World's Leading Sign Language Program for Babies. The Baby Signs® Program is a simple and fun program using sign language to communicate with hearing babies and toddlers before they can talk. Through two decades of academic research, including a long-term study funded by the National Institutes of Health, we know with certainty that the Baby Signs® Program yields the following exciting benefits for babies and their families: * Jumpstarts verbal language development * Promotes early literacy * Boosts intellectual achievement as measured by IQ at age 8—a full 12 points * Decreases frustration and aggression at home and in the classroom * Increases adults’ respect for babies’ abilities * Strengthens the adult-infant relationship * Fosters positive emotional development IQ. Baby Signs®, the ORIGINAL sign language program for hearing babies, has been bringing powerful, research-proven benefits to babies and their families around the world for over 25 years. The Baby Signs® Program is the world's leading sign language program for hearing babies because it's the only program: * created by child development experts specifically for babies. * whose benefits have been proven through scientific research funded by the National Institutes of Health * based on American Sign Language but flexible to fit the needs of all families. * with a full range of classes and products for parents, babies, and child development centers. www.BabySignsToo.com