"This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for the alphabet. Each page features two to four alphabet signs within an everyday situation a child might be apart of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as illustrations of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a...

Created by an unparalleled board of experts led by renowned ASL linguist and poet Clayton Valli, The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language contains over 3,000 illustrations. Each sign illustration, including depictions of fingerspelling when appropriate, incorporates a complete list of English synonyms. A full, alphabetized English index enables users to cross-reference words and signs throughout the entire volume. The comprehensive introduction...

"Organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions on how to form these signs to represent the different English words that they might mean"--

What would life be like without language? For too many deaf people raised in rural outposts, access to a sign-language community is denied and they are condemned to a life without words. Such injustice deserves our attention and is explored with care in this haunting story of two deaf siblings, Dulce Maria (28) and Francisco (22), who have been raised their entire lives without access to any written, spoken, or signed language on a farm in northern...

When animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught Sam, his juvenile chimp, to speak in sign language, Aimee Villard, an undergraduate at Guy's university, is so taken with the performance that she applies to become his assistant. A romantic and intellectual attachment soon morphs into an interspecies love triangle that pushes hard at the boundaries of consciousness and the question of what we know and how we...

The Freeman family--Charles, Laurel, and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie--have been invited to the Toneybee Institute in rural Massachusetts to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected for the experiment because they know sign language; they are supposed to teach it to Charlie and welcome him as a member...

Start the day right! Help your baby communicate more effectively with Happy Signs “Day”. Happy Signs allows your little one to clearly express his or her needs through signing, thus easing the frustration that babies often feel when they are unable to convey their thoughts through speech. Based on American Sign Language, Happy Signs is easy and fun for both parents and kids.

All Brainy Baby® Learning features Live-Action and real children while using familiar objects to help make fast learning connections. Brainy Baby has won more than 77 Awards and has been University tested producing a learning increase of 22x. The are designed to make "learning connections" at an early age and divided into four learning categories: Infant / Early Learning and brain development, Academic subjects (ABCs, 123s, etc.) Enrichments (Art...

Join Hopkins, Alex, and Leah as they learn everyday signs such as friends, emotions, fruits, vegetables, opposites, and many more. Songs include Can you feel it?, Toy box, Show me a sign, and That tastes good.