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Sign with Your Child Handout (printable .pdf)
Books to Sign With for Baby and Toddler Storytimes
Signing with Openings and Closings:Song: Hello/Goodbye Babies/Friends (1:44)
Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed? (1:49)
Bear Wants More (2:11)
Prop Story: Bear Bath (3:09)
Bounce: Taking Turns (1:17)
Action Rhyme: Caterpillar, Caterpillar (0:58)
Song: I Took a Walk (2:14)
Flannelboard Song: Three Jellyfish (1:47)
Flannelboard Song: Five Little Trucks (3:10)
Nursery Rhyme Activity: Jack Be Nimble (1:26)
Group Management Signs (1:24)
Other Resources Mentioned in the Presentation:
Little Hands Signing series – book info and parent/teacher resources
Sign the Seasons series – book info and parent/teacher resources
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:
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
Resources for Learning American Sign Language
Resources about Deaf Culture and History
Stories by Hand with Kathy MacMillan 