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Our Signing Day Handout (printable .pdf)

Sign with Your Child Handout (printable .pdf)

Our Day: An Early Literacy Activity Using ASL (Kathy MacMillan) (3:44)

 

Daily Routines (ASL Nook) (5:52)

Recommended Online ASL Dictionaries:

• HandSpeak.com
• Gallaudet Children’s Dictionary of American Sign Language
• ASLPro.com
• Signingtime.com/dictionary/ (includes model descriptions of signs in English)
• SigningSavvy.com (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)

Recommended Books:

                            

 

 

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More Resources for Signing with Children:

Nita’s First Signs and Nita’s Day – 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

Resources for Learning American Sign Language

Resources about Deaf Culture and History