Last week in Part 1 of our series, we discussed why American Sign Language (ASL) is so valuable to our students as a vehicle to help them improve their motor control and spatial awareness. Now, we’d like to talk a little about the types of personal and social growth – and some of the wonderful stories – that come from the ASL classroom.
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Why We Teach American Sign Language: Part Two
July 6th, 2010Why We Teach American Sign Language: Part One
June 29th, 2010How many 11-year-olds have the concentration, attention, and energy to learn another language, a language with no familiar sounds, words, or sentence structures?
A TWLS Daily Schedule
November 23rd, 2009What are the TWLS kids up to today? Quite a lot of things, as it turns out.
Here’s a schedule from one of our classrooms: (click to see)