If you are already aware of the benefits of sign language, you are probably interested in new ideas to use in the classroom with students or at home with your child. It can be simple and fun to include new ideas into your already established daily routine. With the weather cooling down, it is clear that the Fall season is approaching. Children have fun learning about their world and the things they are seeing and doing, so it would be great to...more
Reading stories to young children is already a great way to engage them while they are learning. If you incorporate sign language when reading stories, children will learn words more quickly and understand them more easily. A great book I suggest reading to your child or students is Hello, Sun by Dayle Ann Dodds.This particular book is a great way to help teach children learn about different types of clothing and the weather. A few of the signs I...more
American Sign Language signs have shown to be helpful in increasing communication among children and helping with their learning abilities. It can also be a fun way to interact with your child or students. They are learning better communication, while having fun. Songs are a great way to get children involved and excited about learning signs. Since it is summertime, bubbles are very popular among young children. You can integrate this fun activity into a song. For this song, you will need to sign bubbles, ocean/sea, rainbow, and come back. To sign bubbles, open and close your pointer fingers and thumbs while moving your arms upward as if the bubbles are floating. Ocean and sea are the same sign. You will form a W with your three middle fingers and touch your hand to your chin (the sign for water). This is followed by making a forward wave motion with both of your hands. To sign rainbow, start with the tips of your fingers touching and then open them in opposite ways. Come back is signed by the gesture you are already familiar with and probably use frequently.This particular song is sung to the tune of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean and here are the lyrics you can learn and teach to...more
1. Angelcare Movement Sensor:With new emerging technologies, baby monitors have gone from average audio devices to overly complex night vision cameras. Angelcare Movement Sensor is latest version of baby monitors that includes a motion sensor pad to detect movements of baby.One of the major perks of this Angelcare Movement sensor is it could detect...more
Author: Colin Palfrey One of the easiest business models for a teenager to use for profit, is the online business. Whereas most businesses require you to look the part, in an online business you never need to meet anyone face-to-face and therefore age will not be held against you. One of the most irritating parts of your attempt to make money as a...more
Are you in a place where you want to learn to write children's books? If so, you might find yourself worrying about the moral and the theme of the story. The more you work on children's books and the more you sort out the stories in your head, you will find that you are in a place where you are going to start wanting to sort out the morals and your themes. These are important parts to any story and especially if you are writing children's books, you might feel as though you should be compelled to put in a moral for people to follow. On the other hand, if you want to learn to write, and particularly if you want to learn to write children's books, there are a few things that you need to keep in mind.For instance, one thing that you are going to need to learn is that with children's books, as with every other type of story, your morals, and your themes need not interfere with the story; the story cannot serve the moral or the theme. If you find that you are writing a story around morals or themes, there is a good chance that your characters are falling quite flat or that they are in some other sort of trouble! Remember that children tend to read stories so that they can be...more
Young boys and girls love to play around with dinosaurs. Perhaps all children throughout the country have dinosaurs in their toy box. One main reason why children like them is because dinosaurs are fun to play with their siblings and friends. These...more
Author: Brett WellThe amount of child support depends on the parents' income. For families where the combined income of both parents is under $120,000, the state of New York set Child Support guidelines. They are: 17% of the combined parental income...more
Young children can have a lot of fun using an electric scooter or a non-motorized one. Using a scooter children can enjoy fun outside by themselves or with friends who may also have a scooter or with those who have bikes. It is important to allow...more
Although adults are commonly thought of as those most likely to experiece headaches, it is not uncommon for children to experience headaches. According to the National Headache Foundation, 20% (10.3 million) of school-aged children in the U.S ages...more
Most children love being in the bath, discovering the delights of splashing and the physical properties of water. But bath time can accomplish more than just a chore for mom and fun for kids. It's a great time to expand the learning possibilities by...more
It might be hard to believe but there is enough entertainment in the night sky to replace at least some of the time kids spend with Facebook, video games, television and movies. See, I said it would be hard to believe! The stars and planets provide a...more