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Signing is Remembering...

Like any language you learn...Repetition is the key

As an actress and musician the biggest lesson I have learned is to practice by having fun.

If your not having fun... stop.. do not do it..

Many reasons but learning at this stage in a child’s life is that they see learning is another word for discovery....

All my teachers and acting coaches have told me time and time again the best way to remember something is to sing it...

Singing is Remembering

With the 4 keys of Signing Smart and the beautiful process of Kindermusik your child will find that art and education are like peanut butter and jelly...lol

Signing helps your child pay attention more easily as it requires eye contact

Signing makes language become more active because children do something as the communicate .

Signing fosters self esteem as it gives children more control in expressing themselves and is an acquired skill.

Signing helps avoid frustration when words done come easily.

Signing is a postive tool for quiet time signing stop is far more positive and effective then saying stop..

I was told by Room to Bloom preschool where I teach three days a week that they now use Signing for snack time and it is so fun .

Tomorrow Monday we will be reviewing last Mondays class and passing out sheets that reviewed these signs as well as adding the new Weekly Target Sings for you all.

I want to stress that it is not important that you are signing all day long or that even your child has learned any of these signs yet..

It is however important that you continue to try to sing and play with your child the fun opportunities we present each week that naturally provide an environment for your child to use signing in their relationship with you and others.

We will review these soon...

This is a list of our songs that we will learn over these next 10 or so weeks... This semester has a bonus of a few extra weeks. I am thrilled that we are working together again.

The Seession B to this ASL class will begin the following week May 14 - June 25th.

We will have a Fairy Festival for our recital that session.. this will be fun .

Week One

Silly

What

Hello

Bye Bye

Mommy

Daddy.

Grandma

Grandpa.

Eat

Ball

Bear

Star

Little

How

Are

Clean up

Finished or all done

Help

Out

Please

Thank you

Where

Music

know

You

Bubbles

Wonder

World

Colors

gentle

Play

Mountain

Ball

Doll

diamond

Happy

We in Week One lessons We sang

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

The Bear Went Over The Mountain

Hello and Good by song

Ram Sam Sam

Clean up Song

Week Two

Friends

Hurt

Gentle

Stop

Wait

Brother

Sister

Duck

Doggy

Kitty

How

shoes

elephant

lion

snake

child

turn

play

Hurt

This week we will review our words and add a few more songs as well ask

Here are some key ideas from the Strategies we will discuss in Lesson Two

Creating Smart Opportunites

Play time outside in the yard or park

Riding in the car

Bath time

Snack time

Waiting in line at a store or post office , doctors office...

All of these takes advantage of using a natural environment for your child and makes it more magical with this bonding unique language tool.

It is also good to remind yourself that your baby is already signing.

They have created a language that you both have been using since close to birth..

So using signs that they are not using first is helpful.

Such as some children will not sign words like bed or milk or food because they all ready have found a way to communicate that idea to you.

so you use other signs for other purposes such as more , or music, or ball or doll. or

food / eat... or Juice instead of milk or just the sign for drink

Once they catch on to signing they will be re enforced by your recognizing their communication and by also acknowledging the item or concept they are sharing.

Sometimes it is as simple as the Kitty needing let in by the door or ... wanting more please....

It will come.. Just keep using it.. I know this is true.

I tell my preschoolers that signing is not any more difficult then learning to Hum or snap your fingers.. a real hard one or winking.. even harder.. but I have practice time for them and now nearly all of them are doing all of the above and signing too...