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Kindermusik Sign & Sing
Sign language curriculum for parents with hearing children
A different approach from other sign language programs. Through songs, toys, and loving playtime between you and your child, Kindermusik Sign & Sing shows you more than 50 signs your child can use to communicate with you. Using research-proven methods shown to speed language development in hearing children, you'll see how sign language can ease frustration and enhance long-term learning abilities for your child.
Songs and fingerplays. Already accustomed to fingerplays and rhyme-songs—such as "This Little Piggy"—you'll easily substitute American Sign Language (ASL) signs in familiar songs, improving your child's language skills, fine motor skills, and strengthen fingers for zipping zippers and using scissors.
Learn when you play. You'll never have to memorize a list of signs. This curriculum gives you the ASL signs that are most useful to you, and most interesting to your child. So playtime and everyday items around the house—ball, bubbles, mom and dad—become the objects of learning in the classroom, and sign language becomes a natural, happy part of your child's day.
Hearing children who know signs, learn language almost twice as
fast. As early as 11-14 months old, hearing children exposed to
sign language put little sentences together faster than non-signing
children, who do not begin to combine words into short sentences, such as "Da-da
car" until the average age of 20 months.
Study conducted by Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert, Signing Smart program founders.
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Benefits for Your Child and You
- Communicate with your child even before she can form the words.
- Ease a child's frustration by helping her communicate what she needs, speed language development, and enhance long-term learning abilities.
- Know when your child is most ready to interact and learn.
- Learn sign language teaching methods, such as making the sign on a child's body, on the floor, or hand over hand.
- Recognize and respond to your child's version of signs.
Enjoy the Journey All Week Long
Sign & Sing is much more than a weekly class. The At Home Materials you
receive from your Educator help you to continue that one-of-a-kind
experience at home. Family involvement in your child's learning is a
fundamental cornerstone of the Kindermusik philosophy because we believe the
parent is the child's most important teacher and the home is the most
important place for a child's learning to take root and grow.
Sign & Sing At Home Materials for Session A:
- Family Activity Guide
- DVD glossary showing 60 signs
- Clip-on flashcards that feature photos of both children and adults using family-friendly American Sign Language signs
Sign & Sing At Home Materials for Session B:
- A 15-page Family Activity Guide
- 30 new animal signs in the Animal Signs Flashcards
- The Treasure Chest: Signs, Songs, and Rhymes - a children’s DVD . This music video DVD features children signing and singing animal-themed songs from class along with favorite toys from the toy room.
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Compared to developmental norms, Sign & Sing children have enriched language and communication skills:
- While the average 8 month old will have no spoken words, the average S & S child will have 5 signs and 1 word.
- While the average 12 month old will have 3-5 spoken words, the average S & S child will have 25 signs and 16 words
- At 18 months, the average child will have 10-50 spoken words. In contrast, the average S & S child will have 79 signs and 105 words.
- In addition, a majority of S & S children begin combining signs and words or signs and signs together to form little sentences at 11-14 months. Compare this to non-signers, who do not begin to combine words into short sentences (e.g., "Da-da car") until 20 months old on average!
These results indicate that ASL signs, used in combination with Sign &
Sing strategies, facilitate both overall communicative abilities as well
as spoken language skills in hearing infants and toddlers.
To register for Sign and Sing, click here.
Developed by Signing Smart™