Why We Teach American Sign Language: Part Two

July 6th, 2010

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 One

June 29th, 2010

How many 11-year-olds have the concentration, attention, and energy to learn another language, a language with no familiar sounds, words, or sentence structures?

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A TWLS Daily Schedule

November 23rd, 2009

What 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)

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