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Ward, Gillis B. – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1985
A signing-singing group was organized to help hearing students form friendships with their mainstreamed hearing impaired peers. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedEllison, Gail; And Others – Young Children, 1982
Reports an interview with two teachers who provide instruction in sign language to 3- to 6-year-old children attending the Otter Creek School in Vermont. Children at the school use sign language while singing and to converse at snack times. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedDiCarlo, Cynthia; Banajee, Meher; Stricklin, Sarintha Buras – Young Exceptional Children, 2000
This article first describes various augmentative communication systems including sign language, picture symbols, and voice output communication devices. It then explains ways to embed augmentative communication within four types of early childhood classroom activities: (1) special or planned activities, (2) meal time, (3) circle time, and (4)…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Disorders
Wixtrom, Christine – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1987
Activities designed to increase deaf students' self-esteem and positive attitudes toward their deafness included a bulletin board displaying the different things deaf children and adults could do; and a trip to see actors from the National Theater of the Deaf. (CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bulletin Boards, Class Activities, Deafness
Brown, Victoria; Pleydell, Sarah – 1999
Noting that there are few resources available for preschool or kindergarten teachers committed to providing high-quality drama experiences to students, this book explores ways teachers can maximize the drama experience in preschool and kindergarten classrooms. Topics discussed in the book's introduction include dramatic play and early development,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Drama
