Showing posts with label Sign of the Week 今週の手話. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sign of the Week 今週の手話. Show all posts

Friday, January 17, 2014

Sign of the Week - V

Sign of the Week - The Letter "V"  今週の手話は「v」です。



The abc signs are for so much more than just fingerspelling names!  Letter hand shapes can often be found in signs. ABCのサインはスペル以外のときに使えます。"s"の手の形は色んなサインにあります。

Ok, so you may be wondering how and when to use the sign for the letter "s"... here are a few ideas!
たといば:
visit 会いに行く           valentine バレンタイン        vegetable 野菜


Books for practicing the sign "v"
"V"のサインを練習するためのおすすめ絵本:


もっと学びたい?この商品はおすすめします。
Want to learn more?  Here are recommended products:
ABC Signs DVD
ABC Signs Flashcards
ABC Signs Board Book

Don't forget to check out the other items in the Kotoba & Sign Store as well!

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Sign of the Week - Grass 今週の手話は「grass」です。

This week the Sign of the Week from Signing Time is "grass"! 今週の手話は「grass」です。

 Children of all ages are interested in understanding the world around them so having signs such as "wind" "sun" and "grass" can help them to tell you what they are seeing and thinking about!

 Here are some videos from Two Little Hands where you can learn other signs to go with "grass":
Baby Signing Time Vol. 3 A New Day 
Series 2 Vol. 5 Going Outside 

Books for practicing the sign for "wind":
"Grass"のサインを練習するためのおすすめ絵本:
What Do You See Outside? (Baby Signing Time!) By Emilie De Azevedo Brown
Going Out from Child's Play

Activity:
Take a walk, practice signing what you see.
Here are some of the things we found on a Outside Signs walk in a recent BST class.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Sign of the Week - The Letter "S" 今週の手話は「s」です。

Sign of the Week - The Letter "S"  今週の手話は「s」です。


The abc signs are for so much more than just fingerspelling names!  Letter hand shapes can often be found in signs. ABCのサインはスペル以外のときに使えます。"s"の手の形は色んなサインにあります。

Ok, so you may be wondering how and when to use the sign for the letter "s"... here are a few ideas!
たといば:
shoes くつ 靴           silver ぎん 銀          Saturday どようび 土曜日


Books for practicing the sign "s"
"S"のサインを練習するためのおすすめ絵本:


もっと学びたい?この商品はおすすめします。
Want to learn more?  Here are recommended products:
ABC Signs DVD
ABC Signs Flashcards
ABC Signs Board Book

Don't forget to check out the other items in the Kotoba & Sign Store as well!


ABC Signs について
こどもたちと一緒に指文字を使うことで得られる有益なものがたくさんありますが、もしそのことの説明がなされないと、親たちはそのことに気づかないかもしれません。
-指文字を学ぶことは、英語を読んだり書いたりできるようになることへの大きなステップです。
-イニシャルのサイン(単語の最初の文字をサインであらわすことで、そのものを表現すること)は、その言葉を声に出して発音することへのステップになります。
There are many great benefits of using fingerspelling with kids but if they aren't explained parents may not know about them.
- learning to fingerspell is a big step towards being able to read/write English.
- initialised signs (those which use the first letter of the word the sign represents) provide an easy step into phonics.

たとえば、ある色とその色をあらわす単語をマッチングさせるワークシートをこどもがするような場合、その色をサインで表すことは(色を表すサインは、その単語の最初の文字を含むことが多い)、発音の手がかりを与えてくれます。
example - kid doing a matching worksheet where matching the color to the written word - signing the color (which often includes the first letter of the word) can provide key phonetic clues.

-少し上達した子や読むことを始めたこどもにとって、指文字は、新しい言葉を学んだり/覚えたりするのに助けになりますし、トリッキーな?こどばのスペルを学ぶのにも助けになります。読むこと-サインすること-書くこと
- for kids who are a little bit farther along and starting to read fingerselling can be used to help learn/remember new words and learn the spellings of some of the trickier words.  Read - sign - write.

ABCの歌は、単にアルファベットの文字を教えるだけでなく、それぞれの文字の一般的な音で始まる単語も教えてくれます。
The ABC Song not only teaches the letters in the alphabet but is also provides words that start with the common phonetic sounds of each letter.

わたしが英語を教えていたときの、こどもにとってのもっとも大きなチャレンジの一つは、聞くこと/話すことから、読むこと/書くことへの移行でした。多くの英語のテキストは、こどもたちがおよそ一年生で読むことができるように設定されていますが、こどもたちにどのように読むことを学ぶかについては教えていません。これは、ネイティヴスピーカーにとっても大きなチャレンジです。
サイニングタイムシリーズでは、イニシャルのサインを使ったり、アルファベットや大事な言葉(キーワード)のスペルを教えてくれることに加えて、それがいつも画面にサインに沿って表示されているわけです。
When I was teaching English one of the biggest challenges for the kids was making the transition from listening/speaking to reading/writing.  Many English texts assume that kids can read at about 1st grade but they don't go through the phonics and teaching kids how to learn to read.  This is a challenge for native speakers as well.
In the Signing Time series in addition to using some initialised signs and teaching the alphabet, the spelling of the key words always appears on the screen along with the sign.

