Summary
“One Small Voice (Instructional ASL)” is a Jack Hartmann song-and-movement video that teaches American Sign Language signs for everyday words. Short and catchy — an easy warm-up, transition, or review.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
American Sign Language is a full language that uses hands, face, and body. Learning a few signs is a real way to include and communicate with more people.
- Which sign was easiest to make? Which was hardest?
- What does each sign mean?
- Why is it useful to know more than one way to communicate?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: sign language, ASL, sign, communicate, meaning.
Try it: Practice three signs from the song and teach one of them to a partner.