My Sign Language Storytime format is:
Intro and hello
Felt story
Movement song or video
Book
Movement song
Goodbye
This storytime is special for a couple of reasons. First, it's the only one that I give a handout with pictures of the signs on it, so that the kids and grownups can refer to it during storytime and then practice at home. Second, I'm experimenting with adding an AV component to storytime by showing videos to follow along with instead of just listening to songs.
Handout:
Intro and hello:
Hello: "Hello Friends"
Before turning on the music, I teach the kids (and grownups) the American Sign Language sign for "friends." Then we boogie, wave, and sing hello to all our friends!
Warming Up Motor Skills: "Open, Shut Them"
On this song we do the movements described in the lyrics: open our hands, close our hands, clap three times, put our hands in our lap, creep our fingers up to our chin, and don't let them in our mouths.Intro and hello
Felt story
Movement song or video
Book
Movement song
Goodbye
This storytime is special for a couple of reasons. First, it's the only one that I give a handout with pictures of the signs on it, so that the kids and grownups can refer to it during storytime and then practice at home. Second, I'm experimenting with adding an AV component to storytime by showing videos to follow along with instead of just listening to songs.
Handout:
Hello: "Hello Friends"
Before turning on the music, I teach the kids (and grownups) the American Sign Language sign for "friends." Then we boogie, wave, and sing hello to all our friends!
Stretch: "Tall/Small"
Felt Story
"Five Little Monsters"
This story doesn't particularly lend itself to counting, so before the story starts I have the kids count all 5 monsters with me. Then we do it again at the end as the monsters are going to bed...they each hide under the bed very slowly so we have time to count them :p
(for some reason when I took pictures of felt stories I could only five four... but there used to be a purple one, too)
Five little monsters sitting on the floor
The red one said, "Let's knock on someone's door."
The green one said, "Let's act a little scary."
The purple one said, "Why are we so hairy?"
The blue one said, "I hear a funny sound."
The orange one said, 'There's no one else around."
Then WHOOSH went the wind, and "EEK," they all said.
So the five little monsters hid under the bed.
This story doesn't particularly lend itself to counting, so before the story starts I have the kids count all 5 monsters with me. Then we do it again at the end as the monsters are going to bed...they each hide under the bed very slowly so we have time to count them :p
(for some reason when I took pictures of felt stories I could only five four... but there used to be a purple one, too)
Five little monsters sitting on the floor
The red one said, "Let's knock on someone's door."
The green one said, "Let's act a little scary."
The purple one said, "Why are we so hairy?"
The blue one said, "I hear a funny sound."
The orange one said, 'There's no one else around."
Then WHOOSH went the wind, and "EEK," they all said.
So the five little monsters hid under the bed.
Video
"The Counting Song" by Signing Time
During the video, I encouraged everyone to practice along. Using videos in storytime is still something I'm trying out, but it's going well so far.
Book
Grandma's Tiny House by JaNay Brown-Wood
Adorable book with rhyming text about a big family gathering. Kids helped count the groups of family members up to ten.
Movement Song
"Jumping and Counting"
This song gives a great opportunity to get all the wiggles out, and sneaks in some counting as well.
Movement Song
"Jumping and Counting"
This song gives a great opportunity to get all the wiggles out, and sneaks in some counting as well.
Goodbye
"Until We Meet Again" from Out of the Box
When we sing this song, I help them recall the sign for friends from the hello song, and teach them a couple others as we sing: meet, time, and say. |
| Friends |
 |
| Meet |
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| Goodbye |
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