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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Oct 9, 1998 7:05 am Subject: Message From SWLP Teacher | ||||||||
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Message from Homeschool in Plant City, Florida Teacher: Michele Lewis, with three hearing children https://www.SignWriting.org/teach007.html Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 18:35:50 -0400 From: Michele Lewis Organization: Homeschooling Preschoolers https://home1.gte.net/jslewis/ Dear Valerie, Yes, we are using the materials :) By the way, the flashcards have been very helpful! The girls are progressing in SignWriting; they just aren't progressing as fast as I thought they would. Their ASL skills are progressing faster than I thought they would though! They are at a point where we can easily carry on every day conversations. When we are out in public, they love to play the "game" of signing "secrets" so that no one else can understand. I think that the reason they are not picking up SignWriting very quickly is two-fold; one, they are learning reading and writing in English at the same time and two, because I do have to concentrate on their basic skills (the three R's) I am not able to devote as much time to SignWriting drill as I would like. Teaching them ASL is a lot simpler because we can practice ASL anywhere and at anytime. This isn't true with SignWriting. Learning SignWriting is more of a sit down subject. (Does this make sense?) I am very interested in the other homeschoolers in the SignWriting Project! I have heard that more and more parents of deaf children are chosing homeschooling because they have found that "mainstreaming" their children can be detrimental. There aren't that many residential schools around and parents don't want to send their children so far away from school. Homeschooling has become a viable option for them. There is a group called NATHAN which is sort of a support group for parents that homeschool special needs children. I know that my next web report is due in Nov. Is the form posted on the web site or will you need to send it to me? I want to get started compiling the info to fill it out completely. Thanks so much for your patience with me! By the way, I am finding SignWriting very helpful for myself! I have a notebook I keep as sort of a vocabulary book. When I learn a new sign myself, I sketch the SignWriting equivalent in my notebook. IT has been great practice for me as well as a great way to remember new signs. Michele :) ________________________________________ Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the SignWritingSite: https://www.SignWriting.org Valerie Sutton at The DAC Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA (619)456-0098 voice (619)456-0010 tty (619)456-0020 fax ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||
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