Sign to learn : American Sign Language in the early childhood classroom / Kirsten Dennis & Tressa Azpiri.
Material type: TextPublication details: St. Paul, Minn. : Redleaf Press, 2005.Description: ix, 194 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1929610696
- 9781929610693
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 419.7071 D411 | Available | 33111008860393 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Everyone is talking about signing with young children. As a form of early communication for infants and toddlers, or as a transitioning tool for children just beginning to speak, the benefits of signing with hearing children are endless.
Sign to Learn is the first complete introduction to sign language curriculum for hearing preschoolers. In this unique resource, you will learn how to integrate American Sign Language (ASL) into your classroom to enhance the academic, social, and emotional development of children, and how to respectfully introduce children to Deaf culture.
This comprehensive, fully illustrated curriculum contains captivating activities and lesson plans grouped by themes, including feelings, food, seasons, animals, songs, and families. Sign to Learn also contains strategies for using sign language with children with special needs and in multilingual classrooms, and it describes how ASL can assist you in developing a literacy program and in managing your classroom.
Information-rich appendices include a thorough ASL illustration index, sample letters to families, and resources for further reading.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of American Sign Language -- Research on teaching sign language to hearing children -- Guiding principles of the American Sign Language curriculum -- Teaching and learning about American Sign Language and deaf culture -- American Sign Language in an early childhood literacy program -- American Sign Language for classroom management -- Thematic lesson plans.
"Sign to Learn is the first complete introduction to appropriate sign language curriculum for hearing preschoolers. This unique, research-based resource gives you the tools you need to learn how to integrate American Sign Language (ASL) into your classroom in order to enhance the academic, social, and emotional development of children and to respectfully introduce children to Deaf culture." "Containing captivating activities and lesson plans grouped by themes, including feelings, food, seasons, animals, songs, and families, Sign to Learn also offers strategies for using sign language with children with special needs and in multilingual classrooms, and describes how ASL can assist you in developing a literacy program and in managing your classroom." "With information-rich appendices containing a thorough ASL illustration index, sample letters to families, and resources for further reading, Sign to Learn has everything you need to make signing a valuable part of any early childhood classroom."--Jacket.