Not only did I hear spoken language while at Peace Lutheran, but during eating time sign language was used. There were three of them that I saw during all of the eating times. They had a sign for done, more and please. The caregiver that was asking the question would first say the word, and then sign it to them and the toddlers would respond with what they saw or what they actually wanted. For an example, if they wanted more, but the caregiver signed done, they would sign back that they wanted more. While working with the 18-24 months, I also heard language spoken by the toddlers. The toddlers where able to respond to simple commands. During clean up time, there was a toddler sitting on my lap who didn’t initially want to pick up. I
