The Gap Between Hearing And Deaf - 1254 Words

American Sign Language (ASL) is known as one of the oldest ways of communicating for the deaf community. Through the use of visual gestures and hand signals, people across the nation use signing to receive and convey information, thus bridging the gap between hearing and deaf individuals. The use of sign language has so many beneficial outcomes that it would be most effective for schools to start incorporating it into the curriculum. Sign language for kids as young as months old are proven to increase their ability to read, write, and socialize. (â€Å"Teaching your baby†). From this reason, the only reason why baby signing is not being integrated into the curriculum is because many people disagree with their children learning to sign when†¦show more content†¦Once a child learns ASL, they are already taught at a young age a skill of immense hand communication. This skill is important for children to learn at a young age because as their speech is not fully developed, signing will be less tedious. As children sign language develops, communication skills will begin several months earlier than those who only use vocal communication. Also, by teaching children ASL, frustration levels between the child and the adult will decrease as children begin to know what they want, need and feel but don t feel they have the skills to express their feelings (Baby Sign). Not only will communication and development of fine motor skills increase, but kids at a younger age also find understanding literature and comprehension simpler as they develop speech. As classrooms become more and more diverse, teachers are continually reaching out for ways to bring students together. Children from different backgrounds often find it difficult to connect with each other, which cause the teacher to become confused in the style of teaching. When most children are in class often their speech development is visual, auditory or kinesthetic. With this being said, it s difficult to offer a learning style that would relate to the majority. To help reach all students, signing should be incorporating into the curriculum from a very young age. Research has shown that pairing signs with English help children formulate mental pictures, which connect kids of all