AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) STORY HOUR
The New Jersey State Library for the Blind and Handicapped’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Program offers a special Children’s American Sign Language Story Hour once a month during the school year from October through June at its headquarters in Trenton, 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08618. A full schedule for 2007 – 2008 is provided below.
The award-winning ASL Story Hour is the recipient of the 2006 New Jersey Distinguished Governmental Agency Award.
The NJ Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters as part of this program, which promotes English literacy. For Deaf children who have grown up with American Sign Language as their first language, the story hour provides a valuable opportunity to increase their English literacy skills. The public is welcome, but space is limited, and reserving a place at the Story Hour is necessary. Contact Christine Olsen, TTY (877) 882-5593 or Voice (888) 671-6983.
PHOTOS
American Sign Language Interpreter Lori Adams signs
so Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in the
audience can obtain full information.
David
Alexander, Director of the New Jersey Department
of Human Services' Division for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing,
portrays
Santa Claus to a delighted student from the Marie H. Katzenbach
School for the Deaf at the December 2007 story hour.
Students
from the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf
and from the Hunterdon ESC School enjoy a recent story hour.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE STORY HOUR SCHEDULE 2007 - 2008
October 16, 2007
10:00 a.m.
Featured book: The
Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
Storyteller: Deaf
Storyteller Camille Jeter-Lorello
Educational segment: Pete Campione, owner of the
Kindred
Souls Canine Center of Howell, NJ,
Talks
about training therapy dogs and gives dog
training tips.
November 13, 2007
10:30 a.m.
Featured book: A
Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting
Storyteller: Deaf
Storyteller Darlene Sarnouski
Educational segment: Pete Campione, owner of Kindred
Souls Canine
Center
of Howell, NJ, talks about his therapy dog,
Ruby,
and her battle with cancer.
December 11, 2007
10:00 a.m.
Featured book: The
After-Christmas Tree by Linda Wagner Tyler
Storyteller: Sharon
Rawlins, NJ State Library’s Youth
Services
Consultant
Educational segment: Dr. Scott Rawlins, Chair of the Department
of Fine
Arts
at Arcadia University, talks about conifers.
January 15, 2008
10:30 a.m.
Featured book: Perkins
Goes Out by Odds Bodkin.
Storyteller: NJ
Commission for the Blind and Visually
Impaired
Eddie Montanez
Educational segment: Ottilie Lucas will demonstrate
and do a hands-on
presentation
for “A day in the life of a blind or
visually impaired person.”
February 5, 2008
10:00 a.m.
Featured book: Dad,
Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg.
Storyteller: New
Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells
Educational segment: Ohmny Romero will talk about his
life as a
baseball
player.
American Sign Language Story Hour
March 4, 2008
10 a.m.
Featured book: Moses
Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman.
Deaf Storyteller: Michelle
Rogers
Educational segment: To be announced
American Sign Language Story Hour
April 15, 2008
10 a.m.
Featured book: Groundhog
Gets a Say by Pamela Curtis Swallow
Storyteller: Author
Pamela C. Swallow
Educational segment: Author Pamela C. Swallow will
give a slide
presentation
and discussion, taking listeners behind the scenes to see how her books are
made.
American Sign Language Story Hour
May 13, 2008
10 a.m.
Featured book: The
St. Bernard is in the Yard by Pete Campione
Storyteller: Author
Pete Campione
Educational segment: Author Pete Campione will talk about
training
therapy
dogs and illustrate them using his own dogs.
American Sign Language Story Hour
June 3, 2008
10 a.m.
Featured book: Tacky
the Penguin by Helen Lester
Storyteller: State
Librarian Norma Blake
Educational segment: Jenkinson’s Aquarium’s “Penguin
Pointers” will
bring a real penguin.
