Welcome!

The blog has moved to: http://kotobaandsign.blogspot.jp to be under the name Kotoba & Sign.
Feel free to look through this "old" blog as well as hop over to the "new" one!

In this blog you will find information and stories of our experience with signing. Please feel free to ask questions and leave comments! このブログでは、私たちのサインを使った経験からの情報や体験談を紹介します。お気軽に質問やコメントを残してくださればと思います。どうぞよろしくお願いします。

Why Sign? どうして手話(サイン)なの?

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Play Group: Christmas Pics

Since Christmas is just a week away we focused on a couple of well known Christmas Carols - Silent Night and Away in A Manger.  We used the DVD We Sign Christmas to help with learning the songs and ASL signs.
We also had the chance to make a hand print Christmas Card!

Here is a youtube clip of Silent Night from We Sign:

Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Play Group: Christmas

Today we have our Christmas Play Group at Hana House. 今日、午後1時からハナハウスでサインで遊ぼう!クリスマスをやります。 We will learn to sign and sing the first verse of a couple of classic Christmas Carols.
Hope to see you there!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Another Class Graduates!

Today we had another Baby Signing Time class graduate! 
I love that the last lesson includes the song "In the Sky" so we get to play with balloons and bubbles.  The smiles and laughs they create are a great reward for us all.
Each time we have a trial lesson and form a new class the first thought is "Wow, these babies are so small and so quiet!" but by the time they finish the entire Baby Signing TIme course the quiet babies have turned into crawling, walking, babbling and signing toddlers!
If you have any questions I can be reached at heidi@signingtimeacademy.com

Please e-mail me if you live in Japan but are not in a location where classes are offered. I can help you get started with Baby Signing Time and/or Signing Time.

日本に住んでいて、近くに手話のクラスがない場合などは、メールをくだされば、質問に答えたり、皆さんが Baby Signing Time や Signing Time を始めるのをお手伝いできると思います。

heidi@signingtimeacademy.com

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Don't forget to stop by the 手話の道 Youtube site!