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Boy and girl wearing colorful velvet costumes and stockings sit atop a bright blue trunk while performing on stage. Caption. Jack fell down and broke his crown.

Seven deaf and hearing children and Handrew, a signing, all-knowing bookshelf, offer a new approach to traditional nursery rhymes. After learning some ASL, the kids act out the rhymes, insuring understanding and pleasure for all. During the library story hour, they also learn some of the cultural differences and similarities between hearing and Deaf people. Reviews signs at the conclusion. New Mexico School for the Deaf production.

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Lesson Guide
Still image from: 10 Busy Brooms
10 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Woman signs in front of a storybook cover of lots of turkeys looking up at a big turkey. Text on book cover reads, "10 Fat Turkeys."
6 minutes
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Storybook cover displays a giant turkey wearing aviator goggles flying toward nine smaller turkeys. Text reads, “10 Fat Turkeys; by Tony Johnston; Illustrated by Rich Deas.”
5 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Woman signs in front of a color illustration of haunted house with 4 white ghosts peeking out of different places. A witch on a broomstick flies by.
5 minutes
Grade Level: Ps - 4
ASL
The bank of a river, lake, or stream with driftwood and bright green ferns.
9 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook showing a person and dog sleeping in a green camper trailer behind a yellow car. Story text appears on screen.
0 minutes
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a green chameleon on a green leaf and a yellow chameleon on a yellow leaf. Story text appears on screen.
4 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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
Color illustration. Flying owl, wings outstretched.
4 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Woman smiles and holds up her right hand with her left hand in a fist, thumb pointing towards her. Background photo of firefighter and Dalmatian standing by fire engine.
5 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3

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    Connie S. (Spring Green, WI)
    May 6th, 2015 at 08:28 AM

    This DVD does a great job showing people that learning sign language can be fun. The students from Mexico School for the Deaf who perform in this DVD also do a wonderful job acting out The Ugly Duckling, all in sign language.

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