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Rachel and the TreeSchoolers: Plants and Flowers

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Rachel and the TreeSchoolers: Incredible Insects

Summary:

Intended to entertain and educate, Rachel and her Treeschooler friends use stories and songs to teach a preschool curriculum and character-building values. In this episode, the Incredible Insects curriculum explores parts of an insect, habitats, insect facts, variety of insects, alphabet, American Sign Language, problem-solving, and the valuable contributions of each unique individual.

This set comes with an accompanying CD of music and downloadable free activity books can be found at:
http://www.signingtime.com/treeschoolers

Author:

Two Little Hands Productions

Imprint:

Midvale, UT: Two Little Hands Productions, c2013

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Rachel and the TreeSchoolers: Incredible Insects

Signing Time!

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SKI-HI Total Communication Video Program

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This program was developed to teach Total Communication to families of young deaf and/or hard of hearing children in their homes. Each lesson shows the family how to make signs. Then there is a check to see how well family members learned the signs. Finally, there are practice sentences, demonstrations and sign tips to show application of the signs. There are six DVDs in the set.

Disk 1
Lesson 1: Identify Members of the Family
Lesson 2: Getting Along With the Family
Lesson 3: More Family Survival Signs
Lesson 4: Getting Up
Lesson 5: Getting Dressed
Lesson 6: Brushing Teeth & Combing Hair
Lesson 7: Changing Diapers
Lesson 8: Getting a Drink
Lesson 9: Going to the Bathroom

Disk 2
Lesson 10: Getting Dressed for Bed
Lesson 11: Storytime (Intro to Animals)
Lesson 12: Little Rhymes, Songs & Prayers
Lesson 13: Foods
Lesson 14: More Foods & Eating Meals
Lesson 15: Preparing Meals
Lesson 16: Body Parts
Lesson 17: Getting Hurt & Being Sick
Lesson 18: Expressing Feelings

Disk 3
Lesson 19: Things in the House
Lesson 20: Taking Care of Clothes
Lesson 21: Setting & Clearing the Table
Lesson 22: Toys & Playthings
Lesson 23: Playing Outside the House
Lesson 24: Playing Inside the House
Lesson 25: Traveling
Lesson 26: Visiting Places
Lesson 27: Going to School
Lesson 28: Manual Alphabet
Lesson 29: Question & Connecting Words
Lesson 30: Prepositions & Affixes

Disc 4
Lesson 31: Relatives & Relationships
Lesson 32: Identifiers & Pronouns
Lesson 33: People in the Community
Lesson 34: Body Parts
Lesson 35: Sickness & Injury
Lesson 36: Clothing
Lesson 37: Home & Farm Animals
Lesson 38: Wild Animals
Lesson 39: Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles

Disk 5
Lesson 40: Fruits & Vegetables
Lesson 41: Treats & Beverages
Lesson 42: Meats, Main Dishes & Cooking Ingredients
Lesson 43: Describing People & Things
Lesson 44: Describing Sizes, Amounts, Distances & Actions
Lesson 45: Ways of Feeling
Lesson 46: Things in the House
Lesson 47: Things in the Yard
Lesson 48: Nature

Disc 6
Lesson 49: Days & Time
Lesson 50: Months & Seasons
Lesson 51: Holidays & Celebrations
Lesson 52: Communication & Action Words
Lesson 53: Action Words
Lesson 54: Less Action Words
Lesson 55: Getting There (Transportation & Directions)
Lesson 56: Places
Lesson 57: Countries
Lesson 58: At School
Lesson 59: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic & Communication Skills
Lesson 60: Music, Science, Art, & Sports

Author:

HOPE, Inc

Imprint:

North Logan, UT: Ski-Hi Institute, c2006

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Sign Language: Homeschool

Teacher Resources

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SKI-HI Total Communication Video Program

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Signing Time! My First Signs, Volume 1

Summary:

From their magical world, Alex, Leah and Hopkins, their frog invite infants and children to learn to sign. The Signing Time Series combines signing children and infants, animation, and music and an adult that models each sign. Volume 1, My First Signs presents eighteen (18) sign concepts including milk, bird, want, eat and cat. Available with Spanish play options.

