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Elaborations
- changing elements of favourite stories to create their own versions, with a focus on varying manner or constructed action
- interacting with imaginary characters using lexical and non-lexical signs and NMFs to express emotions such as excitement, fear or amazement
- using iconic signs to create their own variations on familiar nursery rhyme actions, such as in ‘Incy Wincy Spider’
- depicting the movement of people, animals or means of transport by using handshapes in creative ways
- creating amusing sequences of signs using a fixed handshape, such as YOU THINK PRO1 SHY
- experimenting with NMFs and handshapes to play games such as ‘Simon Says’, taking turns to be Simon
- experimenting with facial expressions to match different emotional expressions, such as HAPPY, SCARED, TIRED
- changing an aspect of a cartoon or picture story, using gestures, handshapes and NMFs to explain differences
- representing objects using combined bodies and hands in amusing or creative ways
- exploring the use of constructed action such as eye gaze change, body shift and head orientation when enacting imagined adventures
- making their own handshape creations
- assuming the role of a character from a story and responding to signed questions from classmates, such as:YOUR NOSE DS:long-nose WHY?Why is your nose so long, Pinocchio?