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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Feb 10, 1999 6:36 pm Subject: Re: Children Learning SignWriting | ||||||||
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>One reason my class came up with and it makes a great deal of sense to me >is that the motor development for hands occur at a younger age than does >speech. I'm not sure if research proved that to be true. It's been >awhile since I last took class and learned all this information. > >Jean _____________________ Motor skills may be one reason, Jean, but I think there may be other reasons added to it. For example, speech is strangely "non-visual" and maybe it takes longer for the brain to develop connecting sounds with language. But watching Mommie sign is a "visual experience". So repeating what Mommie says in a signed language my be easier because the eyes and the "visual connection" to language may develop faster. I have no idea if this true myself! I am just sharing an idea and asking questions... I am wondering if the visual nature of SignWriting will speed reading skills, who knows?... Valerie ':-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||
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