When I taught kindergarten in a public school, we always started our day by doing the Pledge of Allegiance in sign language. I used the version that I learned from Dr. Jean. I describe the motions here. I found that the kids really understood the words when we added the sign language. In fact, when I brought out a balance scale for math one day, one of my little ones piped up..."that's just like justice." After the pledge we went right into our Kindergarten Pledge: "May we have eyes that see, hearts that love and hands that are ready to help." (sound familiar?) I'm not sure if it was appropriate for a public school but the school pledge that the older kids did (and that we could never hear in our classroom because the nearby loud speakers didn't work) was really long and not age-appropriate. The simple words and motions meant much more to my little ones (and summarize quite nicely what is most important).
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1 hour ago
This is soooo sweet!! I want to make it a first grade pledge, too. Would that be okay with you?
ReplyDeleteNow, I am going to go check out Dr. Jean's sign language Pledge. Thanks for sharing, Lyn!!
Connie:)
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Ofcourse Connie :)
DeleteI would totally do that "pledge" in my classroom. Thanks!
ReplyDelete❀ Tammy
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