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ASL Resources for Children

ASL Resources are not all created equal!

American Sign Language (ASL) is an approved and fully functioning language. English and ASL are two vastly different languages. ASL uses various handshapes, space, body movements and facial expressions to convey its grammar and syntax; all visual in nature. These visual components give the viewer an increased level of comprehension.

Using ASL signs to represent the English language is not a sign language, but simply a sign system created to match spoken English. This practice remains popular and greatly limits the learning of ASL with all its fully visual aspects, including comprehension.

Signs for Hope endeavors to provide the strongest ASL based resources, without the English constraints. If you know of ASL resources meeting this standard and you do not see them shared here, please contact us and let us know so we can include them for everyone’s benefit.

Signs for Hope will begin creating our own ASL resources, soon!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear book in ASL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASL Storybook Readings: 1 & up

  1. ERCOD – The Snowy Day (age 1 & up)
    ERCOD – The Snowy Day ASL Vocabulary
    ERCOD – The Snowy Day (Español)
    ERCOD – The Snowy Day ASL Vocabulary (Español)
  2. RMDS – Bubbles, Bubbles (age 1 & up)
  3. RMDS – Dear Zoo (age 1 & up)
  4. RMDS – This is NOT a Pumpkin (age 1 & up)
  5. RMDS – I Went Walking (age 1 & up)
  6. CSDToddlers – Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin (age 1 & up)
  7. RMDS – Not a Box (age 1 & up)

ASL Storybook Readings: 2 & up

  1. RMDS – Hands Can (age 2 & up)
  2. RMDS – Goodnight, Gorilla (age 2 & up)
  3. RMDS – It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! (age 2 & up)
  4. RMDS – Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (age 2 & up)
  5. CSDToddlers – Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (age 2 & up)
  6. RMDS – Tuck Me In (age 2 & up)
  7. ASL Nook – Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (age 2 & up)
  8. RMDS – Always Hug a Unicorn (age 2 & up)
  9. RMDS – Things That Go! (age 2 & up)
  10. RMDS – The Very Hungry Caterpillar (age 2 & up)
  11. RMDS – Blast Off (age 2 & up)
  12. RMDS – My First I See You (age 2 & up)
  13. RMDS – I Spy Under the Sea (age 2 & up)
  14. RISE – 7 Colors of a Rainbow w/ Child Signer (age 2 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: 7 Colors of a Rainbow w/ Child Signer eBook
    RISE – 7 Colors of a Rainbow w/ Adult Signer (age 2 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: 7 Colors of a Rainbow w/ Adult Signer eBook
    RISE – 7 Colors of a Rainbow (ASL and no text) (age 2 & up)

ASL Storybook Readings: 3 & up

  1. ERCOD – Speakaboos: What Will I Do Today? (age 3 & up)
  2. ERCOD – Speakaboos: What is the Weather Today? (age 3 & up)
  3. ERCOD – The Tale of Peter Rabbit (age 3 & up)
  4. ERCOD – Love You Forever (age 3 & up)
  5. RMDS – Clifford the Firehouse Dog (age 3 & up)
  6. RMDS – Chugga Chugga Choo Choo (age 3 & up)
  7. CSDToddlers – Changes, Changes (age 3 & up)
  8. Mattiaci – Pinkalicious (age 3 & up)
  9. ASL Nook – The Elf on the Shelf (age 3 & up)
  10. ASL Nook – The Night Before Christmas (age 3 & up)
  11. RISE – A Visit From St. Nicholas / The Night Before Christmas (age 3 & up)
    Accompanying eBook for Apple Devices: A Visit from St. Nicholas/The Night Before Christmas eBook
  12. RMDS – Polar Bear Island (age 3 & up)
  13. RMDS – Never Touch a Shark (age 3 & up)
  14. RMDS – The Very Busy Spider (age 3 & up)
  15. RMDS – No Probllama! (age 3 & up)
  16. RMDS – The Little Dump Truck (age 3 & up)
  17. RMDS – Giraffes Can’t Dance (age 3 & up)
  18. RMDS – How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends? (age 3 & up)
  19. RMDS – The Mitten (age 3 & up)
  20. RMDS – The Ice Cream King (age 3 & up)
  21. RMDS – Math Curse (age 3 & up)
  22. RMDS – 10 Fat Turkeys (age 3 & up)
  23. RMDS – A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee (age 3 & up)
  24. RISE – Humpty Dumpty (age 3 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: Humpty Dumpty eBook
  25. RISE – Stick’s Masterpiece (age 3 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: Stick’s Masterpiece eBook
  26. RISE – Rocky: The Cat Who Barks (age 3 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: Rocky: The Cat Who Barks eBook
  27. RISE – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (age 3 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck eBook
  28. RISE – Kevin’s Birthday Party (age 3 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: Kevin’s Birthday Party eBook
  29. ASLized! – Pointy Three (age 3 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: Pointy Three eBook
  30. ASLized! – Three Little Pigs (age 3 & up)
  31. ASLized! – Goldilocks and the Three Bears (age 3 & up)

