Calendar time

Mornings in many elementary classrooms open with discussing calendars. You talk about the day of the week, the year, month, the weather, what the weather "bear" should be wearing, and even what day of school it is (i.e. 100th day of school). Teaching your students how to sign the different days of the week can help them learn what letter each day begins with, and with the visual nature of sign language, they will learn the days of the week in order. I've heard songs such as "There's Sunday, and there's Monday, there's Tuesday, and there's Wednesday, there's Thursday, and there's Friday, and then there's Saturday. Days of the week (snap, snap), days of the week (snap, snap)..." You can easily incorporate the signs into your song! Plus, you can even sign the song without using any words, making for a quiet start to the day

Here's a link to a quick peek at the Signing Time video from Youtube, enjoy!