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A Little Word Play and a Lot of Giggles
In my unbiased opinion, Noah is pretty brilliant. But I have to tell you, lately he’s been even more brilliant than usual. He’s starting to play with language. That’s a big deal. It means he is...
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American Sign Language (ASL) Printable Forest Animals
Jackpot!!! I found a whole sheet of free printable forest animal signs over at www.lessontutor.com. Just click on the graphic below and it will take you right to it....
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Children’s Songs in Printable American Sign Language (ASL)
In coming up with my own ASL graphics to print to go along with the songs Noah is learning, I happened across a site that has a whole bunch of songs done in simple ASL. Considering how I’ve searched...
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5 Little Ducks – Printable Activity
Five little ducks went swimming one day . . . Free printable duck templates from www.dltk-teach.com and www.first-school.ws: Mama Duck – http://www.first-school.ws/t/cpduck2.htm Baby Ducks –...
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J is for Jesus
Last year we belonged to a house church who came along side us as we all started learning sign language. We learned the signs for all the verses to Jesus Loves me. Doing the signs as we sung really...
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Two New Words In One Week
I dropped Noah off to speech therapy today (I couldn’t stay this time like I usually do) and very excitedly told Miss L, his wonderful speech therapist, he had integrated two new words into his spoken...
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A Language all His Own
Noah (6 – Down syndrome) was in his happy place yesterday and started talking up a storm. Okay, so I couldn’t understand what he was saying, but I’m telling you he was talking. It went something like...
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A Moment in His World
I’ve been concerned lately at Noah’s growing frustration and lack of cooperation. Most attempts by me to work with him on refining his speech is met by resistance. He is starting to be noncompliant...
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Baby Steps Toward Independent Writing – Tracing Names
It’s a joy to hear Noah answer people now when they ask him his name. It’s an opportunity for him to use his newly acquired speech skills in real-life situations, and it’s a powerful motivator for him...
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Free Printable – Functional Sign Language for the Childcare Setting
Noah has been enjoying his time at the Child Watch program at the Y. A few weeks ago, the director asked if I could come up with a few signs to share so that Noah would be understood when he signs....
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