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Family Sign Language: Lessons 5-7 (Spanish)

56 minutes 36 seconds

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Man crouches down to touch the cheek of a young smiling girl. Behind them is a wall calendar.

An instructional guide offering parents of children who are deaf an array of ideas and practical advice on teaching their children sign language. The three-video series consists of ten lessons containing vocabulary, educational and cultural information, practice sessions, and teaching suggestions. The lessons include over 400 signs, plus numbers, fingerspelling, classifiers, and ASL stories. Reviews adjectives, numbers, personal information, and school vocabulary.

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Runtime: 56 minutes 36 seconds

Topic: Deaf Life, Education, Home and Family, Language Arts, Sign Language
Subtopic: Beginning ASL, Deaf Education, Parent and Child, Spanish Language
Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
Release Year: 2003
Producer/Distributor: Color Of Language
Series: Family Sign Language
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Woman faces camera using sign language. Video frame in the top right corner shows a woman leaning down to touch a paper shopping bag a child is holding in her hands. Caption. It allows a child to grasp even abstract concepts.

Woman faces camera using sign language. Video frame in the top right corner shows a traffic light with the red light illuminated. Caption. Stop.

Woman faces camera using sign language, wrapping her index fingers around her thumbs and touching them together. Caption. Review them as a family, practicing your signs.

Woman crouches down to gently touch the arm of a young girl. Next to them is a daily school schedule. Caption. Casa.

Man crouches down to touch the cheek of a young smiling girl. Behind them is a wall calendar.

Young woman looks just off camera and uses sign language. Spanish caption. Tu juegas el fútbol Americano.