As stated by Acredolo, Goodwyn, & Brown (2000), signing with children during their language development period can help increase their receptive language and increase their expressive language output through the use of simple signs. In addition, signing does not cause a delay in speech development but rather encourages it. When parents teach their children to sign they are providing their children with a way to communicate before they are able to speak, all the while repeatedly pairing signs with their verbal labels. Repetitive exposure to the object’s, action’s, or need’s verbal label provides the child with numerous opportunities to attempt an imitation of the label, in turn encouraging speech development. To incorporate signing into everyday interactions with the child, parents can begin with one or two basic signs. It is best to begin with signs that can be used across multiple contexts so as to provide the child with multiple occurrences in which they can use signs. Some general signs to begin with can include “more”, “all done/finished”, “bath”, “book”, and “bed/sleep”.