After a good TV show or videotape, critical discussions can take place in much the same way as book sharing sessions take place. Encourage the children to talk about what happened in the show and critique the show and its characters. Encourage them to compare video renditions of stories to those found in books. My students are usually upset about omissions in the movies. Just as parents are powerful role models for their children, dorm counselors are potentially also quite influential.
Dorms are both temporary homes and places to extend learning.
The early literacy development of deaf children. When teachers and children share good books. Survey of literacy environments and practices in residences at schools for the deaf. Visually oriented teaching strategies with deaf preschool children. Effective strategies for using eye gaze as a regulator.