Classroom Tips
Encouraging reading and writing with deaf students by creating visual connections to the written word.
When reading to a deaf child, make sure to include methods of showing the story in a more conceptual manner. ASL is a visual, not written, language and as such a story is understood more effectively in a conceptual / visual way.
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Related: ASK Angie ASL + Tips: Classroom Tips [2]
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Resources:
www.ASLPro.com [4] – a dictionary format website with video clips of thousands of signs.
www.HandsandVoices.com [5] – statewide parenting support group
Rule-the-School.com [6] – deaf ed products
ADCOHearing.com [7] – deaf ed products
Diglo.com [8] – equipment for Deaf / Hard of Hearing Individuals
www.handcraftedasl.com [9] – deaf education products / ASL products
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Angie Craft author and teacher brings over 26 years of experience in deaf education and is committed to serving the deaf community. Keenly aware of the isolation that deaf students often experience, Angie developed and wrote HandCraftEdASL to bridge the communication gap between deaf children who primarily use American Sign Language and their parents, peers or educators. www.handcraftedasl.com [9]
Read More ASL [11]
Helpful Articles
- Ask Angie ASL + Tips: Back to School [12]
- ASK Angie ASL – Communication Plan [13]
- ASK Angie ASL – Reading Tips [14]
- ASK Angie ASL + Tips: IEP Meetings [15]
- ASK Angie ASL + Tips: “Fingerspelling” [16]
- ASK Angie ASL – Exercising with Deaf Children [17]
- Using ASL Make a Trip to the Grocery Store an Educational Experience [18]
This post originally appeared on our September/October 2014 Magazine [19]