Presents information to parents of Deaf children on sign communication and the legal rights they have in their children's education, and encourages them to use the signing mode with their children. The author, profoundly Deaf since birth, offers comprehensive information on how parents can best raise their Deaf children. Describes the degree and types of hearing loss affecting young children. Photos of animals are accompanied by their English names and sign language diagrams. Each handshape in the manual alphabet is beautifully illustrated with an object beginning with that letter.
Photographs introduce children to fingerspelling and sign language.
Full-color illustrations teach children the signs that Native Americans used among tribes. A signing manual written especially for children, arranged by general subject area. Begins with the fingerspelling alphabet and progresses to everyday phrases. Linda Bove and her Sesame Street friends illustrate the alphabet with pictures, signs, and photos. Dictionary format for young children, teaches various ASL signs for nouns, verbs, numbers, etc.