signing time classroom edition

Using Sign Language for Classroom Management

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By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed., C.H.C Many people are familiar with the idea of what is known as “baby sign language”. The idea that a pre-verbal infant or a toddler with emerging verbal skills can use sign language to communicate with caregivers is immensely attractive to many people. However, time after time I hear, “Oh yes, we signed MILK and MORE with Tommy, but then he started talking and we stopped.”   You know, I did the same thing! I signed with my son when he was an infant and then let it fade as he became verbal. However, after joining …

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March Hand-y Craft: Feelings Flip Book

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Create, Learn, and Play! It is important for children to recognize and understand feelings. Our curriculum includes ways to express feelings, and can be found in Preschool and Child Care Program Volume 4, Unit 3 – Can you Feel It?; Classroom Edition Unit 4 – Feelings; Baby Signing Time -Let’s Be Friends; and Signing Time DVD – Family, Feelings and Fun. Create this fun flip book to help your children learn about feelings. Download directions Download other Signing Time Hand-y Crafts Additional Resources Signing Time Preschool and Child Care Program Signing Time Classroom Edition Baby Signing Time Let’s Be Friends …

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Signing is Movement

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By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed. Over the last several years, children have become more and more sedentary, spending longer time in front of a screen, and less time running, jumping and just moving.  There’s been a lot of concern over the consequences of this change in activity level: from issues with physical development, to childhood obesity, to learning and behavioral problems. Add to that more time sitting at desks in the classroom, and less time running at recess and gym, and we as a nation have a challenge on our hands. This is not to say all is lost, however. PBS …

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