By Lisa Cable
One of the things I enjoy the most about my role with Hands & Voices is connecting with parents. Whether they are parents with a brand new baby, or parents of a preschooler getting ready to head off to school or even those with an older child, I love talking to them and sharing stories and learning about their families. Over the years I’ve attended many parent evenings, workshops and panel discussions. And there are some questions we hear every time. One of them is: “Where do I learn ASL?” Or alternately: “How do I support my child being exposed to more ASL?” Well we’re here to help! While this list is not comprehensive by any means, these are some of the resources that we have compiled based on recommendations from a variety of sources (DHH adults, DHH teens, other organizations and our own board members). We hope this is helpful and would love to hear from you if there is anything that you are using that might work for other families as well.
SIGN-UP: Chrome Extension (ASL interpreting for some Netflix and Disney+ movies)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/signup-sign-language-for/gbllbjbhbafgdcolenjhdoabdjjbjoom
THE DAILY MOTH: News Source in ASL
https://www.dailymoth.com/
LINGVANO: ASL learning resource
https://www.lingvano.com/asl/
ASL LEARNING APPS
https://www.handspeak.com/
https://www.aslnook.com/
https://www.aslathome.org/
ASL RESOURCES FOR SIGNING FAMILIES: From Family Network for Deaf Children
https://www.fndc.ca/asl-resources-families
ASL PLAYLISTS FOR KIDS:
Michelle ASL (scroll down to see her playlists for children): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsxQyyrcxlMpEDHdxRWKH0Q
Are You My Mother (Bree Sproule is from BC): (Also, the actor Millicent Simmonds who is Deaf does videos “operation ASL Storytime” and also chose “Are You My Mother”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcmcPJ-1t0c
POPDHH – ASL Story Time videos: https://popdhh.ca/programs-and-services/asl-programs-and-services/asl-story-time/
ASL STORIES DIRECTORY:
This ASL Stories Directory makes it easy for you to find hundreds of free videos of ASL retellings of your child’s or student’s favorite books. . https://deafchildren.org/knowledge-center/asl-resources/sign-language-stories/