ASL Storybook Readings: 4 & up

  1. ERCOD – Merry Christmas, Splat (age 4 & up)
  2. ERCOD – Heckedy Peg (age 4 & up)
  3. ERCOD – Always in Trouble (age 4 & up)
  4. ERCOD – Is Your Mama a Llama? (age 4 & up)
    ERCOD – Is Your Mama a Llama? ASL Vocabulary
    ERCOD – Is Your Mama a Llama? (Español)
    ERCOD – Is Your Mama a Llama? ASL Vocabulary (Español)
  5. ERCOD – The William Hoy Story (2 videos) (age 4 & up)
  6. ERCOD – Stellaluna (age 4 & up)
  7. RMDS – Ten Timid Ghosts (age 4 & up)
  8. CSDToddlers – Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy (age 4 & up)
  9. CSDToddlers – Tuesday (age 4 & up)
  10. ASL Nook – The Polar Express (age 4 & up)
  11. ASL Nook – Where the Wild Things Are (age 4 & up)
  12. RMDS – Where the Wild Things Are (age 4 & up)
  13. ASL Nook – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (age 4 & up)
  14. RMDS – If You Give a Pig a Party (age 4 & up)
  15. RMDS – Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails (age 4 & up)
  16. RMDS – Dinosaur Roar! (age 4 & up)
  17. RMDS – Snowmen at Night (age 4 & up)
  18. RMDS – Move! (age 4 & up)
  19. RMDS – Turkey Trouble (age 4 & up)
  20. RMDS – Because I Had a Teacher (age 4 & up)
  21. RMDS – Happy (age 4 & up)
  22. RMDS – Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake (age 4 & up)
  23. RMDS – I Need My Monster (age 4 & up)
  24. RMDS – Planting a Rainbow (age 4 & up)
  25. RMDS – From Head to Toe (age 4 & up)
  26. RMDS – D.W. Flips! (age 4 & up)

ASL Storybook Readings: 5 & up

  1. ERCOD – The Napping House Reading, Vocab & Multiple Meaning Words (age 5 & up)
  2. ERCOD – Speakaboos: The Changing Seasons (age 5 & up)
  3. ERCOD – Speakaboos: All About Farm Animals (age 5 & up)
  4. ERCOD – The Little Red Hen (age 5 & up)
    ERCOD – The Little Red Hen ASL Vocabulary
  5. ASL Nook – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (age 5 & up)
  6. RMDS – Summer (age 5 & up)
  7. RMDS – Three Little Kittens (age 5 & up)

ASL Storybook Readings: 6 & up

  1. RMDS – Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci (age 6 & up)
  2. RMDS – Zero the Hero (age 6 & up)
  3. ASLized! – The Giving Tree (age 6 & up)
  4. RISE – The Slant Book (age 7 & up)
    eBook for Apple Devices: The Slant Book eBook

