Sign & Sing
6 months ~ 2 years
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.
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.
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.
Sign & Sing Program Structure
- Class size: 4 - 10 students
- 45-minute weekly class, caregiver participates the entire class
There are two (2) sequential sessions available:
Session A:
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.
Session B:
The new session reviews the first three Keys to Signing Smart Success™ and provides an in-depth look at the final and fourth Key. New concepts such as in and out, up and down, big and little, tall and short will be explored with more songs and animal-themed activities. Note: Session B is available only to students who have completed Session A.
Enjoy the Journey All Week Long
The Sign & Sing At Home Materials include:
- Professionally Recorded DVD glossaries showing 60 signs.
- Family Activity Guide with beautiful illustrations and lots of songs and activity ideas to be enjoyed by the whole family at home.
- Clip-on Flashcards that feature both children and adults using family-friendly American Sign Language signs.