[cbw]

Though I'm a long, long way off from needing this info it's been on my mind so I thought I'd ask if anyone has any experience with it.

Has anyone used sign language to help communicate/teach English to their child?

The reason I ask is because I used sign language with my oldest and still use it with my youngest (13 months old). Lots of the ASL signs are explanatory (i.e., airplane is your hand in the shape of a plane "flying" over your head) so kids catch on really quickly. It has been wonderful to communicate with my pre-verbal sons and was very handy when my oldest started speaking but wasn't pronouncing words in a recognizable way. So, I was thinking it might be a good tool with a newly adopted child. Does anyone have experience with this?

Thanks,
cbw