Well, I had my first complaint last week from a parent...................
I'm teaching some sign language along with English. We've learned good morning, good afternoon, stand up and sit down. The kids seem to enjoy the sign language and are doing well with it. The sign for morning is the left hand in the crook of the right arm, with the palm up and lifted (simulating the sun rising). Seems that one of these precious children went home and told the parent "good morning" using their sign language. Awesome!!! But, instead of an open hand with the palm up, they use a clinched fist. I guess some sign language is universal in it's ugly meaning (fortunately, the regular teacher was there to explain that the child just made a small mistake). So, the next day we practiced over and over using an open hand and palm up. Let's hope that the child remembers the correct hand gesture; if not, I may be a short-term teacher :)
Tomorrow I start with the 3 year olds. You can sure bet that I'll be watching very closely how they use their hand signs!!!
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