Kauai Deaf/HH Student Resources

This book by Linda Acredolo, Penny Gentieu and Susan Goodwyn is part of the Baby Signs series, including Baby Signs for Mealtime and Baby Signs for Bedtime.

5. Baby Signs for Bedtime

This book by Linda Acredolo, Penny Gentieu and Susan Goodwyn is part of the Baby Signs series, including Baby Signs for Mealtime and Baby Signs for Animals.

6. Baby Signs for Mealtime

Another book in the Baby Signs series, authored by Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn and Penny Gentieu.

7. Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk

A more advanced baby sign book authored by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D. The book introduces baby sign language and explains how to use the language for different purposes. Situation examples include mealtime, feelings and home life. They also cover the use of baby sign language at day care, and near the end of the book, there is also a baby sign dictionary.

8. Baby Sing and Sign: Communicate with Your Baby Early...

This book and companion CD uses music to teach babies sign language.

9. First Signs (Early Sign Language)

Written by Stanley Collins, this book is from Garlic Press. It is also part of an Early Sign Language series.

10. My First Baby Signs

This book by Linda Acredolo, Penny Gentieu and Susan Goodwyn is part of a series, including Baby Signs for Mealtime, Baby Signs for Bedtime and Baby Signs for Animals. It introduces less than a dozen baby signs.

Websites

Teach Your Baby Sign Language http:// Kindersignscanada.com
The premier baby sign language destination for Canadians. Teach babies sign language to enhance language development with Kindersignscanada.com. Or become an exclusive Kinder Signs Canada Franchisee and help parents, day cares and others.

Baby Sign Factory – http://babysignfactory.com/

Wee Hands-http://www.weehands.com/ -Have online classes

Baby Sign Language- http://www.babysignlanguage.com/

Baby Signs- https://www.babysigns.com/

Signing Baby- http://www.signingbaby.com/

Tiny Fingers- http://www.tinyfingers.com/

Sign To Me- http://sign2me.com/index.php

Signing Smart- http://www.signingsmart.com/

Signing Time- http://www.signingtime.com/

Instructional DVD’s that combine singing and signing for children.

Books and Products

1001 Books in ASL Blog that links to videos in ASL of story books.

Book recommendations for learning ASL:

	The ASL Student's Essential Guides by Michelle Jay Highly recommend books for every ASL student. These guides not only cover all of the essential information about ASL and Deaf Culture you will need for your ASL journey, but the ASL grammar book is the only book for students completely dedicated to ASL grammar. You will be able to learn how to successfully and accurately sign in ASL right from the beginning--something most ASL students don't get to do. I do highly recommend them.
	Have You Ever Seen...? An American Sign Language Handshape DVD/Book by Smith This book illustrates 44 handshapes in fun, bright colored illustrations with rhymes and cultural vignettes. This book truly shows what ASL and Deaf culture is all about.
	American Sign Language The Easy Way by David A. Stewart This book is very good for the self-learner, and is very accurate. If you want to learn basic ASL, this is the book for you.
	Talking With Your Hands, Listening With Your Eyes: A Complete Photographic Guide to American Sign Language by Gabriel Grayson This book is a wonderful resource. Not only does it have wonderful information about Deaf culture, Deaf history, famous Deaf people, hearing loss, and the Deaf community, it illustrates sign language vocabulary like no other book. If you are starting out and want to increase your ASL vocabulary, this is the book for you. It organizes the signs by category and progressively teaches you more and more signs. The pictures are the easiest to understand.
	Signing Illustrated (Revised Edition): The Complete Learning Guide by Mickey Flodin This book is also very popular for learning ASL. The 1500 signs are organized by category, not alphabetically. You can also purchase the game called, "Sign It!" because the game apparently uses this book for reference.
	American Sign Language Dictionary-Flexi by Martin L. Sternberg This is a dictionary that explains more than 5,000 signs and has over 8,000 illustrations.
	The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary by Richard A. Tennant This is a great resource in that the dictionary is organized by handshape, not by word. This way, when you see a sign, you are able to look it up to learn what it means.
	From Mime to Sign by Gilbert C. Eastman This book shows over 1,000 photos that illustrate how gestures, mime, and facial expression can form the basis of learning ASL. I recommend this book if you are just starting out or want to brush up on your knowledge of classifiers.
	Random House Webster's American Sign Language Dictionary by Elaine Costello This dictionary is a great resource to have. It not only illustrates vocabulary in ASL (the pictures are good, but not the best), but also idiomatic expressions. Knowing expressions like these is very important when engaging in an actual conversation with a Deaf person. I recommend this dictionary for anyone learning sign language.
	Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide For All Faiths by Elaine Costello If you want to learn religious signs, or plan to interpret church services, this book is wonderful! It's a great comprehensive guide and is easy to understand.
	The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing by Leonard Lane This book is great if you just want to learn some basic ASL. With only 500 words, it really does just teach you the basics.
	Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning & Intermediate (2nd Edition) by Tom L. Humphries This book would be best used in a class with the help of an instructor. I The signing in the videos is very fast .
	Master Asl - Level One: With Dvd by Jason E. Zinza . The book covers levels 1 and 2 of ASL (they are still working on the second book), is in color, not just in black and white, and is also more modern.
	The Joy of Signing: The Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual Alphabet by Lottie L. Riekehof This is a rather old book, so it may be outdated, but it is one of the more popular American Sign Language books.This book teaches Signed English more than true ASL.
	Basic Course in American Sign Language by Tom Humphries This text is rather old, but many classrooms (particularly high school) still use it for instruction.
	Numbering in American Sign Language: Number Signs for Everyone This book makes numbers in ASL very clear. There are so many different ways to sign different numbers. It all depends on the context, and this is something you definitely need to learn how to decipher if you are learning ASL.