Sunday, March 27, 2011

Handsigns: A Sign Language Alphabet


Handsigns: A Sign Language Alphabet by Kathleen Fain Overall good book, just a few things that stand out to me.

Positive aspects:
  • The illustrations are well done and appealing
  • The hand sign for the alphabet is a nice idea.
  • Most letters are easily identifiable animals.

Negatives:
  • Some animals are not as easily identifiable (Jackrabbit, Lynx, Nautilus, Urchin, Vixen, Xensaur, Yak). You must flip to the back to identify the animals.
  • Some sounds are not the best for teaching sound letter relationship. (Fl blend for flamingo and X makes the Z sound instead of having it in the middle or end of the word where a child in early literacy would see it.

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