Ava is big on languages lately.
Allow me to illustrate: "Momma, how do you say butterfly in Spanish? How do you say goodbye in French? How do you say cheeseburger in Armenian?" (This pretty much goes on all day long. But I happen to love the art of languages and love her eagerness to learn them even more, so I try and teach her as much as I know in those little moments.)
Having said all of that, tonight, on an educational channel that we allow her to watch before bed, there was a piece on Sign Language. She eagerly watched the segment, intently absorbing the information and doing the movements as the woman taught them. In ten short minutes, she learned how to say "garden" and "planting" and "flower" in sign language.
It was pretty cool.
So cool, in fact, that I thought this might be a great opportunity to discuss what sign language was, and who uses it to communicate.
"Aves?"
"Yeah Momma?"
"Awesome job learning all those words in sign language!"
"Thanks Momma!!" (proudly grinning ear to ear, and continuing to sprinkle imaginary seeds in the air for garden.)
"Hey Aves, do you know who uses Sign Language to talk?"
"Of course I do, Momma. Chinese people!"
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