ASL Circle Time - Sign Language & School Readiness for Preschoolers!

Preschoolers LOVE to sign – it’s like their own secret language! Children in this age group are natural signers – they love to learn with their hands. The kinesthetic activity helps them to remember important concepts and learn new words!

In these classes, we use both signing and movement to help keep students physically engaged so they can increase their vocabulary, improve their fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination! Best of all, we have fun!   We focus on preschool curriculum: ABCs, 123s, colors, animals, feelings, weather and seasons to keep kids engaged and excited to learn while reinforcing their pre-k experience!  A major focus of these on-going classes is helping students learn how to be students in a traditional classroom setting - we focus on skills like listening, taking turns and communicating appropriately, as they develop their attention spans. 

As such, our classes will follow a similar routine to help students get used to a preschool setting. We will open the class with a song and greetings.  We will warm up with some weather signs and the ABCs then jump into the new signs for the day.  

I will provide a weekly follow up with  flash cards for most common signs in each category. I'll also have fun activity sheets and will do a show & tell class once a month!

June
Week 1
Yummy Summer
June 6  Plant a garden (Fruits, veggies, flowers, colors)
June 8  Treat Yourself (Ice cream, popsicles, meal times)
Week 2 
Beach Vacation
June 13 Beachtime Fun (Activities and clothing)
June 15 Ocean animals
Week 3
Let's Go Camping
June 20 Camping (Explore, hike, tent, campfire, picnice foods)
June 22 Forest Animals
Week 4
Colors of Summer
June 27  Watch the Fireworks (4th of July signs)
June 29  No class
July 
Week 1
No classes 
Week 2 
Explore our Town - Getting around
July 11 Things that Go in the sky and on the water
July 13 Things that Go Around town
Week 3
Explore our Town - Places to go
July 18 Inside fun: Library, Museum, Grocery Store
July 20 Outside fun: Park, Zoo
Week 4
Staying home
July 25  My Backyard (slide, swings, picnic, garden)
July 27  Rainy Day (Toys)

August
Week 1
What's the Weather
August 1 Weather and temperature
August 3 What to wear
Week 2 
No classes 
Week 3
Out of this World
August 15 Dinosaurs
August 17 Outer Space
Week 4
Who's at Home
August 22 Family
August 24 My Pets
Week 5
Playdate
August 29 Pirates & Princesses 
(Nice Words)
August 31 Make a pillowfort 
(rooms in the house, furniture)

September
Week 1
Let's Go to School
Sept 5 School signs (Student, teacher, books, backpack)
Sept 7 Making friends (Play, explore, games)
Week 2 
The Basics
Sept 12 ABCs
Sept 14 123s
Week 3
All About Me
Sept 19 My favorite things 
Sept 21 Feelings
Week 4
I am healthy
Sept 26 Going to the doctor
Sept 28 Going to the dentist

October
Week 1
Apples and Acorns
Oct 3  Fall Harvest (veggies)
Oct 5  Farm Animals
Week 2 
Fall Fun
Oct 10 Fall sports (football, soccer, game/sportsmanship)
Oct 12 Apple picking & Leaf peeping (counting and color skills)
Week 3
Fire Safety & First Responders
Oct 17 Visit the Firehouse 
Oct 19  Community helpers
Week 4
Squirrels & Spiders
Oct 24 Forest animals
Oct 26 Bugs

November
Week 1
Pumpkin time
Oct 31  Halloween class
Nov 2  Friendship and Kindness 
Week 2 
Family Time
Nov 7  My Family
Nov 9  Things that Go (cars, planes, trains)
Week 3
Turkey Time
Nov 14  Mealtimes
Nov 16  Thanksgiving foods
Week 4
No classes
Week 5
Fall Playtime
Nov 28 Fall weather & clothes
Nov 30 Leaves and trees

December
Week 1
Light up the Night
Dec 5  Nightsigns (space, moon, stars)
Dec 7  Nocturnal Animals
Week 2 
Let's get Warm!
Dec 12  Winter weather and clothes
Dec 14  Winter sports
Week 3
Celebrations
Dec 19  Winter Holidays
Dec 21  Learn to Sign Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Week 4
No Classes