Helpful Signs in the Classroom (3/18) Page 18

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1) Which of these signs or phrases do you think would be most helpful in your program and why?

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Cecilia

6/30/2018 06:08:13 am

I think the feelings signs would be helpful when a child does not want to talk then they can sign what they are feeling.

Audrey link

7/3/2018 06:34:02 pm

I'm working in a preschool where English is not always the primary language for the kids. Signing is very helpful for the kids. I already use some signs for the food and place like bathroom. I'd like to sign the colors, the days of the week and the emotions.

Un-Hwa Martinez

7/9/2018 10:50:39 am

I think that all the signs are important to use. I think they will be useful in communicating with the deaf children.

chia

7/11/2018 08:59:53 pm

I love the animals part, it's very nature body language and fun for kids to learn.

Carrie

8/2/2018 12:01:22 pm

My students would love all the basic signs. They would have fun learning different ways to communicate.

Jessica

8/2/2018 02:48:50 pm

1. Which of these signs or phrases do you think would be most helpful in your program and why? I believe all of the basic ASL sign skills that were taught in this lesson would be very beneficial for children to learn, especially at a young age as they pick things up easily. (learning/communicating).

Jessica M.

8/7/2018 07:50:33 am

Working with infants, I think most of the signs can still be beneficial. They will learn to recognize and eventually use some of the signs. I can see myself using the signs for colors, days or the week, feelings, and some of the food signs in my classroom.

Jaclyn rohner

8/11/2018 04:36:51 pm

Basics like colors and objects are always helpful, for me what would be most effective in our center would be words to help give directions like walk or how to do something.

Mariell

8/13/2018 08:52:50 am

I think the most important is all the basic. For my preschool kids love to interact with new friends I think feelings is a must but also learn colors and letters is a nice way to learn the ABC's

Trent Haaker

8/15/2018 08:01:57 pm

I am a Pre-K teacher so to begin with some of the most useful signs would be those associated with different subjects such as the ones for art, math, learn, teacher, etc.

In addition, I believe it would be highly useful to utilize those signs describing different emotions. Many students at a young age still struggle to vocalize exactly how they are feeling and through the use of signs they can demonstrate and explain their emotions. This would also be great to integrate with certain DLL or ESL students.

Lastly, I'd note that the animal signs seemed like they were memorable and unique and could be a lot of fun to teach to the Pre-K kids in a way they are engaged and interested in the content.

Marianne

8/16/2018 10:50:57 am

I work with kids from ages 4-5 so I believe all of these signs are most useful depending on what they are working on. I believe knowing the signs for the subjects and items in the school is good for them to know because they can vocalize what they want to do. Socio-emotional is really important at this age, when kids fight over certain toys in order for them to vocalize how they feel they need to know the signs to let their friends know how they feel.

D. Rishell Graves

8/30/2018 01:50:44 pm

For Headstart and Early Headstart I try to use the signs for: more, all done, help, stop, please and eat. (I use others as well, but these are the fist ones I introduce.) When I say those words to all children, I use the signs at the same time. This helps them to communicate easier and feel that they are being heard.

Nicole

9/2/2018 09:45:38 am

I think colors, food, and emotions considering I work with toddlers and they love food and have many emotions. They also have a hard time learning to say colors so it may be a easier way to teach them colors.

deana

9/2/2018 12:30:05 pm

definitely feelings. I work with 2 1/2 -3 1/2 year olds. feelings are very important to be able to label in the classroom!

Gina

9/3/2018 04:54:17 pm

I would have to say go with colors, food and emotions, manly work with infants and as we all know they cant talk very well. So I believe signing to them will not only teach them how to sign back but manly with the older infants show then another way to communicate.

Haley Hubert

9/9/2018 02:16:24 pm

Emotions and questions because I'm working with a older age group

Nicole

9/20/2018 02:37:19 pm

Food, colors and emotions will be very helpful in my program because I work with younger children but they are all important to use

Laura Larsen

9/20/2018 07:42:53 pm

All of them as I work with all ages and any form of communication is a good tool to lessen tension, and frustration.

nermina kazic

9/24/2018 01:27:12 pm

I think most of them will be helpful. People - food - emotions - etc.

Rachelle

10/2/2018 08:49:42 pm

We use some basic signs in our toddler class for the students who are not quite ready to talk. They use the sign for hungry, more, finished, potty, yes and no. I am excited to teach them the sign for the colors as they are all excited about learning colors right now. In the preschool classes, I want to teach them the signs for the emotions.

