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Getting
Started with Early Intervention
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Parents and Support Organizations
 ASDC
Snapshots: Recommended Readings
for Children
Bahan, Ben
and Dannis, Joe. (1994) My ABC Signs of Animal Friends.
San Diego: Dawn Sign Press. For children from birth to age
five.
Bahan, Ben
and Dannis, Joe. (1990) Signs for me: Basic Sign Vocabulary
for Children, Parents and Teachers. San Diego: Dawn
Sign Press. Vocabulary primer with the basics for preschoolers.
Baker, Pamela J. (1986) My First
Book of Sign. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University
Press. Gives signs for 150 of the words most frequently
used by young children.
Booth Barbara D. (1991) Mandy.
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. Mandy, a young
Deaf girl is delightfully presented in a lively, picture-book
format.
Gillen, Patricia Bellan. (1988) My
Signing Book of Numbers. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet
University Press. Children learn the signs for numbers 0
through 20 and 30 through 100.
Hafer, Jan and Wilson, Robert. (1996)
Come Sign With Us: Sign Language Activities for Children.
Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. In Spanish
and English. This illustrated activities manual contains
more than 300 line drawings of people signing familiar words,
phrases and sentences using ASL signs in English word order.
Videos also available.
Lakin, Patricia. (1994) Dad and
Me in the Morning. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman
& Company. Beautifully illustrated story of a boy and
his father on the beach.
Lee, Jeanne M. (1991) Silent Lotus.
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Vivid watercolor drawings
bring to life the thousand year old tradition of Cambodian
court ballet and the quiet triumph of a young Deaf dancer.
Levi, Dorothy. (1989) A Very Special
Friend. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.
Six year old Frannie finds a very special friend in Laura,
who "talks" in sign language.
Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse. (1977)
I Have a Sister-My Sister is Deaf. New York: Harper
Collins. An empathetic, affirmative look at the relationship
between siblings, as a young deaf child is affectionately
described by her older sister.
Rankin, Laura. (1991) The Handmade
Alphabet. New York: Penguin. Celebrates the beauty of
the manual alphabet.
Children's Television Workshop. (1985)
Sesame Street Sign Language ABC. New York: Random
House. With Deaf actress Linda Bove, muppet scenes depict
letters and words.
Slier, Debbie. (1995) Word
Signs. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.
Delightful board book with full color photos of objects
important to babies.
The
information sheets on this web page come to our site courtesy
of the American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC). ASDC would
like to share this information with all parents of children
who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The
American Society for Deaf Children can be reached at:
P.O. Box 3355, Gettysburg, PA 17325
717/334-7922 v/tty Business
717/334-8808 Fax
800/942-ASDC v/tty Parent Information and Referral
 
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