The SSLP is a program that addresses articulation skills, speech production, basic sign language skills, and finger spelling. This program gives hearing students a gentle introduction to the silent world through The Chimpanzee Who Couldn't Grunt or Yell, a book illustrated in signed English. The book is designed to be read to both large and small groups who may then practice the finger/work signs on each page.
The next step in the program includes the Signo Coloring/ Activities Workbook with reproducible pages. The teacher simply hands out several pages a day to all participants wishing to learn signing and play the game. As the students colors the pages, they subliminally partake of Signo, the delightful chimpanzee character, performing hand signing activities, that continue to familiarize students with signed words.
The final step of the program is to play the Signo Say & Sign Letters Game. As each student advances around the game board and lands on finger/word signing commands, he/she can perform the task, or ask opponents to pick-up dare cards. Dare cards are stacked in the middle of the board and picture Signo, signing the board commands. Teachers create a reproducible handpunch pass around signing ringed flip-book to play the game.
SIGNO, a chimpanzee comes to life as a loveable puppet. He has movable articulators which allows him to demonstrate approximate tongue positions for sound production and swallowing, making him useful for both hearing and hard-of-hearin students.
(SSLP) Say & Sign Language Program
Roger Hoffmann
Ages: 5 through 94
Administration: Individual
The SSLP Complete Kit includes:
• Say & Sign Letters Game: Signing Gamebook
• Signo Puppet
• Signing Dare Card Deck