Bailie

10/9/2018 10:21:46 pm

I think most if not all will help and be beneficial in my classroom. My age group is at the age where they are learning their colors, numbers and objects around them. If they know the sign as well, it gives them the visual to it other than just me saying it over and over.

Kimberly Morton

10/10/2018 03:22:59 pm

The videos showed the most basic of signs like food, hungry, milk, animals, emotions, colors, bathroom etc. All of these signs will be useful to use in the classroom for many different reasons such as mealtimes, music, circle time, math, art etc.

Joy Cutler

10/18/2018 11:55:53 am

Which of these signs or phrases do you think would be most helpful in your program and why?

I could see the emotion ones being helpful. Though I teach hearing students, with one children giving them another way to express emotions especially during a difficult time could aid in them being able to express themselves.

Kelly Cochran

10/18/2018 01:27:49 pm

All of them! I work in an in-home daycare with infants. We start signing very early on and it's really benefited my toddlers with a speech delay.

Nicole

10/21/2018 05:02:26 pm

I think majority of them would be useful. The colors, emotions, places, people. It would help my kids say what they sometimes have a hard time speaking. Also some are still learning English so there’s that barrier but with this it would be like meeting in middle grounds.

Kaitlyn C

10/27/2018 03:58:28 pm

I think the colors, emotions, days of the week, and the basic signs would be most used in our preschool room. They’re easier to remember and express a lot at the same time, that they might not be able to otherwise communicate with us

sydney

11/3/2018 02:25:47 pm

i feel like almost all the signs shown would be beneficial to my program, mainly the signs for everyday tasks such as eating and playing, as well as the basic signs for people and objects. i work mainly with infants at the moment, and already implement many of these signs in our daily routines, but i can see where the signs for the days of the week and colors would come in handy when working with older children, i feel like sign language is a wonderful communication tool for all ages whether hearing or hearing impaired.

Stella Kwak

11/5/2018 10:31:34 am

I think all of the signs and phrases are important because I want to communicate with my students and make sure they understand what I am saying to them.

Mikayla

11/8/2018 06:59:17 pm

I mostly work with the one and two year old age group, so colors, animals, and normal day to day demands they may need would be perfect to use.

Zoe

11/11/2018 04:57:39 pm

While I believe that all of the signs and phrases from the series of videos I watched are useful, I think that those pertaining to feelings and emotions will be the most beneficial in my toddler classroom. The class I teach in consists of 2 year olds, some of which are still non-verbal or have a very limited vocabulary. At this age being able to convey how they feel is crucial, especially in a classroom where not having verbal language could lead the children to not feel included or engaged in an activity or game. That being said, I feel that the entire class would love the animal signs for the various songs and stories we do during our daily circle time.

Courtney

11/11/2018 05:50:36 pm

The basic ASL signs because it is a good starting point. However the animal signs look like fun.

Justin

11/16/2018 12:46:57 am

Signing is very helpful for younger kids.

Irina

11/17/2018 05:18:51 pm

I work mostly with one and two years old. So for me basic signs, feelings, colors, and animals, and food is really helpful for me to use in my class.

Christaline Ulrich link

11/19/2018 03:26:18 pm

I work with toddlers.They often struggle with expressing their emotions and needs. All of the signs are useful, but the feelings, food, and people signs are the most important in my classroom.

Melissa

11/25/2018 10:54:21 am

The basic signs and the feeling signs. I work with many students who have Specific Learning Disabilities and kinesthetic learning is a way for them to build skills and increase their confidence.

Keri

11/26/2018 12:36:49 pm

For my age group, the signs for their emotions and bathroom would be the most helpful. I often have students who do not speak English, so I will use signs to help them learn, so the items in the classroom are helpful too.

Sara

11/28/2018 08:01:24 pm

Animals, emotions, questions, colors, and things like bathroom and outside because I can use them in our daily routine and story times to get everyone on the same page (including my non english speakers).

Noel

12/2/2018 07:18:40 pm

In our program, we use colors, animals, feelings, food and simple greeting signs. I look forward to incorporating some of the other signs as well.

