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Farm Animal Signs Handout (printable .pdf)
Zoo Animals Signs Handout (printable .pdf)
Animals Under the Sea Handout (printable .pdf)
Five Green and Speckled Frogs (printable .pdf)
Time to Sleep Flannelboard Pattern by Melanie Fitz (from Storytime Magic) (printable .pdf)
The Owl: A Rhyme to Sign (Kathy MacMillan) (0:37)
Animal Song (My Smart Hands) (6:07)
Animals (ASL Nook) (3:59)
Zoo Animals (TN Deaf Library Signing Story Time) (2:55)
Zoo Animals in ASL (ASL Nook) (4:19)
Sea Animals (ASL Nook) (4:41)
Recommended Books to Sign With for Animals Storytimes
Recommended Online ASL Dictionaries:
- HandSpeak
- Gallaudet Children’s Dictionary of American Sign Language
- Signing Time Dictionary (includes model descriptions of signs in English)
- ASLBloom
- ASL University
- SigningSavvy (Browsing access free; searching from the site available for subscribers only. To search this site without an account, go to google.com and search “Signing Savvy” followed by the word you are looking for)
More Resources for Signing with Children:
Little Hands Signing series – book info and parent/teacher resources
Sign the Seasons series – book info and parent/teacher resources
Resources for Signing with Babies and Young Children
Picture Books about ASL and Deaf Culture
Resources for Educators and Librarians
Resources for Signing in Storytime or the Classroom
Stories by Hand with Kathy MacMillan 