Loading…
← Back to schedule
Sing, Sign and Shine! Using Music and Instructional Vocabulary to Teach Functional Sign Language
LIMITED
Wednesday July 8, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Suite 9
Limited Capacity seats available
Get ready to move, groove, and sign! In this high-energy, hands-on professional development session, PreK teachers will learn how to incorporate functional American Sign Language (ASL) into their daily classroom routines using music and instructional vocabulary. Designed specifically for early childhood educators, this session blends rhythm, repetition, and real-world classroom language to make signing natural, memorable, and fun for both teachers and students.

Participants will explore practical signs for everyday instructional phrases such as line up, clean up, listen, more, finished, help, bathroom, and sit down—all embedded into catchy songs, chants, and transition routines that young learners love. Teachers will discover how pairing sign language with music strengthens language development, supports multilingual learners, enhances classroom management, and promotes inclusive practices for all children.

Through interactive activities, call-and-response songs, role-play scenarios, and collaborative practice, educators will leave feeling confident and excited to immediately implement functional sign language in their classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for Carol Gibbs

Carol Gibbs

Support Specialist, Region 9 ESC
I have been an educator for 38 years. As a Speech Language Pathologist, I have served in a
variety of capacities, including public schools, private therapy as well as Early Childhood
Intervention (ECI). As a school leader, I worked as a Site Facilitator, and Administrator in early
c... Read More →
Wednesday July 8, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Suite 9
  Breakout

Attendees (25)


Log in to save this to your schedule, view media, leave feedback and see who's attending!

Tweet Share

Get help with the event

Contact event planner Event login
View support guides Find upcoming events
Create an event you'd love to attend!
Explore why organizers choose Sched • Success stories
Event App • Event scheduling • Event registration • Event ticketing • Sched forms • Call for papers • Badges • Conferences
© 2026. SCHED LLC - All rights reserved - Helping events since 2008
Meeting Planning Software • Privacy • Terms
Share Modal

Share this link via

Or copy link