Session 1
- How early language development forms the foundation for literacy.
- First and second language acquisition milestones
- Addressing Literacy Skills in ELL's (apostrophe)
- The Language-Literacy Connection
- Explore tools necessary to enhance and accelerate early sound, language, and literacy development in a first or second language
Session 2
- How music, dance/movement and sign language enhance attention, information processing, motivation, communication skills and selfesteem
- The Multi-Modality Method
- Benefits of Sign Language and Music-Assisted Learning
- Incorporating Sign Language in the Classroom
Session 3
- How a multi-modality approach to leaning supports creativity and brain connections
- Early Brain Stimulation
Session 4
How a healthy, loving, interactive relationship is the cornerstone for acquiring rich diverse language and the joy of learning Phonological Development: How phonological/phonemic awareness, rhyming and repetition are essential tools for literacy
- Oral Language
- Speaking and Listening (thematic partner books, riddles, the joy of learning/language play)
- Phonological Processing
- Conscious awareness and ability to manipulate sound structures of words
- Rhyming, repetition, alliteration
- Print Knowledge
- Concepts of print
- Alphabet knowledge
- Being a writer
Manitas in Motion (Spanish/English) Curriculum Classes: 1-4 |
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| Manitas in Motion - |
Introductions ♪Song 9- The Circle Song /♪Song1-El círculo - Sitting in a Circle / Sentados en un Círculo - What’s your name? / ¿Cómo te llamas? - Wow, Look How Fast! / ¡Caramba, que rápido! - If Your Name Starts With An A / Si tu nombre empieza con A - The Letters in My Name / Las letras en mi nombre - My Name in a Bag / Mi nombre en una bolsa Alphabetic Principle ♪Song 10-The Alphabet /♪Song 2-EL abecedario - Body Alphabet Dance - English/ Spanish - Alphabet A-Z/ El abecedario de la A hasta la Z - Sign alphabet and Letter sounds with Animals-English/ Spanish - Singing My ABC’s / Cantando el abecedario |
Ages 3-6 | Part 1 of 4 weeks |
| Manitas in Motion - | Colors– ♪Song 11 - The Colors Song /♪Song 3- La canción de los colores - Musical Colors / Colores musicales - I See Three Purple Cows! / ¡Yo veo tres vacas moradas! - My Little Book of Colors / Mi librito de colores - I Won Lotto / Me gané la lotería - Draw a Monster / Dibuja un monstruo - Color Requests / Pidiendo colores Animals (Zoo) – ♪ Song 12 - The Animals At The Zoo / ♪ Song 5- Los animales del zoológico - A Bucket Full of Animals / El cubo lleno de animales - Tell Me If It Rhymes / Dime si rima - Animals from A to Z / A imales de la A hasta la Z - How Many Parts In Your Animal Name? /¿Cuántas partes en el nombre de tú animal? - Describe It To Me / Descríbelo Tú - Can You Name the Part to Whole? / ¿Puedes decir la parte con el todo? |
Ages 3-6 | Part 2 of 4 weeks |
| Manitas in Motion - | Numbers – ♪ Song #13 - Counting From One to Ten / ♪ Song #6 - Contando del uno al diez - Count With Me / Cuenta Conmigo - Down On My Farm/ Allá en la Granja Animals(Farm) – ♪Song 14 - The Farm Animals / ♪Song #7 - Los animales de la granja - A Bucket Full of Animals / El cubo lleno de animales - Hooray, I Have Bingo!/ ¡Viva! Tengo Bingo - Bop Me With a Hammer!/ ¡Dame un martillazo! - Farmer Farmer, Why Do You Need Me? / Granjero, granjero, ¿Porqué me necesitas? - Palm Tree Coconut Game/ El coco en las palmas - At the Zoo or On the Farm / En el zoológico e en la granja |
Ages 3-6 | Part 3 of 4 weeks |
| Manitas in Motion - |
Linguistic Concepts – ♪Song #15 - Up, Down, and All Around / ♪ Song #8 - Arriba, abajo, y alrededor - Where Are You? /¿Dónde Estas? Grammar/Syntax/Morphology Verbs –♪ Song #16 - Boogie Woogie / ♪ Song #4 Chakuchukuchá Read – Alouds – Using Children’s Books – Thematic Partner Books Review |
Ages 3-6 | Part 4 of 4 weeks |
