What would our world be like without signs?

In our study of signs and symbols and how they help us communicate ideas, we've been discussing what would happen if we stopped using signs and symbols. We went on a walk around the school to look at exactly how much we rely on signs and symbols to communicate with everyone at the school.

To further explore this question of how important are signs and symbols, we got into groups and created short skits to illustrate different scenarios in which we need signs to communicate. Take a look at a couple of situations to spark a conversation at home.


A world without "no smoking" signs:

And why we need them: