American Sign Language Resources
Time to Sign Helps Makes Learning ASL Fun, at School, Work, and Home
Jan 30, 2009
Children communicate with signs long before they speak. As most signs are mnemonic and representative (e.g. the sign for “milk” is squeezing a cow’s udder), it’s much easier for children to grasp language fundamentals with signs than with spoken words.
In many cases, sign language serves as an effective bridge for pre-verbal children that facilitates both speech and a deeper understanding of language concepts.
Time To Sign, Inc. provides products and approaches for the optimal use of American Sign Language among children, teachers, families, caregivers, and businesses as a means to support effective and meaningful communications.
The company publishes books, DVDs, cards, flipcharts, learning kits, and curricula; many of its educational products employ song, story, and hands-on activities designed to make learning interactive and enjoyable.
Time to Sign Learning Guide with DVD
An example of typical Time to Sign product is its Learning Guide with DVD, which covers:
- Benefits of Signing with Children
- Incorporating Sign Language into Daily Routine
- Developmental Milestones with Age Appropriate Sign Illustrations and Activities
The DVD demonstrates over 200 sign illustrations, including the alphabet, numbers, actions, animals, emotions, and the weather in Spanish, English, and ASL.
Time to Sign Keynotes and Training Sessions
In addition to its published materials, Time to Sign also offers standup seminars featuring founder and president Lillian Hubler, who has trained more than 20,000 educators of young children and is among the foremost sign language trainers in the United States. Attendees of Hubler’s high-energy, hands-on Keynote workshops learn such things as:
- Why it is important to sign with all children in the classroom
- A better understanding of American Sign Language (ASL)
- Basic signs in English, Spanish, and ASL
- How to teach and use sign language through the use of mnemonics, play, songs, games, activities, and stories
- How to incorporate sign language into their daily routine.
All workshops are available in English, Spanish, and ASL. In addition to Hulber’s Keynote presentations, Time to Sign offers specific sessions whose titles include:
- Beginner Basics: Signing with Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers
- Sign Language for Preschoolers: A Passage to Literacy
- The Signing Club: Sign Language for School Age Children
- Ready, Set, Sign: Sign Language for Better Classroom Management
- Let's Communicate!: Sign Language for Exceptional Children.
Time to Sign Products Proven to Enhance Language Learning
Time to Sign programs have been proven to augment learning in a number of ways, including: Make additional language learning easier
- Improve reading and pre-literacy skills
- Make it easier to learn the alphabet and phonics
- Enhance childrens' vocabulary
- Provide children the ability to express emotions
- Enhance test scores, such as the Peabody reading test.
Time to Sign enhances children’s early learning and literacy skills, and offers classroom management and communication techniques for pre-verbal (infants & toddlers), nonverbal (communication disorders), and exceptional children.
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