Julia

12/4/2018 04:56:51 pm

All of the signs are useful! I work with children under two. Some of the children use signs at home and are also learning to speak verbally. One student (who'd had a hard time adjusting to school) started to relax with me when she realized that I understood what she signing. It really helped. I think it'll be fun to start using ASL to tell stories and sing songs. I know it's helpful with needs like hunger, water, milk, and feelings.

Kelly Daiger

12/6/2018 02:59:40 pm

I would use signs such as name, hi,emotions, outside, eat, colors and drink

Lisa O'Connor

12/7/2018 08:49:18 am

We use sign every day with 1 child, and we have a parent that is deaf, so we use basic sign to him each day. So our main go to's right now are "more, help, sign here, bathroom, wash hands, and please stop". These are signs that I teach all of the children and find that they are the most common for the classroom.

Jennah Hopper

12/7/2018 03:28:08 pm

I think that all of the signs are useful in the classroom. Yes, we do mainly talk about school things but more often than not there will be a time to talk about what home is like or homework. These are just basic sign to have conversations. I think they are all relevant.

Launi Paris

12/9/2018 01:27:39 pm

I can't think of any I wouldn't use! They could learn them all and we would use them every day:)

Kenzie

12/12/2018 11:02:30 am

I work with 1's who are barely learning to talk, a lot of the kiddos are able to understand and remember a lot better when there are both verbel words as well as signs that they can see. I think that the animals are the most fun however the food items are the most useful in my classroom

gabrielle

12/12/2018 05:23:21 pm

I think that all of these signs and phases would be for the age group i work with, because the age groupi work with are just leaning how to talk

Melissa Stevenson

12/12/2018 05:45:06 pm

I think the animal signs would be a fun way to get the attention of the kids in my preschool class! I also think including the signs for colors and the alphabet as we go through our year is a great way for them to learn.

Malia Malnati

12/13/2018 01:46:44 pm

I think the basic ASL signs would be very helpful in my classroom. I work with multiple age groups but I think the basic signs would really benefit my toddlers. Sings like emotions and questions. For example a child could tell me they are hungry or want more of something with basic signs. Also colors and animals would also be very good for them to learn.

Alexis T

12/13/2018 06:30:44 pm

I'm a preschool teacher and I'm currently teaching my students
wait, space (give me space), stop, start, break (take a break) bathroom.

We have a large classroom and using these signs help so much.

We've done animal units over the summer, so going back and learning something new in previous lessons would be really effective.

Jolyn Wright

12/13/2018 07:51:46 pm

Although I believe alll the signs have a usefullness, I prefer the use of please, thank you, food references and yes and no , more and finish fit with the age group I work with most. 1 to 2 year olds I have found will mimic alot of the signs we have used this way.

Ashley

12/16/2018 02:35:55 pm

I run a Schoolage program and have a student that is hard of hearing sometimes we do have communication issues and I really think alot of these will really help when redirecting his behaviors. Such as the Remember sign and Why sign as well as asking him to wash hands and get ready to go inside and outside. Of course all of the signs are super helpful but I can see these particular ones being helpful.

Morgan

12/16/2018 08:07:26 pm

I think the signs about the feelings are important because the age I work in some children have a hard time talking but if they could sign then we would know what they are feeling. I think they are all good to learn.

Jerin

12/18/2018 04:38:56 pm

I find that the signs about feelings will come in handy. I teach 2-3 year olds and they don't always have the words to describe what they feel, which can help us figure out what they need/want.

Annie

12/18/2018 06:21:44 pm

The signs that I think will be most helpful for me are those that deal with the everyday activities of the classroom. These include question signs, signs for learning, student and teacher, and signs for cleaning and moving indoors/outdoors, etc. Also days of the week and colors are helpful.

Mary Anne La Vanway

12/23/2018 10:46:03 pm

I think the food, the people, emotions, and the places are most healful because they can relate to anyone and we can relate to anyone and are not very difficult to learn.

Megan Kibby

12/26/2018 04:18:03 pm

All of them! I want to try out the animals and food ones with my class.

Nicki Trimble

12/27/2018 01:10:23 pm

All of them. They can be used as a way to communicate to the teacher and not interrupt the other kids in the classroom. Basic ALS is great for children who are learning to talk.

Jolene

12/29/2018 09:28:04 am

I think the emotions signs are very helpful, also the signs about who, what, when, where. The basics of days of the week, colors, etc. are fun to learn for communication and for fun.

