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Sign Language Tools for the Classroom

5 Clock Hours Early Childhood Education Training
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Classroom Management

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Sign language is used in many classrooms to support classroom management strategies and routines. Infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age classrooms everywhere use simple to complex signs in order to signal bathroom breaks, lining up, greetings and more. 
Basic sign language can be used in the classroom in many ways. While it will take some time to practice and perfect the signs, there are ways to include them in daily activities and routines which do not require fluency. 
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Check for Understanding

Check for Understanding: Classroom Management Page 28 (18/24) - Sign Language Tools for the Classroom - My ECE Class

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ATTENTION




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Question 1


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Some especially helpful times to use the restroom/toilet sign are during circle time or when the teacher is instructing the class. Any time where restroom break requests may be inconvenient is a good time to use the sign.

The correct answer is: Some especially helpful times to use the restroom/toilet sign are during circle time or when the teacher is instructing the class. Any time where restroom break requests may be inconvenient is a good time to use the sign.

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Question 2


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One reason to use a countdown signal when an activity is coming to end is to give children the opportunity to predict the outcome of the current situation.

The correct answer is: One reason to use a countdown signal when an activity is coming to end is to give children the opportunity to predict the outcome of the current situation.

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Question 3


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Some signs that can be helpful during quiet work times include please, thank you, help, and the bathroom sign.

The correct answer is: Some signs that can be helpful during quiet work times include please, thank you, help, and the bathroom sign.

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Optional Resources for Further Study

  • Solving Common Classroom Problems: Sign Language Lends a Hand By Rebecca Friedman with Eleanor Grewal for Education Week
  • American Sign Language in the Classroom, what are the benefits? Teacher Inquiry by Christine Lack
  • More Teachers Turning to Sign Language to Manage Classrooms by Emma Brown for 
    Washington Post 
  • Using Sign Language in the Classroom by Rick Morris for Education Oasis
  • 9 Useful ASL Signs for the Early Childhood Classroom by Tiny Signs​
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1. Course Agenda
​2. Sign Language Introduction Video
3. ASL Video Discussion
4. Deaf Culture and Community
5. Cultural Influences on Language
6. Video Protecting Deaf Culture
7. Discussion Deaf Culture
8. Hand Shapes
9. Facial Expressions and Body Language
10. Signed Alphabet 
11. Discussion: Facial Expressions
12. Occupations with and without the Agent Marker
13. Basic Signs
14. Color Signs
15. Days of the Week
16. People Signs
17. Place Signs
18. Animal Signs
19. Food Signs
20. Feeling Signs
21. School Signs
22. Basic Signs
​23. Discussion: Signs in the Classroom
24. Check for Understanding
25. Where to Begin when Teaching Signs
26. Signs by Age
27. Older Children Signs
28. Classroom Management
29. Make it Fun!
30. Discussion: Make it Fun!
31. Sign Language Quiz #1
32. Sign Language Quiz #2
33. Sign Language Quiz #3
34. Sign Language Quiz #4
35. Sign Language Quiz #5
36. Evaluation Form​
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  • Child Care Courses
    • About ECE Virtual Classroom
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    • ECE Virtual Classroom
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    • Relationships with Families
    • Social and Emotional Development
    • Sign Language Tools for the Classroom
    • Building Community Through Circle Time
    • Easing Separation Anxiety
    • Family Activity Nights
    • Interactions and Guidance
    • Mildred D. Taylor and Cultural Awareness
    • Operation Military Families
    • Reinforcement and Redirection
    • School age Play
    • Social and Emotional Development
    • Spanish in the Early Childhood Classroom
    • Supporting Families with Special Needs
    • Supporting Self-Esteem
    • Teaching Self Expression
    • The Anxious Child
    • ​Using Literature to Support Diverse Families
    • Yoga for Young Children
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  • Enroll in Courses