Spanning hundreds of years and thousands of miles, this program recounts the remarkable saga of how a nursery rhyme sung by the Gullah people of present-day Georgia was confirmed to be of African origin. When 18th-century slavers sent human cargo from Sierra Leone to America's coastal South, they also sent a trove of cultural information that had been passed from Mende mothers to their daughters for generations-including a particular song that had...

This program is designed to enhance early literacy and brings children closer to their parents through songs, rhymes, and stories. In this presentation, the hosts provide fun examples of ASL rhythms, rhymes and stories that can be shared focusing on nuturing the bond between parents and child while encouraging natural language development through fun play.

Enjoy the collection of nursery rhymes that Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony have selected, arranged and performed for children. Families all around the world have sung nursery rhymes to each other for many generations! Nearly everybody has a favorite nursery rhyme from when they were children.

Designed to encourage and teach hearing parents to share the joys of reading with deaf and hard of hearing children.

Bart and Amy are signing bears that read aloud and sign books. The purpose of the program is to provide a high interest method of introducing books to pre-school and elementary level children. The program is designed to be a catalyst for reading and conversation between parent and child, and for classroom discussion. A fox hunts down dinner for his ten kits. The accompanying book includes a musical score to the nursery rhyme.

One volume in an instructional sign language series that presents materials using Contact Signing in a sing-along fashion. Directions are clear and easy to follow and graphics are good. Although useful for all ages, the primary target audience is children.