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Winter Signs Handout (printable .pdf)
Sign the Seasons series by Kathy MacMillan (books, educator/librarian guides, video storytimes, and seasonal storytime activities)
Five Snowmen Flannelboard or Prop Rhyme (Kathy MacMillan) (3:03)
I’m a Little Snowman: A Song to Sign (Kathy MacMillan) (0:52)
Recommended Books to Sign With for Winter 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 