Re: Re: Sign as a bridge, fingerspelling with young children

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Hi Gigsie- I Have you checked out Boves' " Sign me a story " ? It is a

very cute, well done video that all your kids would enjoy. My daughter loves

it, as does her hearing friends and relatives. Also, check out Amazon.com;

there are a lot of resources there for kids and adults. Our library has also

been a great source of materials, etc. , mom to Tori, mod h.o.h. age 7

[Guest guest]

Hi Gigsie- I Have you checked out Boves' " Sign me a story " ? It is a

very cute, well done video that all your kids would enjoy. My daughter loves

it, as does her hearing friends and relatives. Also, check out Amazon.com;

there are a lot of resources there for kids and adults. Our library has also

been a great source of materials, etc. , mom to Tori, mod h.o.h. age 7

[Guest guest]

>

>Please suggest books and/or videos we may want to get as we embark

>on our latest language adventure.

I've a bunch that I've used, and that my kids enjoy, listed here:

http://www.pacinfo.com/~handley/asl.html

Barbara Handley

[Guest guest]

>

>Please suggest books and/or videos we may want to get as we embark

>on our latest language adventure.

I've a bunch that I've used, and that my kids enjoy, listed here:

http://www.pacinfo.com/~handley/asl.html

Barbara Handley

[Guest guest]

>

>Please suggest books and/or videos we may want to get as we embark

>on our latest language adventure.

I've a bunch that I've used, and that my kids enjoy, listed here:

http://www.pacinfo.com/~handley/asl.html

Barbara Handley

[Guest guest]

I would suggest going to: http://www.buttepublications.com/dictionaries.html

and order the Picture Perfect dictionary. i love it! it shows a picture and

the sign and a short narrative.

it is a blessing to include your family and even more so that they are

willing to learn to communicate better with your son!

>

>Reply-To: Listen-Up

>To: Listen-Up

>Subject: Re: Sign as a bridge, fingerspelling with young

>children

>Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:00:12 -0000

>

>Thanks for the information on ASL. We bought and borrowed several

>books and videos over the weekend, and have been learning as much as

>we can about the language. We realize this is exactly like learning

>another language (our family is already bilingual (English/Spanish))

>and we are fully committed to making this work.

>

>Because our son is the only HI person in either of our families,

>this is causing a lot of interest in everyone getting involved and

>learning at least some sings and learning more about the deaf

>community. I guess I could consider this a blessing of sorts, if you

>all know what I mean.

>

>Please suggest books and/or videos we may want to get as we embark

>on our latest language adventure. Our son is 5; his hearing sister

>is 3 and we're sure she'll pick up her third language easily.

>

>If you'd rather, please feel free to e-mail me directly at

>gisgie@....

>

>Thanks,

>

>Gisgie

>

>

>

>

> > > ,

> >

> > Sign language is a bridge to communication same as speaking orally

>is a

> > bridge to communication. ASL is a total language of its own, and

>with ASL -

> > has its own grammatical structure. Saying sign " comes in handy "

>in my mind,

> > undermines the fact that it is an actual language and mode of

>communication.

> > Last I knew ASL was the third most widely used language in the

>world, and

> > high schools now consider it one of the languages kids can use for

>their

> > foreign language credit. There are kids without aids or CIs who

>do not

> > sign, although with implants, those are far and few between

>anymore. As to

> > " balancing the time spent learning a new language with other

>things " because

> > my daughter is a profoundly deaf person who uses ASL as her main

>mode of

> > communication - my 14 year old and 8 year old girls also learn

>ASL. When

> > Hayley learns her vocabulary words in English, she also must know

>the sign

> > for the word and she must know how to fingerspell it. Therefore

>she knows

> > the vocabulary word in three different ways. My hearing children

>give her

> > her practice spelling tests by signing the word, and she

>fingerspells it to

> > us, and also writes it down in English.

> >

> > There have been several children who learn sign to communicate

>with my

> > daughter. A coach who taught my oldest the shot put learned some

>sign

> > language with my Hayley. Several months later, two deaf girls

>joined his

> > cross country team this year. Having interacted with Hayley last

>year has

> > helped him coach these deaf teenagers.

> >

> > Fingerspelling with young children - usually you start the child

>off using

> > the sign, and then incorporate fingerspellling. There is a book

>by a Dr.

> > called " Sign with your baby " or something similar. He

>actually

> > travels to various places where he teaches parents to communicate

>with

> > hearing babies using sign language. The babies are able to

>communicate with

> > their parents well before they are able to use oral language. A

>hearing

> > baby of a deaf parent can sign " milk " at six months old. Deaf

>children

> > learning manual modes of communication are just like hearing

>children - they

> > are sponges and pick up fingerspelling rapidly.

