Valentine's Song to Use Sign Language With
Kim Taylor-DiLeva
This Valentine’s Day, I have a fun song to share that you can sing and sign with your students or little ones at home. Not only will they be learning sign language, but it will also allow them to actively participate by using gross motor skills. This is just another way to ensure they will remain engaged in the activity.
You will only need to learn and teach one sign for this fun activity: Valentine. To do so, start with your hands open and palms facing toward you. Then, draw the outline of a heart starting at the top with your middle fingers. Each time the world valentine repeats in the song, you and your students or children should sign it as well.
The song is sung to the tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man” and the lyrics are as follows:
Will you be my valentine? My valentine, my valentine Will you be my valentine? And jump around with me
Will you be my valentine? My valentine, my valentine Will you be my valentine? And skip around with me
In this example, I used jump and skip as movement words. When these words are sung, you and your students or child should act out the word. You can continue to sing the verse using any different gross motor movements you can think of to add. Some others I suggest are sneak, tip toe, twirl, or hop. Most importantly, have fun!
For more fun signing activities, visit www.babysignlanguageonline.com/blog
Happy Valentine's Day!
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About The Author
My name is Kim Taylor-DiLeva and I am an educational trainer and owner of Kim's Signing Solutions. I conduct parent and teacher workshops throughout New York State and am looking to expand my outreach by offering workshops online and now offer these workshops to you via DVD. I create sign language products for classrooms and also still teach an occassional sign language enrichment program at a local preschool. I was a classroom teacher and elementary school librarian for over 10 years before finding my life passion in helping struggling children and their frustrated parents and teachers to find help through sign language.
For more ideas on signing with your baby, visit http://www.babysignlanguageonline.com/blog
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