OUR TIME: FIDDLE-DEE-DEE Week 5

FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNERS: Young children learn by doing. Fun activities that link developmentally appropriate movement experiences with language are most effective for teaching concepts and vocabulary to these experiential learners.

FIDDLE-DEE-DEE AT HOME: Even as toddlers are experiencing a language growth spurt, they will enjoy learning the quiet language of signing for a few words. Animal names are a fun place to start. To say “mouse” in American Sign Language loosely make a fist, then extend your index finger and gently flick it along the tip of your nose twice. Check page 10 of your Home Activity Book for more about signing.