Community Signs
Music Therapy environmental print videos & songs for special needs individuals.
Goal: Client will receptively or expressively identify community signs.
Domain: Academics
Identifying signs and environmental print is a precursor to literacy. Kids first learn the signs and symbols that are meaningful to them: the golden arches of McDonald’s, the YouTube symbol on their iPads, or the packaging of their favorite potato chips. When reading (or recognizing) is seen as a useful skill, it encourages further development of this skill. Children are surrounded by text and symbols: in school, at home, in the car, and at the store. This project is intended to teach students to identify many of the community signs they encounter in everyday life. I have numerous clients who love these songs and videos and request them frequently. I think the ability to recognize these signs in the community builds a child’s confidence and can provide a level of comfort in an unfamiliar environment.
This project consists of 24 videos. Each video teaches 4 community signs and comes in a regular version and a fill-in-the-blank version for students to expressively identify the signs. Half of the videos are “Symbols” (picture representations) and half are “Text” (words) although some of these also include pictures like the falling man on Caution Wet Floor or context clues such as the red octagon for Stop. I have some hyperlexic kids who breeze through the text, but need help with symbols and some kids who struggle to identify letters who do much better with the symbols. Also included with the download are 13 songs and a bunch of visuals. For non-verbal students, you may use the printable visuals first along with the videos for matching and then with the songs for receptive identification. There are field of 4 visuals that correspond to each of the videos and when that is mastered you can switch to the field of 12 visuals. I’ve even printed out an extra set and cut them all up into individual flash cards. The project contains a total of 48 community signs and here they are:
- Symbols 1
Men’s Restroom
Women’s Restroom
Walk
Don’t Walk - Symbols 2
Poison
High Voltage
Fire Extinguisher
First Aid - Symbols 3
No Pets
Elevator
Recycle
Phone - Symbols 4
Airport
Bus Stop
Picnic Area
Gas Station - Symbols 5
Crosswalk
Playground
Slippery Road
U Turn - Symbols 6
Traffic Light
Go
Caution
Stop - Text 1
Men
Women
Open
Closed - Text 2
Caution Wet Floor
Caution Automatic Door
Danger Keep Out
Beware Of Dog - Text 3
Please Wait To Be Seated
Please Seat Yourself
Employees Only
Exit - Text 4
Stop
Yield
Do Not Enter
One Way - Text 5
Parking
No Parking Any Time
Railroad Crossing
Detour - Text 6
Speed Limit
Slow
Hospital
Rest Area
Download includes:
- 24 videos [mp4 video files]
- Community Signs – Symbols 1
- Community Signs – Symbols 1 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Symbols 2
- Community Signs – Symbols 2 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Symbols 3
- Community Signs – Symbols 3 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Symbols 4
- Community Signs – Symbols 4 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Symbols 5
- Community Signs – Symbols 5 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Symbols 6
- Community Signs – Symbols 6 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Text 1
- Community Signs – Text 1 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Text 2
- Community Signs – Text 2 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Text 3
- Community Signs – Text 3 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Text 4
- Community Signs – Text 4 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Text 5
- Community Signs – Text 5 (fill-in-the-blank)
- Community Signs – Text 6
- Community Signs – Text 6 (fill-in-the-blank)
- 13 songs [mp3 audio files]
- Community Signs – Symbols 1
- Community Signs – Symbols 2
- Community Signs – Symbols 3
- Community Signs – Symbols 4
- Community Signs – Symbols 5
- Community Signs – Symbols 6
- Community Signs – Text 1
- Community Signs – Text 2
- Community Signs – Text 3
- Community Signs – Text 4
- Community Signs – Text 5
- Community Signs – Text 6
- Community Signs (fill-in-the-blank)
- 12 lyrics [PDF]
- Community Signs – Symbols 1
- Community Signs – Symbols 2
- Community Signs – Symbols 3
- Community Signs – Symbols 4
- Community Signs – Symbols 5
- Community Signs – Symbols 6
- Community Signs – Text 1
- Community Signs – Text 2
- Community Signs – Text 3
- Community Signs – Text 4
- Community Signs – Text 5
- Community Signs – Text 6
- 12 lyrics & chords [PDF]
- Community Signs – Symbols 1
- Community Signs – Symbols 2
- Community Signs – Symbols 3
- Community Signs – Symbols 4
- Community Signs – Symbols 5
- Community Signs – Symbols 6
- Community Signs – Text 1
- Community Signs – Text 2
- Community Signs – Text 3
- Community Signs – Text 4
- Community Signs – Text 5
- Community Signs – Text 6
- 16 pages of visuals [PDF]
- Community Signs – Symbols 1
- Community Signs – Symbols 2
- Community Signs – Symbols 3
- Community Signs – Symbols 4
- Community Signs – Symbols 5
- Community Signs – Symbols 6
- Community Signs – Text 1
- Community Signs – Text 2
- Community Signs – Text 3
- Community Signs – Text 4
- Community Signs – Text 5
- Community Signs – Text 6
- Community Signs – Symbols 1, 2, & 3
- Community Signs – Symbols 4, 5, & 6
- Community Signs – Text 1, 2, & 3
- Community Signs – Text 4, 5, & 6