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Sign Language Storytelling

Sign Language Storytelling

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Popular children’s books are brought to life by original music, voice, and sign language. This series helps all children appreciate the richness of visual language and teaches hearing and deaf children basic American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary.

ASL
Man smiles and tilts his head down to the side as he gestures with his hands. Color illustration of 5 monkeys putting on pajamas fills as backdrop. Caption. 5 little monkeys put on their pajamas.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 1
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
ASL
Man smiles with his mouth open and turns to the side as he gestures with his hands. Pixelated image of a fish is on backdrop. Caption. You could not find a nicer fish.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 2
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Woman tilts her head back and closes her eyes. She parts her lips and holds her hand loosely in front of her. Behind her is a color illustration of a girl surrounded by stuffed animals in bed as backdrop. Caption. At night, when the lights go out.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 3
6 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Woman grimaces and gestures with hands. Backdrop depicts a color illustration of a bird and a worm swinging on a wooden swing with surprised expressions.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 4
9 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Man in glasses purses lips and holds up a fist with a thumb pointed towards himself. Color illustration of a boy in pajamas with a worried expression fills the background. Caption. 1 creature was stirring, that creature was me!
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 5
13 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Title card on white background reads, "The Described and Captioned Media Program provides services designed to benefit students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind."
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 6
7 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Woman purses her lips and gestures with both hands. The backdrop depicts a color illustration of a purple gorilla holding 3 bananas and opening 1 with his foot. 2 men in yellow uniforms hold bananas and stand next to the gorilla.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 7
6 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Woman holds up fingers of 1 hand to form a bracket. She stands behind an illustrated black and white window with a moon hovering to her side. Caption. Goodnight moon.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 8
5 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
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