VIDEO DEMONSTRATION:
Let’s show our disability awareness by learning the Pledge of Allegiance in sign language! Now, when you are at a baseball game, or at the parade on Memorial Day, you can honor our country by signing the Pledge of Allegiance.
Tip for working with the deaf
TIP: Summer is hot and being outdoors or playing sports gets us sweating. Perspiration can cause damage to hearing aids. Simple fixes like a “dry kit” can fix that problem.
Enjoy and have a safe and wonderful summer.
Note: ASL is a multi-sensory form of communication that helps children acquire vocabulary more quickly and efficiently.
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. http://www.handcraftedasl.com/ [2]
https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/secret-message-game/
Read More ASL [3]
Helpful Articles
- ASK Angie ASL – Communication Plan [4]
- ASK Angie ASL + Tips: “Fingerspelling” [5]
- Ask Angie ASL – Independence [6]
- ASK Angie ASL – Reading Tips [7]
- Embracing Your Child’s Best Ways of Learning 12 Different Ways to Learn [8]
This post originally appeared on our May/June 2013 Magazine [9]