Author:

Two Little Hands Productions

Imprint:

Salt Lake City, UT: Two Little Hands Productions, c2007

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Signing Time!

Sign Language: Homeschool

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Signing Time! My First Signs, Volume 1

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Sign With Me, Volume 1: Building Conversations

Summary:

Part of an instructional sign language series for hearing parents of deaf children age birth to three. In Volume 1, Building Conversations, basic signs which can be used with children everyday are presented. Also you will learn how to sign short, simple and expressive sentences, follow your child's lead in communicating, use facial expressions and body movement to support signed messages, understand a variety of adult and child signers, and use positive parenting skills to improve your child's communication development. Included are two DVDs containing eight lessons each with five activities or games family members can use with your deaf child and two DVDs with open-captioned versions of these lessons.

Author:

Boys Town National Research Hospital

Imprint:

Omaha, NE: Boys Town National Research Hospital, c1994

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Sign With Me, Volume 1: Building Conversations

Parent Resources

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Sign With Me, Volume 2: Building Concepts

Summary:

Sign With Me is an instructional sign language series for hearing parents of deaf children age birth to three. Volume 2, Building Concepts is designed to improve your signing and parenting skills and stimulate your deaf child's language acquisition. You will also learn how to use signs to describe feelings and experiences as well as objects, teach concepts like wet and dry during your child's daily routines such as bath time, and use questions words to encourage your child's curiosity. Included are two DVDs containing eight lessons, each with five activities or games family members can use with your deaf child and two DVDs with open-captioned versions of these activities. An accompanying workbook is available and is recommended.

Author:

Boys Town National Research Hospital

Imprint:

Omaha, NE: Boys Town National Research Hospital, c1994

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Sign With Me, Volume 2: Building Concepts

Parent Resources

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Sign With Me, Volume 3: Positive Parenting

Summary:

Sign With Me is an instructional sign language series for hearing parents of deaf children age birth to three. Volume 3, Positive Parenting presents basic signs and ideas for praising your child and managing behaviors. Also presented is how to discipline in positive ways and avoid the frequent use of 'no', how to encourage your child to make choices and follow routines, how to warn in a way that guides the child, and how to handle tantrums and redirect unwanted behaviors. Included are two DVDs containing eight lessons, each with five activities or games family members can use with your deaf child and two DVDs with open-captioned versions of these lessons. An accompanying workbook is available and is recommended.

Author:

Boys Town National Research Hospital

Imprint:

Omaha, NE: Boys Town National Research Hospital, c1994

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Communication Issues/Advice

Parent Resources

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Sign With Me, Volume 3: Positive Parenting

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Personal or Professional: The Ethics Conundrum

Summary:

This DVD explores personal ethics and how these impact compliance to the interpreter's professional code of ethics. Paula D. Browning introduces the tenets of the Code in conjunction with interpreting scenarios. Discussion and questions help identify which tenet of the code interpreters are most apt to use in conflicting situations and help blend them in an effective display of ethical professional behavior in interpreting work. CEUs may be earned.

Author:

Winkshop, Inc

Imprint:

Palm Harbor, FL.: Winkshop, Inc c2012

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Interpreter Training

Educational Interpreting

Personal or Professional: The Ethics Conundrum

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Topography

Summary:

Dr. Byron Bridges discusses tactics used in American Sign Language to give directions, which will assist in the development of topography skills. Mainly targeted are interpreters to help develop skills to interpret directions accurately both expressively and receptively. Both a quiz and a game are included to see if the concepts were learned accurately. CEUs can be earned.

Author:

Winkshop, Inc

Imprint:

Palm Harbor, FL: Winkshop, Inc c2013

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Interpreter Training

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Topography

Title:

Native Fingerspelling

Summary:

This DVD is meant to improve both receptive and expressive fingerspelling skills through 15 lesson plans presenting 532 words of receptive and expressive practice. There are three games which can be played in one, two and team player modes. There is an additional 160 minutes worth of practice content. CEUs can be earned.

