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Family Sign Language And Informational Video Series (Lessons 5-7)

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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.

Designed to teach hearing families of deaf and hard of hearing children American Sign Language and deaf culture information. Each lesson has five parts: Language Information, Introduction of Signs, Sentence Practice, Cultural Information, and Teaching Suggestions/Videos. Lesson 5: "Numbers, Part 2," Lesson 6: "Finger Spelling," Lesson 7: "Adjectives and School Signs." ASL ABC story, "Showdown," performed by Francisco Aceves.

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Runtime: 56 minutes 45 seconds

Topic: Deaf Life, Sign Language
Subtopic: Beginning ASL, Deaf - General
Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
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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 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.

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MARIAN C. (BRISTOL, VT)

January 2nd, 2019 at 05:47 AM

Excellent very informative very well done Marian Connor

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