Little Hands Signing: storytime & craft ideas

These excellent videos are perfect for both Deaf and hearing families! Native signers Missy Keast and Manny Hernandez appear in front of the pictures and English text, telling the story on each pa…

Click on the covers above for previews of each story and purchase information. ASL Tales proclaims itself to be “a new way of experiencing American Sign Language and English” and these engaging DVD…

Sign Language Books for Kids~Great collection of books featuring sign language and books to teach sign language

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This is your favorite bedtime story, Goodnight Moon, translated into American Sign Language (ASL) and available on DVD. To purchase this DVD complete with qu...

For the first time the original 5 Little Monkeys classic is translated into American Sign Language (ASL) and available on DVD. To purchase this complete DVD ...

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Nita's First Signs has been named a winner in the 21st annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards earlier this month. The INDIES recognize the best books published in 2018 from small,…

A frequent question I get from teachers and librarians is, "How do you physically hold a book and sign along with it?" I've modeled how to do this in several different videos over the years, and I recently organized these videos in a Sign Language Story Time Playlist. You can access that playlist here:

December 3-10 is Clerc-Gallaudet Week, honoring the birthdays of two visionary leaders in the field of American Deaf Education who were born in December: Laurent Clerc on December 26, 1785 and Thom…

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates how to use American Sign Language with Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson.

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A storytime rhyme from MORE STORYTIME MAGIC by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker (ALA Editions, 2016) incorporating the American Sign Language signs BIRD ...

Lyrics: I had a little turtle His name is Tiny Tim I put him in the bathtub To see if he could swim. He drank up all the water He ate up all the soap And now...

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Learn how to use American Sign Language in this fun storytime rhyme. Find more storytime resources from Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker at www.storytime...

Did you know that August 4 is International Owl Awareness Day? Celebrate with this fingerplay perfect for owl or nocturnal animal programs! The owl is a creature of the night, His great big eyes g…

Use the American Sign Language sign FISH as you share this rhyme.In the ocean the fishies swim. (sign FISH)They leap up high… (move FISH hand up as if fish is leaping)then jump back in! (mo…

Teach the American Sign Language sign MONKEY, and then use it in this rollicking action rhyme! Monkey, Monkey, dance around. Monkey, Monkey, jump up and down. Monkey, Monkey, round you go. Monkey, …

Warm up those storytime fingers with this song in American Sign Language! (to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”) I’m a little snowman, short and fat. Here is my scarf and he…

A storytime rhyme to sign from MORE STORYTIME MAGIC by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker. Find more storytime resources at www.storytimestuff.net.

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates how to use American Sign Language with this action rhyme for storytimes.

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Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates how to use American Sign Language with this song in storytimes.

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates how to use American Sign Language in this hello/goodbye song for storytimes.

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates how to use American Sign Language in this song for storytimes.

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates how to use American Sign Language in this rhyme for storytime.

Learn how to sign this simple song in American Sign Language and use it in your storytimes or preschool classroom. Kathy MacMillan is the author of Little Ha...

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates how to use American Sign Language in this bounce for baby storytimes.

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates this adorable flannelboard song to use with American Sign Language in baby and toddler storytimes.

Kathy MacMillan teaches you how to use American Sign Language to enhance this fingerplay from the Philippines. Find more resources like this in Multicultural...

Sign language is relatively easy to learn for non hearing impaired individuals. Try out my new free printable ASL alphabet flashcards.

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MacMillian and Kirker's knack for creating storytimes that engage and delight young ones have made their previous books bestsellers. Now they're back with a completely new assortment of original fingerplays, transitional rhymes, movement songs, flannelboards, sign language rhymes and other activities to spice up storytimes for ages two and up. This ready-to-go sourcebook for

Using American Sign Language in Storytime - Jbrary

If you are like us, you may have noticed a growing interest from families in using sign language, especially when it comes to storytime. What’s it all about? And how can you learn more? Sit back and enjoy some resources courtesy of our amazing Twitter pals and then we’ll share some of our videos which... Continue reading Using American Sign Language in Storytime

A sign language video dictionary and learning resource that contains American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs.

This week I continue with my "Start to Finish Story Time," series, where I provide a "start to finish" lesson plan for a sign language story time program for each of the themes covered in my "Story Time with Signs & Rhymes" books. This week's post provides a lesson plan for the theme, "Alphabet," using the book, "A to Z Sign With Me." I love exposing children of all ages to the alphabet handshapes. It's a soothing distraction for babies. (Parents: Try signing the alphabet when you're waiting…

This week I begin a new series of posts that I've had in mind for quite some time. I'm calling it "Start to Finish Story Time," with the idea being that with each new post, I will provide a "start to finish" lesson plan for a sign language story time program for each of the themes covered in my "Story Time with Signs & Rhymes" books. This week's post provides a lesson plan for the theme "colors," using the book, "See the Colors."

American Sign Language (ASL) can be a natural extension to your homeschool lesson planning, field trips and even reading stories together.

American Sign Language can benefit everyone. It can be a natural extension to planning school lessons, field trips and even reading stories together.

Available through ABDO I've written several "Start to Finish Story Time" posts, with the idea being that with each new post, I provide a "start to finish" lesson plan for a sign language story time program for each of the themes covered in my "Story Time with Signs & Rhymes" books. My aim is to build each lesson plan in a pick-and-choose/modular format, meaning that you can apply the elements that work for your environment, age group(s) and personal interests, and skip the rest. Each lesson…

Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan demonstrates helpful signs for group management during storytimes.

There are many advantages to using sign language with young children: it reduces frustration, stimulates language development, addresses multiple learning styles, and recent research even suggests …

by Kathy MacMillan,NIC, M.L.S. Programming and special events are a key part of public library services, and providing interpretation services for those events is a key part of effective library se…

In December 1974, DC Public Library established Clerc-Gallaudet Week as a way of honoring the birthdays of Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 26, 1785 and December 10, 1787, respe…