Rain – Baby Sign
Watch this baby sign video to see the ASL sign for rain, plus learn how to teach your baby to sign rain in Baby Sign Language.
BABIES SIGNING RAIN
LEARN IT
How to Sign Rain
To do the baby sign for rain, hold your hands up above your shoulders with your palms out and bring them down.
REMEMBER IT
Remembering the Baby Sign for Rain
To remember the baby sign for rain, think of rain falling down.
TEACH IT
Teaching your Baby to Sign Rain
To teach your baby to sign rain, always do the sign while verbally saying the word in a sentence.
Look sweetheart! It’s raining outside. – Look at the rain through the window.
Yay! It’s raining. – Gesture to the rain falling on you.
It’s raining on the dog. – Point to the rain in the book.
Try to be consistent, so your baby will make the association between the sign and rain. By using the sign in a sentence, your baby is also exposed to verbal language and more vocabulary. Awesome!
USE IT
Your Baby Signing Rain
Here are a couple ways your baby can use the baby sign for rain.
She can talk about the weather.
He can ask to play in the rain.
When else does your baby sign rain? Share with everyone in the comments below!
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Please share your successes or questions in the comments below. Your stories and questions are so valuable to other parents learning, so thank you for sharing!
END OF THE LINE
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