WATCH: This video of a mom teaching her baby sign language is everything

Little Haven quickly cottoned on to the game and picked out the yellow ball when her mom asked her to show her where it was, causing Marie to clap in delight.has grown in popularity over the years.

A communication tool developed by Dr Joseph Garcia in the 1980s for use with hearing, pre-verbal babies, it involves teaching them keyword signing that they use before they can talk. It is similar to normal sign language, but simplified, said Yogie Semple who has been using baby sign language at her playschool in Morningside, Durban, for more than 10 years.

US-based parenting expert Monica Beyer has written a number of books on the topic. Her advice? Any age is good, although most parents will only begin to see results when their baby is seven months old.

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