Let's Sign Introduction to BSL Early Years Curriculum Tutor book - Softcover

Debra May; Alison Wells

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190591315X ISBN 13: 9781905913152

Publisher: Co-Sign Communications (inc DeafBooks), 2017

Synopsis

A must-have for all who wish to introduce all young children to the basics of British Sign Language.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PRINT ON DEMAND VERSION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CD OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS THAT CAME WITH THE FIRST EDITION - THE PRICE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY AND THE MATERIALS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AS DOWNLOADS FROM Let's Sign website.

This TUTOR Book accompanies the Early Years Curriculum STUDENT Books which are required course material for all those attending the courses in Early Years settings - developed and piloted over a 2 and a half year period, primarily by Deaf tutors for Deaf tutors in education - a much-needed resource.

Designed for a 10 week course of 1 hour or 5 weeks of 2 hours BSL training for Nurseries, Families, and Primary Settings.

The Tutor book includes detailed course outlines, plans and materials.

The carefully planned curriculum covers:

* code of conduct for students and tutor

* basic BSL linguistics

* development of story telling skills

* structured framework to follow week by week

* cue cards and dialogue sheets

* sign vocabulary sheets in topics

* signs and phrases for early years settings including Greetings, People, Family, Colours, Questions, Animals, Time, Numbers, Toys, Weather, Clothes, School signs and Christmas.

The book contains the necessary worksheets with hundreds of illustrated signs.

Developed by Devon Deaf and Hearing Impairment Team with BSL graphics by Cath Smith and supported by the Let’s Sign BSL dictionaries, books, posters, reward stickers and flashcards.

About this title

Review

The quality of the resource is excellent.
I cannot praise this resource enough. --British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine January 2011

The materials have a very accessible layout as well as being detailed. This is a resource that all services should purchase
--British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine January 2011

Edition details

• Publisher: Co-Sign Communications (inc DeafBooks)
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190591315X
• ISBN 13: 9781905913152
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Cath Smith
• Number of pages: 88