Sing & Sign for Young Children

A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals

Author: Anne Meeker Watson, Ph.D., MT-BC

Early Childhood

A unique and highly effective way to teach and practice key ASL sign vocabulary through music and play during everyday classroom routines—and support development, too.

BENEFITS:

• Strengthens skills essential for academic and social success: communication, social‐emotional, self‐regulation, and literacy skills
• Combines signing with music—a powerful, motivating, and neurologically rich experience for young children
• Helps children build positive, meaningful relationships with each other and with their educators and caregivers
• Infuses the school day with joy and fun, creating an environment that's conducive to sustained attention and engagement
• Gives children many chances to practice and demonstrate new skills across daily routines
• Helps support communication development for all children, including dual language learners and children with language delays

DOWNLOADABLE MATERIALS: Put Sing & Sign into action with a complete package of downloadable online materials, including 13 audio recordings, 18 instructional videos, and 18 printable pages of song cards, instructions, and photographs and illustrations of key vocabulary words. (Vocabulary word pages are available in both English and Spanish.)

Reviews

Alice-Ann Darrow, Ph.D., Retired Irvin Cooper Professor of Music Education and Therapy, Florida State University "Wow, just wow! Once again, Anne Meeker Watson skillfully combines children’s most motivating avenues of learning—music, sign, and play—to reinforce the skills all children need to be successful, socially and academically. The creativity embedded in her activities is brilliant! I can’t think of a better resource to promote young children’s self‐regulation, communication, social‐emotional learning, and cognitive development."

Sonia Yoshizawa, MAE, Researcher, Center of Excellence in Early Childhood, Learning and Development, East Tennessee State University "This book, Sing & Sign for Young Children, brings creative and unique efforts to teach music to all children, and invites the readers to participate in a memorable journey...."

Pat Kern, Early Childhood Consultant "Combining singing and signing creates a special love language to share with the youngest people in your life...."

Read an Excerpt
Introduction to Sing & Sign for Young Children

Watch a Webinar Recording
Sing & Sign for Young Children: Supporting Emerging Language and Attachment with Singing, Songs, and Play Home

Download a Sample Song
Fill the Basket Sample Song

Additional Resources
Get Started Singing and Signing 7 Positive Parenting Tips that Support Secure Attachment Blog Post

Download the alignment
How Our Early Childhood Products Help Strengthen Head Start Program Quality and School Readiness

Author: Anne Meeker Watson Ph.D., MT-BC
Foreword Author: Becky Bailey

This product has additional material available on the Brookes Download Hub.

Audio recordings Instructional videos Printable song cards and instructions Printable photographs and illustrations of key vocabulary words (vocabulary word pages are available in both English and Spanish) *Pictorial dictionary