Anne Rogers wrote:
Personally, though it is expensive, I am a devotee of Signing Time.

We loved them too. We bought the first 3 when DD1 was a baby
(she's 5 now) and she used them a ton., DD2 also loved them.
DD2 signed a fair bit more than DD1 did. DD2 will still ask to
watch them, even though her speech is quite good (she's 2.5 years).
She has hung on to two signs that she still uses regularly: more
and please.

How expensive?

Each DVD seems to run about $20. If you buy the first set (DVDs
1-3 you'll get a pretty useful vocabulary. Here is their website:
http://www.signingtime.com/


What we initially did with Ada in terms of baby sign language never did
work, but she just seems to be starting to pick some up, even though we
don't really use them! She signs milk to get water, so she's a bit confused.
She's 19mths, and definitely has a speech delay, as far as we can tell, it
is just a case of being behind normal, rather than anything being actually
wrong, but she is keen to communicate through all sorts of means, and we
don't know whether behind normal will mean she will be speaking next month,
or next year and signs might be a good idea at this time, in case if falls
into the longer range category, or on the off chance that it turns out to be
a problem rather than just being slow.

Are these the kind of things it's possible to borrow from a library?

Possibly, worth looking into. They also on some public broadcasting
stations. Look here to see if your local PBS station carries it:
http://www.signingtime.com/pressroom...ncarriage.html

Mary W.