ASL Storybook Readings: 8 & up

  1. ERCOD – Goose ASL Vocabulary
  2. ERCOD – Goose (age 8 & up)
  3. ERCOD – Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Reading & Discussion (19 videos) (age 8 & up)
  4. ERCOD – Wonder ASL Reading Guide, Lesson Plan, and Materials (9 videos)
  5. ERCOD – Wonderstruck Reading & Discussion (61 videos) (age 8 & up)
  6. ERCOD – Charlotte’s Web Intro, Characters, Chapter Readings & Discussion (48 videos) (age 8 & up)
  7. RMDS – Sir Circumference and the Dragon of Pi (age 8 & up)

ASL Storytelling

  1. RMDS – Math ASL Storytelling: Where the Wild Things Are (learning three-digit math)
  2. RMDS – Math ASL Storytelling: Hansel & Gretel (learning subtraction up to 12)
  3. RMDS – Math ASL Storytelling: The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf

Basic ASL & Vocabulary

  1. ASL Nook – Numbers 1 – 20
  2. ASL Nook – The Alphabet
  3. ASL Nook – Halloween
  4. RMDS – Halloween ASL Vocabulary
  5. ASL Nook – Thanksgiving
  6. ASL Nook – Christmas
  7. ASL Nook – Super Bowl
  8. ASL Nook – Valentine’s Day
  9. ASL Nook – St. Patrick’s Day
  10. ASL Nook – Colors
  11. ASL Nook – Food
  12. ASL Nook – Clothes
  13. ASL Nook – Makeup, Hair & Jewelry
  14. ASL Nook – Dog Signs
  15. ASL Nook – More Animals
  16. ASL Nook – Zoo Animals
  17. ASL Nook – Sea Animals
  18. ASL Nook – Our Earth
  19. ASL Nook – Weather
  20. ASL Nook – Human Body
  21. ASL Nook – Daily Routines
  22. ASL Nook – Our Manners
  23. ASL Nook – Occupations
  24. RMDS – Community Jobs
  25. ASL Nook – Our Calendar
  26. ASL Nook – Back to School
  27. ASL Nook – Around the House
  28. ASL Nook – Our Feelings
  29. ASL Nook – Sports
  30. ASL Nook – Dance & Music
  31. ASL Nook – Theatre
  32. ASL Nook – Our Activities
  33. ASL Nook – Birthday Party
  34. ASL Nook – Our Summer Vacation

Deaf Culture

  1. ASL Nook – Meet a Deaf Fashion Designer
  2. Sorenson – The Deaf Tree
  3. ASL Nook – 10 Deaf Children, 1 Powerful Message

Preschool

  1. ASL Nook – Baby Signs Pt. 1
  2. ASL Nook – Baby Signs Pt. 2
  3. CSDToddlers – Dark/Bright ASL Rhyme
  4. CSDToddlers – Fall ASL Rhythms & Rhymes
  5. CSDToddlers – Morning Routine ASL Location Song
  6. CSDToddlers – Bye Bye Sweet Butterfly ASL Song
  7. CSDToddlers – Salad ASL Location Poem
  8. CSDToddlers – Taste ASL Rhyme
  9. CSDToddlers – Family ASL Rhyme
  10. CSDToddlers – Tools ASL Location Rhyme
  11. CSDToddlers – I’m Happy, I’m Sad
  12. CSDToddlers – Things in the Air ASL Direction
  13. CSDToddlers – Moving Vehicles ASL Handshape/Classifier and Movement
  14. CSDToddlers – Working Trucks ASL Signs
  15. CSDToddlers – My Three Animals Nursery Rhyme
  16. RMDS – Daily Routines ASL Rhymes & Rhythms
  17. RMDS – Noun & Verb Toddler Program ASL Lesson
  18. CSDToddlers – Counting Tools 1 – 2 – 3
  19. CSDToddlers – Counting 5 Tools
  20. CSDToddlers – Feelings
  21. CSDToddlers – Identifying Animals & Colors
  22. CSDToddlers – Matching Trucks and Their Purpose
  23. CSDToddlers – Cup of Grass Activity
  24. CSDToddlers – Playing With Thoreau

