I’m posting this because I love ASL and because I think this is a great project that needs doing!
Please, vote for Clerc’s Children Inc. so they can launch the 1st bilingual website for deaf toddlers & their families! My friend Sonya Wilson and the team has been working on this for a long time, and they deserve and the children deserve to get this project finally on it’s feet and available to all online!
Voting takes 10 seconds from your phone and I’ve been voting every day by texting 101469 to Pepsi (73774). Go ahead, try it out and then do it every day until the end of August. You can also vote directly from their site at http://refresheverything.com/4deaftoddlers.
Goals
- To prepare Deaf Infants for Kindergarten with dual language skills.
- Provide grieving parents with early curriculum & tools for deaf tots
- To entertain & enlighten deaf toddlers via early bilingual website
Overview of project:
In response to Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Clerc’s Children provides an innovative early intervention service targeting deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers, ages 0-5 and their parents. Clerc’s Children creates a safe community where parents are supported in their decision to provide a linguistically inclusive home environment for their child by connecting them with other parents, professionals, researchers and community members who are “dual language friendly” and support language development and communication access.
Development Plan: 24 core curricular lessons taught at 5 different levels designed to help a deaf child meet the National Pre-Kindergarten Standards (alphabet, numbers, colors, feelings, shapes, pronouns, etc.). Each lesson consists of vocabulary and phrases signed, written, and spoken with accompanying pictures and visual clues. Tips are also provided to help parents incorporate newly learned vocabulary/phrases into daily routines and everyday life.
Learn more by visiting the Pepsi project website, and by visiting the Clerc’s Children project on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
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