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

Maisy's Wonderful Weather Book by Lucy Cousins

I Love You Sun, I Love You Moon by Tomie dePaola

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!

July Events ７月のイベント

July Events ７月の予定

In July we have some special events coming up with Kotoba & Sign and Hana House!
言葉＆サインとハナハウスの７月予定に楽しいサインと英語のイベントあります！

July 10th - Potty Time Workshop - Takenotsuka

July 17th - Play Group  - Takenotsuka
July 26th - Potty Time Workshop - Hana House
July 26th - Play Group - Hana House
July 30th - Field Trip to Tokyo Sea Life Park

サインで遊ぼうPlay Group

Theme: Colors and Toys  色とおもちゃ

プレイ・グループは季節ごとに開催される、サインと英語を楽しむ集まりです。

Play Group is a seasonal event, a chance to gather with other signing families.

Who is Play Group for? どなたが参加することができますか？

ベビー・サイニング・タイムクラスの生徒さんや卒業生にとっては、

クラスではカバーされていない新しい内容を学べるという利点があります。

サインをやってみようかと考えている人にとっては、サインを使っている家族の人たちと話したり、サインを使っている赤ちゃんや幼児を目にする機会となるでしょう。

どちらかで既にサインを学んでいる方ももちろん大歓迎です。

Baby Signing Time students and graduates will learn signs not covered in the regular course.

Those who are interested in signing with their child will get a chance to see how other children are able to communicate both with sign language and Japanese/English.

Families who have studied on their own or in a class elsewhere are welcome to come and enjoy spending time with other ASL-based signers.

Takenotsuka in Adachi-ku 足立区 竹の塚：
7月17日　July 17th 11:00-11:50 AM

At Hana House in Suginami-ku 杉並区 ハナハウスで:
金曜日　7月26日　July 26th 11:40-12:30 

Potty Time Workshop  トイレトレーニング・ワークショップ

Join us for a 1-hour introduction to the Potty Time Program and learn how you can make potty training easier for you and more fun for your child. Potty Time works for children ages 0-5 and supports any potty training method you choose. 

Signing Timeを使ったトイレトレーニングセミナーです。まだ言葉が上手でないお子さんでも、サインを使いながら楽しく、ストレスなくオムツを卒業できるようになります。ぜひご参加ください。

Takenotsuka in Adachi-ku 足立区 竹の塚：
7月10日　July 10th 11:00-11:50 AM

At Hana House in Suginami-ku 杉並区 ハナハウスで:
金曜日　7月26日　July 26th 10:30-11:20 

Field Trip to Tokyo Sea Life Park

Please join us at Tokyo Sea Life Park on July 30th for our parent/child Field Trip.

7月30日（火）に葛西臨海水族園への親子遠足を予定しています。

☆　Theme: Sea Life Signs and English for an aquarium visit

テーマ：皆で一緒に水族館にいって、サインと英語を使う！

☆　Participants: Parents/Guardian and child are 0 - 5 years old

参加者：０−5歳の幼児と保護者

☆　Cost: Price of admission - please purchase your own ticket.

参加費：入園料（チケットは個々人でお買いもとめください）

More details coming soon!

申し込みはハナハウスやハイディー先生まで

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!

親子遠足 Signing Field Trip in July

We are in the process of putting together another special field trip!

Please check back for details over the next week!

This will be the field trip homepage: http://www.kotobaandsign.info/tokyo-sea-life-park-field-trip.html

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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!

 

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