Hearing Toddler Interprets for Deaf Father By Means of American Sign Language
Zachary Lotane of Laguna Beach, California, a deaf dad who only interacts in American Sign Language (ASL), was thrilled to watch his hearing one-year-old daughter sign for him.
Madison, the little girl, was waddling down an aisle in a grocery store carrying two packages of dish-washing sponges when she dropped them. She quickly showed her father what she was worried about by signing, "Baby crying," and then pointing to the sound she heard, which her dad could hardly hear. Zachary then mimicked Madison's movement and asked, "Baby crying?" " as she knelt to get the sponges she'd dropped.
Zachary shared it on TikTok under the username @oursignedworld. It absolutely was a "wow" moment not just for Zachary Latone, but also for the many individuals who watched the video. The sweetness and uniqueness of young Madison's outstanding act impressed TikTok users all over the world.
Zach states that the family’s social media posts have also encouraged lots of users to start learning sign language. More and more of their followers are taking ASL classes at high schools, community colleges, and also universities.
Potential Benefits of Using Sign Language with Toddlers
Below are a few of the possible benefits of using sign language to communicate with young kids:
- Earlier aptitude at understanding speech, especially from ages one to two
- Earlier use of speaking skills, mainly from one to two years of age
- Earlier use of proper sentence structure when speaking
- Less crying and whining to show desires or feelings
- Improved parent-child bonding
- Increase in IQ level
The good news from educational researchers is the fact that utilizing sign language with your young child has no disadvantages and may even have several benefits. To put it briefly, learning ASL from an early age may help your child to enhance their communication skills and progress in other areas like language acquisition at the same time.
Watch how Madison utilized ASL to interpret for his deaf father in this video:
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