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multisensory resources.

Accelerate All Language and Literacy Skills:

Discover the Magic of Fingerspelling
and Signing Songs!

with Diane Larson and Nellie Edge

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Red Lion Hotel, Salem, Oregon
(Direct transportation from Portland Airport)
8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Professional Development Credits
and 6 WA Clock Hours Available
No previous Sign Language experience needed.

“This is absolutely the best seminar I have ever been to.” ~Cheryl Danley
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Meeting the Challenge of Rigorous Common Core Standards

Sign Language is a part of our
literacy framework.

Take advantage of how the brain learns best! Discover the powerful multisensory tool of fingerspelling and signing songs to accelerate literacy skills for ALL children! Delight the hearts of parents and administrators with memorable children’s performances, motivated readers, and higher test scores! Explore joyful accelerated literacy strategies that you can immediately use in your classroom.

In just one day, you will experience:

The easiest and most joyful way to teach ABC and Phonics skills
How signing songs greatly influences oral language fluency and reading motivation
Best practices for teaching high-frequency “heart words”
Delightful songs that teach vocabulary and develop self-regulation
Using Sign Language for class management and to keep children engaged and focused
Creating memorable children’s performances that parents love

Learn These Songs
ABC Phonics: Sing, Sign, and Read! The More We Get Together (with variations) Pledge of Allegiance (musical performance version) Hola Mis Amigos/Hello My Friend (Spanish and English Greeting and Farewell Songs)	L-O-V-E Spells Love and M-O-M Spells Mom What a Wonderful World This Land is Your Land America the Beautiful See Me Beautiful A delightful collection of high-frequency spelling word chants Helpful signs for class management

“I am amazed that we learned so much so quickly! Fantastic ideas, enthusiasm and DVD!” ~Kristin Odegaard, k-1 bilingual
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Instructional DVD of All Songs
Beautiful Literacy Manual
ASL Visual Guide Book of Seminar Songs
Anthology, Little Books and Literacy Gifts

$169 through May 5, 2012
$249 after May 5, 2012

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What is the research base for this multisensory literacy tool?

See Articles and Photo Essay: The Magic of Signing Songs at www.nellieedge.com
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Additional Information

Risk-Free Registration:
If you are unable to attend, and let us know at least 30 days prior to the seminar, 100% of your paid registration fee will be refunded. Substitutions may be made at any time.

Hotel Accommodations:
Red Lion Hotel, Salem, OR
(503) 370-7888

Please make your own hotel reservations at least one month in advance, mentioning Nellie Edge Seminars to obtain the educational conference rate of $77.00.

More About the Seminar

University Semester Credit Option

Semester units of up to three post-baccalaureate professional development credits available through the University of the Pacific (CA). Additional $62 fee per credit required, payable at the seminar. Details for direct enrollment with University of the Pacific (CA) will be available at the seminar. Follow-up practicum projects require fifteen hours per credit. Acceptable where local school districts approve and applicable to state licensure where such activities are approved. For other credit questions, please call Dr. Allan Lifson at 1-800-479-1995. See practicum suggestions from Nellie Edge.

Multisensory Teaching Accelerates Literacy!

Complimentary Sign Language Resources
for Members Only

The Common Core State Standards require that students know how to ask and respond to Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? questions in reading, writing, and speaking. Singing and signing these words makes learning easy and memorable.

"Heart Words" with Fingerspelling

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