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ASDB Deaf Mentor Program

Deaf Mentors share valuable insight about their personal experiences as a deaf person, as well they share their knowledge on social, physical, cognitive, and emotional development of children who are deaf/hard of hearing. Deaf Mentor and families work together to provide a visual language environment for children.

ASL
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
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of two heart-shaped birds kissing the cheeks of a little girl sitting on a tree limb. Text reads, “Besos For Baby, A Little Book of Kisses. By Jen Arena. Illustrated by Blanca Gomez.”
4 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of a gray elephant wearing a blue hat and a brown moose wearing a green hat. Text reads, “Blue Hat, Green Hat. By Sandra Boynton.”
2 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of two mermaids from Bubble Guppies playing with a dog with a fishtail as several insects look on. Text reads, “Leap Frog Get Ready to Read Series. Nickelodeon Bubble Guppies. Bug’s Day Out.”
7 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of a duck in a Santa hat standing on a porch decorated with Christmas lights on a snowy winter night. Text reads, “Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! By Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.”
6 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Small sailboat floats peacefully on the open waters of the ocean.
5 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Christina Vorreyer-Davis stands in front of a black backdrop and looks at us with a big smile. She holds her hand to her forehead like she’s saluting.
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 1
1 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
ASL
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us and holds her hands together in fists with her thumbs up. Text reads, “Money behind.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 2
1 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
ASL
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us with a frown on her face as she hand one hand in a thumbs up position and another one with a finger out against the top of her other hand’s fingers. “Text, “Finish Touch.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 3
1 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
ASL
Christina Vorreyer-David looks at us with scrunched up eyebrows and points to her forehead. Text reads, “Make-Face For-For.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 4
1 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
ASL
Christina Vorreyer-David looks at us while holding her hand to her neck. Text reads, “Swallow-Pride.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 5
1 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
ASL
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us with her hands next to each other with two pinkie fingers up. Text reads, “Talk-self.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 6
58 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
ASL
Christina Vorreyer-Davis looks at us while squinting her eyes. She rests her wrist on one hand and points her finger at us. Text reads, “Beat-You.”
Did You Know? ASL Idioms
Episode 7
1 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of a Tyrannosaurus rex baring its teeth and claws near a tiny dinosaur. Text reads, “Dinosaur Roar! By Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland.”
3 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of two versions of Eva Peron, one wears black, looking sad, while the other wears white, looking hopeful. Text reads, “Evita: Opposites - Opuestos. A bilingual book of opposites. By Patty Rodriguez & Ariana Stein. Art by Citlali Reyes.”
6 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Rainbow text written in crayon and three hands signing three hundred. Text reads, “The first three hundred. Animals.”
First 300 Signs
Episode 1
5 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
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Rainbow text written in crayon and three hands signing three hundred. Text reads, “The first three hundred. Clothes.”
First 300 Signs
Episode 2
3 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Rainbow text written in crayon and three hands signing three hundred. Text reads, “The first three hundred. Families.”
First 300 Signs
Episode 3
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of a boy holding a watering can and a girl holding a basket reach up toward a corn stalk. Text reads, “Green is a Chile Pepper. A Book of Colors.”
8 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Book cover shows an illustration of a mouse wearing overalls falls alongside several decorated Easter eggs. Text reads, “Happy Easter, Mouse! By Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond.”
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5