I** have been trying to remember how long I have known Lisa but I am not exactly sure. We met when I was an interpreter at a mental healthy facility and she was there completing her College internship. Lisa is super tenacious and fun. She is an amazing athlete having completed multiple marathons and fantastic mother…. [Read More]
Love to Sign? Want to know More?
Last night, while thinking about writing a post about the recent episode of Switched at Birth, I posted a message on my Facebook page about it. I was trying to gauge interest and amazed at the number of responses. Honestly, it was the most comments I have EVER gotten on a Facebook post. While I… [Read More]
What About My Lady?
If you haven’t read my blog much, then you might not know that my husband is Deaf. While this is practically “normal” for our family, every once in awhile one of my kids has some kind of an aha! moment that furthers their CODA (child of deaf adult) cultural development. Tonight was one of those… [Read More]
Ridiculous Request to Parents of a Deaf Preschooler
Earlier this week a news story went viral on my “Deaf” news feed. Friends and interpreter co-workers were all a buzz over a story regarding a Nebraska school district that requested a preschool boy change his sign name because it looked like a gun. Sign names, like given names, have a very personal and cultural… [Read More]
Saturday’s Signs: You’ve Got to Move It!
[Saturday Signs has been on hiatus due to some technical problems – Oh and tiny uncooperative (yet extremely adorable) gremlins. I am happy to be back this week with another installment.] If this is your first edition of Saturday’s Signs or you would like to review previous posts, here are the links to the last 3… [Read More]
Her Eyes Are Broken
Last week when we were on our bicycle adventure we had stopped to play in the park. Lu ran off to play and I followed her. There was a little girl playing on the slide with her grandmother. She was probably about 4 years old and very very verbal, almost describing her play as it occurred. I didn’t… [Read More]
Saturday’s Signs: Location, Location, Location
Albeit not exciting, we are going to continue our brief explanation of sign language grammar today with a post on location. As I mentioned last week each sign is made up of a handshape, location and movement. Just like the handshapes we saw last week, most children will automatically use a location that is easy and… [Read More]
The Deaf Squawk
It happened today – Lu used the Deaf squawk to get Daddy’s attention. It was only a matter of time before she copied big bro but with her speech problems I wasn’t sure she would be able to master the exact intonation that she would need to get Chris’s attention. Then today, sitting at the… [Read More]
Saturday’s Signs: Handshapes
Today we are going to have a mini grammar lesson. I know – groan! However, just like learning English grammar , we need to have some basic understanding of how signs are created in order to replicate and use them. All signs are made up of three parameters: handshape, location and movement. While all three… [Read More]
Saturday’s Signs: Introduction to Baby Signs & Mom, Dad, Milk, Cup
Today is the introduction to Saturday’s Signs! On Saturdays, I am going to introduce you and your children to a variety of different signs. I will mostly focus on baby/children’s words but if you have particular word that you would like me to teach, please just post a comment on that weeks post. Now to the disclaimer…I… [Read More]