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Description

Try your hand at sign language with some of your favourite songs from "Encanto"

Copied from https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/sing-along-and-sign-with-encanto/

Resources

A device to play YouTube videos for the whole group to see
Access to internet

Instructions

Tell the story

Encanto – The story
Ask everybody about the story of Encanto. You could chat about the Family Madrigal, how they help their community with their unique gifts to overcome challenges.
Talk about the music from the film. Does anyone remember any of the songs? Do they have any favourites?
Ask the group to think about languages, what diffrent languages do they know? What different languages do we speak in or homes and communities?
Play ‘We don’t talk about Bruno’ with British Sign Language.
Ask everyone what they think the people were doing on the screen alongside the film and music.
Tell everyone that the people in the video were using British Sign Language, sometimes known as BSL, to help people understand the lyrics.
Talk about how British Sign Language is accessible to people who are deaf, have hearing impairments or may have additional needs in communication. Using British Sign Language also means that people don’t need to be able to hear sounds, as it’s a visual language. British sign language was only recognised legally as an official language in England and Wales in 2022.


What is sign language?
Explain how some people who are hearing impaired may not be able to hear words or music. Therefore, they use other ways to find out what is happening. Some people may be able to hear or feel the vibrations of the music, some people may need to wear a hearing aid, some people may lip read, and others may use Makaton or sign language (just like we saw in the video).
Ask if anyone in the group knows any sign language.

Choose one of the songs from Encanto, 'Surface Pressure' or 'We Don't Talk About Bruno'. By pausing the video, go line by line and learn the British sign language from the song. You could also learn just a small portion of it too, for example from 00:57 in 'Surface Pressure', or 00:48 in 'We Don't Talk About Bruno'.
Remember to learn the sign language using the video, rather than asking volunteers to teach the group, as you usually need to have a minimum of a Level 3 or 4 Certificate in British Sign Language to teach others. Instruct the group to copy the interpreters on screen using BSL. You may want to see if anyone in your local community would be willing to come in and teach your groups too.

Encanto’s all about helping and sharing with your community. Take your performance to another section or Squirrel drey and show them the sign language for your chosen song.

Tags

• British sign language
• bsl
• Disney
• Encanto

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