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Language Development: Linking Items To Words
It’s never too early to start teaching deaf children their first word, or words. One approach when your baby is playing, is to identify what they’re looking at, and to tell them the name of the item. This teaches your child to link items to words, and is a key part of their early language
Toys for Baby Development 0 – 24 Months
The IDK article “Toys & Games for Deaf Children” is one of the most-read on this site, so this complementary piece suggests toys for early development. Developmental Baby Toys for 0 – 24 Month Olds Remember, children who’re deaf have the same toys as hearing children, even if you may think otherwise! Handheld rattles will develop your child’s
Cinematic Life Lessons
A French film, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (2007), captivated recent audiences at the Irish Film Institute and was retained for a second run. It’s a biopic about 43-year-old Jean-Dominique Baudy, one-time editor of French Elle, who suffers a massive stroke in his sports car on a country road. He’s left with what’s called
eBook: Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak
Edited by Caroline Carswell