サインを使うことは、こともたちが、目にする言葉をより早く学ぶことの助けとなります。
Signing can help kids to learn sight words faster.


Friday, July 12, 2013

Sign of the Week 今週の手話 Wind 風

This week the Sign of the Week from Signing Time is "wind"! 今週の手話は「」です。

 Children of all ages are interested in understanding the world around them so having signs such as "wind" "sun", "cloud" and "moon" can help them to tell you what they are seeing and thinking about!

 Here are some videos from Two Little Hands where you can learn other signs to go with "wind":
Baby Signing Time Vol. 3 A New Day 
Series 2 Vol. 5 Going Outside 

Books for practicing the sign for "wind":
"Wind"のサインを練習するためのおすすめ絵本:
What Do You See Outside? (Baby Signing Time!) By Emilie De Azevedo Brown
Going Out from Child's Play
Maisy's Wonderful Weather Book by Lucy Cousins

親子工作 Would you like to do a wind craft?  Here is a Hand-y Craft Windsock with downloadable instructions.  Looks like a fun summer project!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Sign Of The Week 今週の手話 Sun お日様

The Sign of the Week this week is sun.
今週の手話は太陽、お日様です。

Infants and toddlers are very interested in the world around them so having signs such as "sun", "cloud" and "moon" can help them to tell you what they are seeing and thinking about!

Here are some videos from Two Little Hands where you can learn other signs to go with "sun"!
Baby Signing Time Vol. 3 A New Day
Series 2 Vol. 5 Going Outside
Rachel and the TreeSchoolers: A Rainy Day

Books for practicing the sign for "sun":
"Sun"のサインを練習するためのおすすめ絵本:

What Do You See Outside? (Baby Signing Time!)  By Emilie De Azevedo Brown (Available from Heidi)

Itsy Bitsy Spider from Child's Play
Going Out from Child's Play

And, to wrap this up, here is a clip of my toddler using the sign "sun" while looking at pictures of the eclipse we watched earlier that day.  Without signing we probably wouldn't have known that she understood what was happening during the eclipse!

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Sign Of The Week 今週の手話

The Sign of the Week this week is bike! 今週の手話は「自転車」です。

At our house we also use this sign for bicycle, tricycle and unicycle. 家では、一輪車、三輪車のこともこのサインを使ってます。

ママのひみつ: Here's another "mommy hint" that I've discovered - kids, even infants, like to know what is going on.  They want to know where we are going and how we are getting there.  The sign "bike" can be used to help explain the plan for the day in simple terms.  An example "We will ride mommy's bike to the store and then come home to eat lunch". Using the sign for "bike" in this natural setting not only helps your child to learn that the word and sign have the same meaning but also gives your child another way to communicate the word "bike" to you when she is ready.   

Take a look at this dictionary for beginners to learn signs for other things you do each day!

Books for practicing the sign for "bike" as well as other forms of transportation:
"Bike"のサインを練習するためのおすすめ乗り物の絵本:
Small World: Away We Go
のりものいろいろかくれんぼ
Bears on Wheels

Here is a clip from when my daughter was 15 months old.  At this age many kids can make noises but have fewer than 10 spoken words. In this video she uses 7 signs, 3 for words that she was not able to clearly pronounce until a year later (bicycle, airplane, motor cycle).  An additional benefit we enjoyed was that she could play with her older brother, using signs, clearly expressing which toys she wanted to use.  As a mom this was wonderful to see!

Thursday, June 20, 2013

今週の手話 Sign of the Week

Shhh... I'm going to tell you a parenting secret... し〜っ、母親の秘密を教えてあげたい〜
 
Bubbles are great!
シャボン玉はすばらしいものです!
 
○ My mom once suggested keeping them in my diaper bag for when we stop at a park or waiting outside with cranky kids. 私のお母さんがママバッグにいつもシャボン玉を入れた方がいいと教えてくれた。なぜかというと、公園に寄ってくるときや赤ちゃんがイライラしてるから外で待つ時にそれを出すと赤ちゃんは喜ぶから。
○○ During rainy season on days we can't play outside we blow bubbles in the bathroom and try to catch them.
梅雨の間にお出かけできない,外で遊べない日に風呂場でシャボン玉と遊ぶと楽しい!
○○○ Bubbles are also one of the activities we enjoy on the last day of the Advanced Class when the babies/toddlers graduate from the Baby Signing Time class! アドバンスクラスの最後のレッスン、卒業のお祝いにも使えます。
 
The sign of the week this week is... 今週の手話は...
You guessed it... BUBBLES シャボン玉!
 

Thursday, April 26, 2012