Reduce toddler frustration by teaching sign language in daily routines: Part 3 Actions
Ideas for using "eat" in sign language during daily routines
Daily Activities: use eat during snacks and meals.
Play: pretend play with dolls, stuffed animals, puppets, plastic animals, favorite characters.
Books: find pictures of people and animals eating.
Comment when you see people eating on TV or in movies.
Ideas for using "help" in sign language during daily routines
Daily Activities: use help when getting dressed.
Daily Activities: during snacks and meals, ex. pealing banana, cutting foods.
Daily Activities: opening food packages or containers.
Daily Activities: getting items out of reach.
Play: wind-up toys, pull back cars, blowing up a balloon.
Ideas for using "go" in sign language during daily routines
Play: running, “Ready, set…. GO!”
Play: have toy cars, trucks, trains or other vehicles stop and go.
Play: passing a ball back and forth.
Play: on the playground. Hold them and pause at the top of the slide or swings and encourage them to say “go” before letting go.
Going Out: in the car when you start to go.
Ideas for using "play" in sign language during daily routines
Play: ask your child “Want to play?”
Daily Activities: use the word “play” with pets, ex. “Let’s play with ___”.
Books: show your child pictures of characters playing.
Going Out: comment on kids playing at the park, ex. “playing soccer”.
Ideas for using "open" in sign language during daily routines
Daily Activities: opening food packages or containers.
Daily Activities: opening doors, windows, cabinets and drawers.
Daily Activities: taking tops of milk, juice, toothpaste etc.
Play: doors and flaps on toys.
Books: when opening book and lifting flaps.
Going out: when opening doors.
Ideas for using "stop" in sign language during daily routines
Play: yell “stop!” when chase/tag.
Play: have toy cars, trucks, trains or other vehicles stop and go.
Daily Activities: during bath time when splashing in the water.
Daily Activities: tell your child “stop” if they are doing something they are not supposed to.
Going Out: in the car when you stop.
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Part 3 - Actions
