide the screen to change the flash card and do the sign!!

Olivia is almost one now, and the time has gone so fast. She is walking and is signing more signs now. She can sign ‘eat’, ‘dog’,'fish’,'bird’ which she loves to sign because we have four baby chickens that she and Ava saw hatch, the picture of Olivia with the chickens,you can see she is signing ‘bird’. When we are outside and she See’s a plane she points and i have started signing that to her as well, although she cannot do it yet she tries to. Olivia has almost mastered ‘more’ and can sign ‘finished’ when she wants to. Tonight Olivia signed ‘bed’ to me for the first time in context, without me prompting her. She was really tired for her day at day care. Both my girls seem to really enjoy learning new signs, they get very excited when they can do it right especially Ava. She says to me “look at me mummy” and does the sign.

Well it’s been 3 weeks since our family holiday at Easter time. Olivia now signs ‘bird’ without me having to ask her. Whenever she see’s or hears a bird she signs it. I think she is so clever and so does she. Ava is also helping me teach Olivia to sign. I have now taught her to sign ‘dog’ which she does most of the time, when i ask her. I am also in the process of teaching her ‘finished’. You can see her trying to sign it but she just does not have the co-ordination yet. I know she is doing it. I have been showing Ava and Olivia our ‘Animal’ flash card set. They both enjoy looking at the cards together.
I would really like to hear anyone else’s ‘baby signing’ stories. Please feel free to email me at kylie@signingstars.com.au

We are all down at Batemans Bay for Easter long weekend. When we were all down the beach on our first day, and when ever i saw a ‘bird’ i signed ‘bird’ to Olivia. She would look for a bird. Then on Sunday she signed ‘bird’to me. when we were all down the beach. Ava was having alot on fun chasing them. I was signing ‘bird’ to her and then to my surprise she signed back!!
Also that night when she was having dinner. I was doing the usual ritual of signing ‘eat’ with every spoonful and then she signed ‘eat’. She made me a very excited and proud mum. Now there is no stopping her!!!!