BlessedMom Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Can you please recommend a resource for teaching an introduction to Sign Language for a 5 year old? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 The Signing Times videos are great. We love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malenki Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Absolutely the Signing Times videos. Our library had them. They are perfect for that age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 If it's something you plan to continue, I'd be a bit wary of the music cds. Combining audio with signed languages is not a good idea. Part of learning to sign is training yourself to be visual, to think in home movie mode, sort of. Mixing ASL and English is counter-productive, natural as it feels. Switching your ears and voice off is really important, and it's way easier to avoid forming bad habits than it is to break them later. Later, when you've worked through the kiddie vids, look for something that has the magic word "grammar" in the blurb, and preferably "classifiers" and "role shift." There's a great deal more to ASL and any other sign language than the vocab. Hope I'm not being offputting! If it's something you're doing for fun, not language learning, go ahead and play with the sign singing cds. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwilliams1922 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 our 3 year old watched the signing time videos and loved them. She actually knows more signs from it than we do. This year we plan to use an online class and teach all 3 kids Lifeprint / ASL University Level 1 by William Vicars Ed.D. http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm it's FREE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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