“Seeing the effective communication with our Granddaughter has been a wonderful experience for our whole family!” Kara's Grandma
Signing Friends Enrichment Program
The "Signing Friends" American Sign Language Enrichment Program is designed to help Early Childhood Educators create a fun and simple way to integrate ASL into daily use. Site Subcriptions are 12 or 36 months in length. Each Subscriber has access to printable PDF files such as: - Essential Play Cards: 2 up half sheets printable in both black/white or color.
- Parent Information Brochures: 2-sided trifold sheets printable in both black/white or color.
- Instructor/Center Agreement
For each Center the PDF documents have NO limit as to the quanitiy for printing. All Hands 4 Learning Curriculum is produced with Copyright limitations which are One (1) per Center. No photocopying please. Early Childhood Educator Workshops & Training Opportunities Playgroups: Moving Beyond Freeplay: Increase the effectiveness of your playgroup.
Discover strategies to integrate development, parent education, literacy and early intervention into your program with budget-friendly activities designed to increase child development and parent participation. This workshop will provide participants with information on the components of building an effective playgroup program that incorporates activities that enhance child development, early intervention and parent-child interaction.Connecting Through Sign: ASL for Childcare and Classroom Management
Increase the learning opportunities and abilities within the childcare, classroom and home visitation environments. Learn an innovative way to compound child participation and educational outcomes, while decreasing noise, frustration and behavior issues. Management, problem solving, encouragement, transition and play signs will be learned and practiced through games, songs and ASL book reading. Participants will receive instruction for the use of 75+ American Sign Language Signs. The Whole Child - Every Child: The Way We Learn
Explore the learning styles and the strengths and weaknesses of each. Find out how understanding each style will make you a more effective teacher reaching all the children in your classroom. Learn what works and why what you may be doing currently - doesn't! This workshop provides you with the steps, keys and activities to make learning possible for each child.
Essential Play... that's FUN!: Fresh Ideas & Activities
Participants Wanted!! Experience first hand the fun in learning. New Activities, Crafts, Circle Time and more, based on developmental domains for early childhood fun and education, are demonstrated and executed. This session will provide the opportunity for hands-on exploration of new activities as well as ideas for improving and rejuvenating current play formats and programs. Attendees will participate in each activity to be executed. Additionally, find out how to proactively engage and involve parents within your program. ABC Do Phonics
What does sound look like? Come find out in this wonderfully innovative Workshop. Embracing each of the learning style and maximizing that strength for the learner makes this training workshop a must! Utilizing in the Kinesthetic and Visual nature of American Sign Language add to the Auditory learning of the sounds makes spelling and reading possible for very young learners.
Workshop & Training Calendar Online Resouce Center
Hands 4 Learning has and continues to research and collect resources with the widest variety of application, both in age and activity. The online store is stocked with books, DVD’s & Videos, Music Media including songs, Finger Play Rhymes and Rhythm Chants, developmental toys and instruments, static curriculum products, Classroom Resource Kits and lots more fun stuff for use in the classroom and at home. Video Dictionary
Available for public access, the Hands 4 Learning video dictionary holds over 500 American Sign Language signs and is geared towards Childcare Professionals and Parents with children from birth 0 to 8 years of age. As Hands 4 Learning is an "Inter-lingual" site, the dictionary currently operates with three languages interactively - English, American Sign Language and Spanish. We look forward in the near future when we will be adding French and German as well as other language that will come along later. If you have a favorite - let us know and we'll get it on our list! Note: Like spoken languages, ASL has it's own dialects used regionally. Please be aware some signs utilized on this site may be "SEE" (Signing Exact English) in other regional areas. Research Sites
In a continuous fashion, Hands 4 Learning and its Membership search and research useful web sites and helpful books and article information to share with those wanting to know more. Take a look at and feel free to utilize the Research Sites section available to anyone perusing the Hands 4 Learning site. If you come across an interesting bit of information - please let us know and we'll try to include it under this section. Newsletter Creator **coming soon**
As an upgrade to your Hands 4 Learning Membership we offer a customizable Newsletter. Set up on a simple template, the Newsletter will have space for Logo and Facility or personal information and features a drop down menu loaded with "Articlettes" for your use. This will assist you in keeping the parents of the children you are working with and providing care for informed about developmental and creative happenings you are or will be focusing on in your future. The "articlettes" will address specific topics using layman’s terms for the understandability of all receiving your information. SignPod-cast (perfect for the Mom on the go) **coming soon**
Been shopping and almost finished when your 18 month old starts to flip-out on you from sitting in the shopping cart a bit too long? We've all been there! Here's a great and educational way to treat your child to some fun - while you finish shopping. Download the SignPod-cast right to your cell phone or IPod. Each segment is fun and entertaining - not to mention educational! You'll be much happier having your child singing and signing rather than whining and crying! Check out the Mom's Membership now.
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