Paula

12/29/2018 10:55:10 am

Which of these signs or phrases do you think would be most helpful in your program and why?
I am a Pre-K teacher. I think all of these signs are important and helpful. I want to teach all of them! I will probably start with people, food, days of the week and animals.

Althea Surowiec

12/30/2018 06:38:55 am

The feelings signs would definitely be most helpful. My kids are 4 and 5 years old, and experience BIG emotions. They might be more manageable feelings if they had more than one way to express what they're thinking/feeling

Megan Benedict

12/30/2018 08:25:56 pm

I think the food signs would be for our toddler class!

Megan

12/31/2018 07:38:09 am

I work with multiple age groups but I think that the most useful signs would be the basic ones, as well as colors and emotions. Some food signs would be helpful too.

Aileen

12/31/2018 10:49:14 pm

We already teach the signs for the letters as we teach the letters and we use the bathroom symbol when someone needs to ask to go potty during circle time.
I think learning signs for some of the songs we sing would be good. For example, we have a song about the seven days of the week - adding the sign language for this would be useful and an easy way to learn the sign.
I also would like to teach the feeling signs. I think it would be fun, but also useful for younger children who may have a hard time expressing things.

Casey Moran

1/2/2019 05:16:03 pm

Some signs (like bathroom, food, or water) are already in use in our classroom, but signs for feelings, animals, colors and some of the other basic signs would be so useful!

Abby Maxwell

1/4/2019 10:34:55 pm

I think the feelings signs are great for preschool and kindergarten. I also think the kids would love learning how to sign about math, art and animals.

Te'Niesha Dorris

1/5/2019 09:37:23 pm

I think I could use all these signs in my classroom because I teach 2 year olds that are just starting to form sentences and use there words, it will give me a better understanding of what they are trying to say

Michelle D Malbrough

1/6/2019 02:17:09 pm

I could use many of these signs in my daycare, if not all. During circle time we sing a days of the week song so I'm excited to incorporate the signs with it now. We sign many songs and I think the kids will enjoy this one as well. I also really enjoyed learning the feeling signs and will be adding those this week. I'll be adding all that I saw in the videos that we aren't already doing.

Krista Warders

1/12/2019 02:11:23 pm

Because I am a lead toddler teacher, I believe all of these signs would be useful in my classroom - because not all toddlers are very verbal quite yet. Also because sign language can be understood at an earlier age than spoken language so, the toddler age group can easily learn the signs from me and have the opportunity to learn two different languages at the same time. The signs that would be most helpful within my classroom, would probably be the ones associated with our daily routines such as: food, eat, drink, cup, want, hurt, walk, play, etc.

jaci

1/12/2019 06:02:32 pm

Yes, agreed! Such great beginning steps for them to learn and hopefully retain in future. Also, helps them in lessening frustration if some kids don't understand their words, or if they are yet ready to speak clearly.

Jaci

1/12/2019 06:00:31 pm

I think that the colors and days would be fun for them to learn in circle, and then to just practice using it when it comes up with their work (for review). Also in circle (for end of day "club house" = as smaller group), I'm thinking it would be fun to ask what their favorite animal is, and teach each child the one they choose; while all the kids will be watching and learning, too!

Going to the original question: The most important ones would be for materials they need. So that they can take their time in asking for assistance and be mindful in the materials they are going to use, or need.

Nikole Lembke

2/3/2019 05:39:54 pm

We currently use the sign for bathroom and water in class during group instruction time. It is a much less disruptive way for a student to ask to leave circle in order to attend to their needs.

Amanda

2/18/2019 01:16:53 pm

I think using a lot of these basic signs will help a lot in my classroom with my student who don’t always know how to communicate well or cannot talk yet! Like to use the bathroom or wanting more food or being hungry or thirsty.

Nikole Lembke

9/23/2019 06:46:08 pm

I work with pre school age children so I see myself using the self care and food signs the most in day to day conversation. We have taught our children signs for some of our daily songs as well.

Zoe V

12/20/2019 09:51:12 am

Which of these signs or phrases do you think would be most helpful in your program and why?

I think all could be useful, but I think the most helpful would be the signs like: bathroom, hungry, more, and the emotions would be very helpful. When it comes to emotions sometimes kids have a hard time getting the words out, and potentially signs could help when discovering how they feel. And if you have a non-verbal kid, the signs for when they need to go to the bathoom, are hungry, etc could be beyond useful so that you can help accordingly.

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