<human>:  What are the benefits of teaching a child sign language?
<bot>: Sign language helps to bridge the communication gap for children who are unable to communicate verbally. 2 It encourages a child to push their own communication boundaries and exercise their physical and mental capacities. 3 It can help to stimulate and strengthen the child's developing brain by providing them with a visual, auditory and tactile learning experience. 4 It promotes social bonding between the child, their parent, and other people they encounter.5 It can encourage literacy by incorporating finger spelling and other reading skills. 6 It provides an alternate way of expressing emotion and understanding the world around them.7 It can provide the child with a confidence boost, since they are learning and mastering a skill that not many other children are able to do.