The use of sign supported language developed with the intention to offer hearing children from linguistically different environments a chance to communicate in a more differentiated way, i.e. communicate their emotions, wishes and needs before they are able to do so in spoken language of the early years environment, and for as long as the efficiency of spoken language production (with special regard to vocabulary) is lower than that of sign production.
Greece: Story of my name and Heroes and heroines in my family
The 6 hours training program on four learning activities on “The story of my name” and two by the subject “Heroes and heroines in my family”.
Sweden: Using sign language and QR codes in the preschool classroom
The 16 hours training program on using sign-language and QR-codes in the preschool classroom to support early language acquisition and integration have proven to be successful scaffolding tools for all children, but especially those with another native tongue.
The Czech Republic: Good Start Teacher Training
The 40-hour training program – Support of Social and Emotional Development of Pre-school Children from Socially Disadvantaged or Culturally Different Environment.
The main goal of the training program based on the “Good Start” methodology is to increase the competences of pedagogical staff in pre-school facilities, thus contributing to the improvement of work with children, supporting healthy development and growth of children in terms of development of their social and emotional skills in early years