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Piggyback Songs to Sign

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The authors present songs in order of the months and seasons of the year. The sign language alphabet and a phrase index are included at the back of the book. The lyrics are appropriate for the seasons and great supplements for classroom activities, although not all of the suggested tunes are familiar. Also, since only pictures of the ASL and English signs are provided, a DVD would be really helpful for someone without a working knowledge of the signs presented in the book. Overall, I don't recommend the book for beginning signers. However, the book is a great resource for anyone needing ideas for seasonal songs.

The author of this book intended it for the convenience of teachers and recreational leaders who cannot read music and therefore cannot learn hitherto unfamiliar songs from musical notation.

However, it has other uses too. For instance, it is good for a music teacher with a beginning student. In this book, there are 15 songs to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb. If the student's friends and relatives sing those 15 songs while the student accompanies, the student will get plenty of practice and have fun at the same time. Other familiar tunes appear with comparable frequency.

The book is also good for teachers of English as a second language. Most of the songs are repetitious pattern songs which the students could easily learn.

0911019073, 0911019022, and 0911019014 have all been very helpful to me both as a music teacher and as an ESL teacher.

Incidentally, Barney Dinosaur's closing song is taken from page 18 of this book.

The author of this book intended it for the convenience of teachers and recreational leaders who cannot read music and therefore cannot learn hitherto unfamiliar songs from musical notation.

However, it has other uses too. For instance, it is good for a music teacher with a beginning student. In this book, there are 15 songs to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb. If the student's friends and relatives sing those 15 songs while the student accompanies, the student will get plenty of practice and have fun at the same time.

The book is also good for teachers of English as a second language. Most of the songs are repetitious pattern songs which the students could easily learn.

0911019073, 0911019022, and 0911019014 have all been very helpful to me both as a music teacher and as an ESL teacher.

Incidentally, Barney Dinosaur's closing song is taken from page 18 of this book.