Friends, I have a question for you: Could your students use a little extra help paying attention during circle time? Are they constantly interrupting you? Or maybe they're struggling to learn important academic skills? 

All right, that was more than one question, but you get the gist!

Children have short attention spans, and that can mean constant interruptions in the early childhood classroom.

But what if I told you that there's one thing that you could do in the classroom to help with all of that and more?

And the good news is you don’t need any extra tools for it!

That one thing, my friends, is American Sign Language (ASL for short), and I’ll be discussing how you can incorporate it in your preschool classroom with today’s guest, an expert in ASL and a nationally-certified ASL interpreter, the brilliant Cynthia Long.

Are you ready to learn more?

Let’s dive in!

Key Takeaways:

Let’s talk about ASL (00:00)

Is ASL only for people with hearing challenges? (02:54)

The benefits of using ASL in the classroom (06:15)

Is ASL difficult to learn? (16:40)

Parting thoughts from Cynthia (24:35)

Additional Resources:

- Got a burning question for Vanessa? Get your answer on the Elevating Early Childhood podcast here.

- Visit our website to find tons of pre-K teaching resources here.

- Get my book “Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers”.

- Learn more about my exclusive mentorship program, “Teaching Trailblazers”.

- Discover our ASL alphabet posters here.

- More ASL FREE teaching resources here.

- Use code FREEFC to get your ASL flash cards freebie here.

- Learn more about Cynthia’s work here.

- Follow ASL Teaching Resources on Instagram here.

- Follow ASL Teaching Resources on Facebook here.

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