Learn American Sign Language (ASL) along with your children in your home or students in your class. ASL is a great tool for teaching your child basic requests and will improve children's language development. Using sign language with your baby starting at 6 to 8 months will help their communication and reduce frustrations and tantrums. When signs are paired with the verbally spoken word this improves acquisition of the new word. In addition, sign language will help decrease any delays or confusi