Improving the communication skills of children under the age of 6 using music and signs
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GESTURES AND MUSIC

The GEM Erasmus + project "With Gestures and Music into the world of Phonics" has produced an innovative curriculum and materials to support the use of music and sign supported communications in the teaching of English language  phonics for children between the ages of 2 and 6. The methods have been tested successfully with children whose first language is English and those who are learning English as a second language.
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We are a training and educational  organisation focusing on the improvement of communication skills and language skills with children under the age of 6.  We focus on using  sign supported learning and music  to improve the communication skills of children with the help of our friends Jenkins the Helpful Cat and Pixie the Fairy. We offer courses to parents but also offer training programmes to Early Years professionals to allow them to introduce the model into their settings. More information about the model is available here
 
We also organise Erasmus mobility programmes for both VET childcare professionals and trainees. More information is available here
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  Using sign supported learning to improve early second language learning

Recent studies indicate that young
children learn languages naturally and
 that the best time for  children  to learn another language is in the first three to four years of  their lives.  
This has encouraged some parents to enroll the children as young as 1 to 2 years of age in kindergartens  where the language of instruction is  not their own first  language.
However having a classroom full of two year olds who do neither speak nor understand the language of instruction can be very challenging.
As an experienced educator you will be familiar with the
stage of the  silent period and  the strategies to deal with it. You will probably already be using lots of pictures, simple rhyming songs and actions. We have however discovered that if actions are brought  further and used in the form of proper signs, you will be able to create a reassuring and emotionally  supporting environment for your young learners very quickly.  Try it. You only need to use a few signs to start!

This model of learning is being tested and developed within 3 countries within the Learn English through Signs  Erasmus plus project. More information is available from

www.lets-erasmusplus.com



 A Good Start for All?   Results from the Erasmus Plus  conference on 15th Sept

The conference focused on inclusive methods of education for pre school children developed within the Erasmus Plus project “A Good Start for All” and activities across Europe.

Information about the conference can be found at the project webpage A Good Start for All

The results of the project are as follows can be found here


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