Happy Teacher Moment

Morning schoolwork today...

So. We decided to stop learning Korean (it got really hard really fast, lol...turns out Korean is one of the more difficult languages to learn for native English speakers). This session, then, we began learning sign language. Yesterday, I taught Asher and Micah the alphabet.

Today, as part of our spelling lesson review, I had the boys take turns with one boy spelling out the word in sign language while the other boy called out the letters...thereby incorporating practice both in signing and in interpreting signs, all whilst also reviewing spelling. Score!

*****

(For those who might be interested, I currently have five potential resources for learning sign language:

• Basic Signing Made Easy (this book and dvd was an impulse buy because I found it on clearance at Barnes & Noble for about $2...turns out it's the one that seemed most straight-forward)
• Signing Made Easy
• Signing Illustrated 
• Barron's Flash Cards
• my good friend, Molly...who is an audiologist and knows sign language

So far I've only used the first one but am looking forward to more and remain open to recommendations. Also, the spelling review is just a recap of the All About Spelling lessons that we completed in years past...I've just been trying to review one level per session this year.)