American Sign Language

Though we have tried each year to incorporate ASL into our home learning, I've found it a challenge to teach it. Despite the fact that we have some really good books on the topic. Or maybe the challenge has been her retention of what signs she's learned. Probably, a little of both.

This year, we will be tackling it again, in a much more fun way.

A few months ago, I found a really awesome deal on Signing Time videos. I think they were half off, if memory serves. Whatever it was, it was a deep, deep discount. I know that my daughter LOVES Rachel & her songs, because we've seen her performing them on our favorite kids' channel. So after some discussion, we went ahead and jumped on it, purchasing both Series One and Series Two sets.

We haven't begun the year just yet, altho she's already begun watching these videos. Yep... what she's learned has stuck! She & I often sign (as much as we know so far) when the baby is sleeping :-) And she thinks it's the neatest thing, this new little 'code' of ours. So, we definitely think it's time to incorporate ASL back into our official home learning.