> >

> >

> > Mother of Hayley, 10, Dani 14 and 8

>

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[Guest guest]

I would suggest going to: http://www.buttepublications.com/dictionaries.html

and order the Picture Perfect dictionary. i love it! it shows a picture and

the sign and a short narrative.

it is a blessing to include your family and even more so that they are

willing to learn to communicate better with your son!

>

>Reply-To: Listen-Up

>To: Listen-Up

>Subject: Re: Sign as a bridge, fingerspelling with young

>children

>Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:00:12 -0000

>

>Thanks for the information on ASL. We bought and borrowed several

>books and videos over the weekend, and have been learning as much as

>we can about the language. We realize this is exactly like learning

>another language (our family is already bilingual (English/Spanish))

>and we are fully committed to making this work.

>

>Because our son is the only HI person in either of our families,

>this is causing a lot of interest in everyone getting involved and

>learning at least some sings and learning more about the deaf

>community. I guess I could consider this a blessing of sorts, if you

>all know what I mean.

>

>Please suggest books and/or videos we may want to get as we embark

>on our latest language adventure. Our son is 5; his hearing sister

>is 3 and we're sure she'll pick up her third language easily.

>

>If you'd rather, please feel free to e-mail me directly at

>gisgie@....

>

>Thanks,

>

>Gisgie

>

>

>

>

> > > ,

> >

> > Sign language is a bridge to communication same as speaking orally

>is a

> > bridge to communication. ASL is a total language of its own, and

>with ASL -

> > has its own grammatical structure. Saying sign " comes in handy "

>in my mind,

> > undermines the fact that it is an actual language and mode of

>communication.

> > Last I knew ASL was the third most widely used language in the

>world, and

> > high schools now consider it one of the languages kids can use for

>their

> > foreign language credit. There are kids without aids or CIs who

>do not

> > sign, although with implants, those are far and few between

>anymore. As to

> > " balancing the time spent learning a new language with other

>things " because

> > my daughter is a profoundly deaf person who uses ASL as her main

>mode of

> > communication - my 14 year old and 8 year old girls also learn

>ASL. When

> > Hayley learns her vocabulary words in English, she also must know

>the sign

> > for the word and she must know how to fingerspell it. Therefore

>she knows

> > the vocabulary word in three different ways. My hearing children

>give her

> > her practice spelling tests by signing the word, and she

>fingerspells it to

> > us, and also writes it down in English.

> >

> > There have been several children who learn sign to communicate

>with my

> > daughter. A coach who taught my oldest the shot put learned some

>sign

> > language with my Hayley. Several months later, two deaf girls

>joined his

> > cross country team this year. Having interacted with Hayley last

>year has

> > helped him coach these deaf teenagers.

> >

> > Fingerspelling with young children - usually you start the child

>off using

> > the sign, and then incorporate fingerspellling. There is a book

>by a Dr.

> > called " Sign with your baby " or something similar. He

>actually

> > travels to various places where he teaches parents to communicate

>with

> > hearing babies using sign language. The babies are able to

>communicate with

> > their parents well before they are able to use oral language. A

>hearing

> > baby of a deaf parent can sign " milk " at six months old. Deaf

>children

> > learning manual modes of communication are just like hearing

>children - they

> > are sponges and pick up fingerspelling rapidly.

> >

> >

> > Mother of Hayley, 10, Dani 14 and 8

>

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<< Hi Gigsie- I Have you checked out Boves' " Sign me a story " ? It

is a

very cute, well done video that all your kids would enjoy. My daughter loves

it, as does her hearing friends and relatives. Also, check out Amazon.com;

there are a lot of resources there for kids and adults. Our library has also

been a great source of materials, etc. , mom to Tori, mod h.o.h. age

7 >>

Also, Gaia (sp?) has several videos and I think she signs much more clearly

than most people if you're trying to follow along and learn, and you can

order a whole series through Captioned Media that teaches ASL through a

fictitious family called the Bravo Family.

~Rhonda

[Guest guest]

I agree with checking out the library. Ours has loads of stuff. Also, in our

bookstore, we list a number of books available at Amazon.

Books on Sign Language for Adults

http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/sign.htm

Books on Sign Language for Children

http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/kids3.htm

Vidoes

http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/kids3.htm

Another good resource is the Captioned Media Program

http://www.cfv.org/

Last time I looked, they had a lot of sign language videos.

Hugs,

Kay

[Guest guest]

I agree with checking out the library. Ours has loads of stuff. Also, in our

bookstore, we list a number of books available at Amazon.

Books on Sign Language for Adults

http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/sign.htm

Books on Sign Language for Children

http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/kids3.htm

Vidoes

http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/kids3.htm

Another good resource is the Captioned Media Program

http://www.cfv.org/

Last time I looked, they had a lot of sign language videos.

Hugs,

Kay