- The idea of babies and toddlers talking and reading can seem incredible, but language and literacy skills get an early boost when adults introduce simple sign language.

Milk.

Yeah, more.

Good job, Lucy.

Sign language provides a window into your child's way of thinking.

Is that yummy?

Sign language increases a child's vocabulary and helps them remember words, as there is muscle memory involved.

The more senses involved in their learning, the greater a child's memory retention will be.

Young children communicate with us every day through vocalizations, facial expressions, and gestures.

Sign language has the potential to benefit all children by enhancing their early communication.

Yeah, all done?

Sign language can be for everyone, and it's never too early to start.

Sign language not only builds a strong foundation for literacy, it helps children to communicate and fully express themselves in the here and now.

- [Narrator] Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literacy skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.