First I would like to share a few websites with you:
Signs For Intelligence: www.signsforintelligence.com
ASL University: www.lifeprint.com
Everyday ASL: www.everydayasl.com
ASL Pro: www.aslpro.com
Signing Time: www.signingtime.com
Babies and Sign Language: www.babiesandsignlanguage.com
Baby Signs: www.babysigns.com
DawnSignPress: www.dawnsignpress.com
Sign 2 Me: www.sign2me.com
Harris Communications: www.harriscomm.com
I also want to share with you something that was presented at an ISD in-service on April 9, 2011. It is a list entitled "Strategies for Visual and Spoken Language Development":
1. Mirroring: copyiing the action of the infant to get them to do it again.
2. Parent-ese: the way of talking or signing to a child using slow exaggerated language, exaggerated facial expressions, and melody and rhythm.
3. Self Talk: the technique of talking to yourself about what you are doing while you are with your child.
4. Parallel Talk: the technique of talking about what the child is doing.
5. Bumping Up Targets: increasing the target goal in slight increments.
6. Rephrasing: the act of stating the sentence again in a different way through expanding upon the grammar or vocabulary.
7. Three Times Rule: stop after three attempts to avoid frustration.
8. Expressive Need: creating a situation in which expressive language is needed.
9. Expectant Pause: pause before responding.
10. Sandwiching: start with the target, provide support needed to reach the target, then end with the target. (Example: Sign the word, spell the word, sign the word. When the child is older, this changes to spell the word, sign the word, spell the word.)
I hope these websites and language development strategies are helpful to you!
Signs For Intelligence: www.signsforintelligence.com
ASL University: www.lifeprint.com
Everyday ASL: www.everydayasl.com
ASL Pro: www.aslpro.com
Signing Time: www.signingtime.com
Babies and Sign Language: www.babiesandsignlanguage.com
Baby Signs: www.babysigns.com
DawnSignPress: www.dawnsignpress.com
Sign 2 Me: www.sign2me.com
Harris Communications: www.harriscomm.com
I also want to share with you something that was presented at an ISD in-service on April 9, 2011. It is a list entitled "Strategies for Visual and Spoken Language Development":
1. Mirroring: copyiing the action of the infant to get them to do it again.
2. Parent-ese: the way of talking or signing to a child using slow exaggerated language, exaggerated facial expressions, and melody and rhythm.
3. Self Talk: the technique of talking to yourself about what you are doing while you are with your child.
4. Parallel Talk: the technique of talking about what the child is doing.
5. Bumping Up Targets: increasing the target goal in slight increments.
6. Rephrasing: the act of stating the sentence again in a different way through expanding upon the grammar or vocabulary.
7. Three Times Rule: stop after three attempts to avoid frustration.
8. Expressive Need: creating a situation in which expressive language is needed.
9. Expectant Pause: pause before responding.
10. Sandwiching: start with the target, provide support needed to reach the target, then end with the target. (Example: Sign the word, spell the word, sign the word. When the child is older, this changes to spell the word, sign the word, spell the word.)
I hope these websites and language development strategies are helpful to you!