I love this! We are homeschooling our kids bilingually in English and American Sign Language (ASL). I am fluent in ASL, but not native. Given that they are different modalities, we can tend to want to sign and speak at the same time, mixing the two a lot. But they are actually two very different languages with very different grammar systems, so it really messes with my head when we do that. I have tried to read English books to my kids in ASL, but it is a challenge for me to read, translate in my head, and then sign the story in good, properly structured ASL. But ASL does not have a written form, so there are no physical books for me to read to my kids in ASL, only videos of books being interpreted. We use those, but it's not the same kind of experience. After watching your suggestions I've started using our wordless books to read in ASL and it has been so much better! I realized that I do have the ASL vocabulary and structure in my head, I just needed the English out of my way to get to it! This is making a huge difference in our ASL Storytime. So thank you so much for this suggestion!
Oh, your comment made me so happy! I'm so glad that you found something that works! ❤️ And great job sharing this language with your kids! It can be hard work, but it's so worthwhile. Keep it up!
This is great. I’ve been wanting to teach the kids more Spanish and would love to get more ideas. Just subscribed. I also have a channel mainly about homeschooling and glad to connect here!
I just discovered your channel! You have such unique content! Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
Thank you, friend! 🥰
That is such a smart idea! I never thought to use wordless picture books that way! Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️
Summer, you're so encouraging! Thank you! ❤
I love this! We are homeschooling our kids bilingually in English and American Sign Language (ASL). I am fluent in ASL, but not native. Given that they are different modalities, we can tend to want to sign and speak at the same time, mixing the two a lot. But they are actually two very different languages with very different grammar systems, so it really messes with my head when we do that. I have tried to read English books to my kids in ASL, but it is a challenge for me to read, translate in my head, and then sign the story in good, properly structured ASL. But ASL does not have a written form, so there are no physical books for me to read to my kids in ASL, only videos of books being interpreted. We use those, but it's not the same kind of experience.
After watching your suggestions I've started using our wordless books to read in ASL and it has been so much better! I realized that I do have the ASL vocabulary and structure in my head, I just needed the English out of my way to get to it! This is making a huge difference in our ASL Storytime. So thank you so much for this suggestion!
Oh, your comment made me so happy! I'm so glad that you found something that works! ❤️ And great job sharing this language with your kids! It can be hard work, but it's so worthwhile. Keep it up!
This is great. I’ve been wanting to teach the kids more Spanish and would love to get more ideas. Just subscribed. I also have a channel mainly about homeschooling and glad to connect here!
Hi! Thanks so much! I love finding other families doing this bilingual homeschooling gig. Just subscribed to your channel. ❤️
@@MyHomeYourHomeOurHome yes, trying to do the bilingual gig. lol. Thanks so much also!