Kindergarten

  1. ASL Nook – Opposite Words Pt. 1
  2. ASL Nook – Opposite Words Pt. 2
  3. ASL Nook- At the Restaurant Pt. 1
  4. ASL Nook – At the Restaurant Pt. 2

Grades 1 - 5

  1. ASL Nook – 50 States
  2. ASL Nook – Many Deaf Children, One World
  3. ASL Nook – Washington, D.C. Trip
  4. ASL Nook – Disney
  5. ASL Nook – A Day at the Park
  6. ASL Nook – Our Community
  7. ASL Nook – Games of Toilet Paper: House Deaf
  8. KDES – Superheroes ASL 1 – 10 Handshape Stories
  9. ASLized! – The Ungrateful Tiger
  10. ASLized! – An Incredible Journey of an Ordinary Egg

Grades 6 - 8

  1. ASL Nook – Idioms
  2. RMDS – Magical Pi ASL Song
  3. RMDS – What is the Fibonacci Sequence?

Grades 9 - 12

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ASL Songs

  1. ERCOD – The Star Spangled Banner
  2. RMDS – ASL Song: Unity Song

Science

  1. ERCOD – For Parents & Teachers – NASA/Space-Related Lesson Plans
  2. ERCOD – KnowThat?! Peanut Butter Diamonds
    ERCOD – Teacher’s Guide – KnowThat?! Peanut Butter Diamonds
  3. ERCOD – KnowThat?! How Far are the Stars?
    ERCOD – Teacher’s Guide – KnowThat?! How Far are the Stars?
  4. ERCOD – KnowThat?! No Cold?! (Did you know that ‘cold’ doesn’t exist?)
  5. ERCOD – KnowThat?! How Heavy are Clouds?
  6. ERCOD – KnowThat?! Electromagnetic Colors

Social Studies

  1. ERCOD – About the Star Spangled Banner (Part 1)
    ERCOD – About the Star Spangled Banner (Part 2)
  2. ERCOD – Social Justice (7 videos)
  3. ERCOD – 9/11 Discussion (7 videos)

English Language Arts

  1. ERCOD – BrainPOP! Main Idea (ASL interpreted)

Films

  1. The Jesus Film

Worship Songs

  1. Rock Church ASL Worship
  2. Deaf Harbor – Worship Songs in ASL

Martin Luther King Day

  1. ASL Resources for MLK Day

Other

  1. RMDS – Starbooks Librarian’s Book Reviews
  2. 1001 Books in ASL
  3. 52 Bible Stories in ASL (Guideposts)
    *Closed captioning is coming soon! 
  4. Deaf Christian Television: Children’s Programs
  5. California School for the Deaf Videos

For Parents

  1. ERCOD – Mental Health and Deaf Adopted Children, Mental Health and Deaf Youth, and How Deafness Affects Brain Development
  2. RMDS – For Parents: Incorporating Visual Language Strategies in Your Child’s Bedtime Routine
  3. Gallaudet CCOE – Learning Language by Eye or by Ear
  4. Language Learning Through the Eye and Ear Webcast – Part 1
  5. Language Learning Through the Eye and Ear Webcast – Part 2

Social Media Accounts

  1. @aslstorytelling on Instagram (572 posts as of 3/9/2020)

Glossary

  1. ASLized! – “ASLized innovates and produces authentic resources in American Sign Languages with a commitment to linguistics, literature and education.”
  2. ASL Nook – “A place where everyone can learn ASL.”
  3. CSDToddlers – California School for the Deaf (Fremont)
    https://www.youtube.com/user/CSDECEToddler/videos
  4. ERCOD – Educational Resource Center on Deafness
    https://www.youtube.com/user/ERCODvideos/videos
  5. KDES – Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
    https://www.youtube.com/user/KDESwildcats/videos
  6. RISE – Reading Involves Shared Experiences (Swarthmore/Gallaudet collaboration)
    https://riseebooks.wixsite.com/access
  7. RMDS – Rocky Mountain Deaf School
    https://www.youtube.com/user/RMDSCO/videos

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