Author:

Winkshop, Inc

Imprint:

Palm Harbor, FL: Winkshop, Inc c2012

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Fingerspelling

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Native Fingerspelling

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Classifiers

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This DVD will teach you how to identify the different types of classifiers and how to use them appropriately. It will introduce you to terms like “perimeter morpheme,” “movement roots,” and “classifier predicates” to give you tools to discuss your work. This DVD details classifiers in a scaffold approach that allows you to learn about this imperfect linguistic aspect of ASL in a manner that is fun, thought provoking and allows for creativity. There are 200 additional minutes worth of practice content. CUEs can be earned.

Author:

Winkshop, Inc

Imprint:

Palm Harbor, FL: Winkshop, Inc c2012

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The Right Rights: Interpreting the Miranda Warning

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Classifiers

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Frozen texts are often troubling for interpreters. Coupled with the complexity of the legal system, frozen texts such as the Miranda Warning can be an intimidating task to tackle in ASL. This DVD provides a guided look at construction of a culturally rich, conceptually accurate rendering of the Miranda Warning. By exploring the history of the warning, the disparities in culture, and the linguistic considerations, this DVD will provide a framework whereby sign language interpreters of all levels can gain confidence in developing an effective interpretation appropriate for use in the criminal justice system.

Author:

Winkshop, Inc

Imprint:

Palm Harbor, FL: Winkshop, Inc c2012

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Legal Interpreting

The Right Rights: Interpreting the Miranda Warning

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Reading to Deaf Children: Learning From Deaf Adults

Summary:

Considerable research has explored the most effective strategies used by deaf parents and teachers for reading to deaf children. Based on those studies and direct observations by the author, the fifteen principles outlined in *the accompany manual and vividly demonstrated on the videotape are a guide for parents and teachers who want to promote literacy, and share the pleasure of reading with the deaf and hard of hearing children.

Author:

David R. Schleper with Daniel Koo and Ann Lynn Smith

Imprint:

[Washington, DC] : Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, c2007

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Language and Literacy

Role Models

Educator Resources

Deaf Education

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Reading to Deaf Children: Learning From Deaf Adults

Title:

The HeART of Deaf Culture: Literary & Artistic Expressions of Deafhood

Summary:

Multimedia interactive 2-DVD set exploring Deaf Visual Art, ASL and English literature, Deaf theater and Deaf cinema. Includes in-depth interviews with Deaf scholars and creators from each genre. Disc 1 plays on the computer and includes summary texts for the interviews found on Disc 2. Disc 1 features interactive timelines and sample works from each genre with text and video files. The interviews on Disc 2 can be used for receptive practice.

Author:

Rochester Institute of Technology

Imprint:

Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, c2012

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The HeART of Deaf Culture: Literary & Artistic Expressions of Deafhood

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Stories About Growing Up

Summary:

The Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, Center for Accessible Technology in Sign, presents three stories from Scholastic, one of the largest publishers and distributors of children’s books. Shown with partial animation and pop-in signed interpretations are: Leo the Late Bloomer; A Weekend with Wendell; and Joey Runs Away.

Author:

Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, Center for Accessible Technology in Sign

Imprint:

Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, c2000

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Accessibility

Language Arts

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Stories About Growing Up

Title:

Blue Burt and Wiggles

Summary:

The story of Blue Burt and Wiggles is brought to life with original music, voice and sign language helping all children appreciate the richness of a visual language. Missy Keast interprets the story of Blue Burt and Wiggles as he tries to find the courage to join his brothers and sisters in the pond. There are bonus features including read-along phrases, an activity guide, an interactive quiz, voiceover and ASL vocabulary.

Author:

Signs for Intelligence

Imprint:

Phoenix, AZ: Signs for Intelligence, c2010

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Language and Literacy

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Blue Burt and Wiggles

Title:

Signing On

Summary:

This DVD looks at deaf breast cancer survivors and the impact such a diagnosis can have on their spouses, children, and the deaf community itself. The film does not shy away from the hard facts as it relates to the barriers, uncertainties and fears that deaf people experience when faced with a difficult diagnosis, often compounded by challenges communicating with health professionals and understanding complex medical terms.

