Sign of the Week - BLACK

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While parents are talking about BLACK Friday, children are seeing the color BLACK all around them. Use the sign for BLACK to describe tires on cars, toys, animal fur, and any other place your child sees BLACK.

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Learning Categories

"On The Grow" Tip

Teaching categories has a practical use.  I often work with young children who are pretty hard to understand.  Along with improving their articulation, I also teach them ways to get their message across. Using signs/gestures is one way of doing this.  Another way is by telling people the category or subject you are talking about.  For instance, if I am talking about a restaurant and no one understands me, I can say that it's a place where you eat.  Suddenly the field is narrowed and it is much easier for people guess at what you are saying.  Communication can now occur! 

Here  are some links to fun activities online for learning categories from a website called Jacob's Lessons - JacobsLessons.com.  

Matching Categories:   http://www.jacobslessons.com/cm/categorymatching.htm  
Find the one that doesn't belong:   http://www.jacobslessons.com/dsntmtch/dmcat.htm 

Sign of the week - BROWN

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The Baby Signs Sign of the Week is BROWN!  Sign BROWN by sliding "b" hand down cheek.
The sign for BROWN can be used to talk about the turkey and gravy on your holiday table, the animals in your bedtime story, or the leaves that are falling from the trees. Add the sign for BROWN to your signing vocabulary.

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Happy signing!

Making Time Meaningful

"ON THE GROW" TIP:

Here's a wonderful idea on how to adapt an analog clock to help even young children tell time!  It's called a Wondertime Clock.  You can find the artwork needed for this clock here:  Wondertime Clock Picture