Author:

Barbara Allen

Imprint:

Whitehouse Station, NJ: Barbara Allen, c2011

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Summary:

The story of Big Al is brought to life with original music, voice and sign language helping all children appreciate the richness of a visual language. Manny Hernandez interprets the story of Big Al, the gnarly fish trying to find his true colors to his fishy friends. There are bonus features including read-along phrases, an activity guide, an interactive quiz, voiceover and ASL vocabulary.

Author:

Signs for Intelligence

Imprint:

Phoenix, AZ: Signs for Intelligence, c2010

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Children's Book

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Big Al

Title:

The Story of Ferdinand

Summary:

The Story of Ferdinand is brought to life with original music, voice and sign language helping all children appreciate the richness of a visual language. Manny Hernandez interprets as Ferdinand finds peace and contentment on the Spanish countryside. There are bonus features including a read-along text, activity guide, interactive quiz, and ASL vocabulary.

Author:

Munro, Leaf

Imprint:

Norwalk, CT: Weston Woods Studio; Scholastic, c2009

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Children's Book

A Creature Was Stirring: One Boy's Night Before Christmas

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The Story of Ferdinand

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Summary:

A Creature was Stirring is brought to life with original music, voice and sign language helping all children appreciate the richness of a visual language. Manny Hernandez interprets the story of the night before Christmas. There are bonus features including a read-along text, an activity guide, an interactive quiz, and ASL vocabulary.

Author:

Signs for Intelligence, LLC

Imprint:

Phoenix, AZ: Signs for Intelligence, c2010

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Language and Literacy

A Creature Was Stirring: One Boy's Night Before Christmas

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Little Quack

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The story of Little Quack is brought to life with original music, voice and sign language helping all children appreciate the richness of visual language. Missy Keast interprets the story of Little Quack as he tries to find the courage to join his brothers and sisters in the pond. There are bonus features including a read-along text, activity guide, interactive quiz, Quack-u-lator and ASL vocabulary.

Author:

Thompson, Lauren

Imprint:

Norwalk, CT: Weston Woods Studio, c2009

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Title:

Learning Sign Language Rules!

Summary:

Part of the Stick'em Up series, basic conversational signs and phrases in ASL are taught and reinforced through activities. Study guides are available and found on the website www.stickemupsignclub.com.
Segment titles include:
•ABCs
•See What I Mean”- Communication
•May I Take Your Order?
•Sweats and Treats
•Fruit Market Fling
•Time, Time, Time
•Fruits and vegetables
•ASL Signs and English Words

Author:

SLIC, Inc.

Imprint:

Cleveland, OH: SLIC, Inc., c1994, 2006

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Learning Sign Language Rules!

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Title:

Learning to Sign is Cool!

Summary:

Part of the Stick'em Up series, basic conversational signs and phrases in ASL are taught and reinforced through activities. Study guides are available and found on the website www.stickemupsignclub.com.
Segment titles include:
•Family Fun
•Day at the Park
•Baby’s Sick
•The Mad Plot of Dr. Cochlear
•Stick ‘em Up Silent Comedy Club
•Play on Signs
•Numbers 1-30
•Fun with Puns & Days of the Week

Author:

SLIC, Inc.

Imprint:

Cleveland, OH: SLIC, Inc., c2006

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Learning to sign is cool!

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Title:

Learning to Sign: It's a Party!

Summary:

Part of the Stick'em Up series, Basic conversational signs and phrases in ASL are taught and reinforced through activities. Study guides are available and found on the website www.stickemupsignclub.com.
Segment titles include:
•Totally Awesome!
•When Colors Collide
•Opposites Attack!
•Revenge of Dr. Cochlear
•Guess the Pun
•Silent Comedy Club
•Videophones
•ASL and the Hearing World

Author:

SLIC, Inc.

Imprint:

Cleveland, OH: SLIC, Inc., c2008

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