ASL Curriculum for me?

[akichan]

Can anyone recommend a good ASL curriculum for me? I really want one with DVDs along with texts.

Oh, and I'd appreciate a good dictionary, too, if anyone has any suggestions.

Thanks!

[crittersmum]

I can't help you with the DVDs, but ASL University has free classes online and they are excellent. I find my ASL Dictionary, Compact Edition by Elaine Costello suits me pretty well although some day I'll get the unabridged version. I like that they give explanations for many of the definitions as to why the word is signed that way.

[fullofgrace]

We have Signing Illustrated here, which has been great. It's geared for the beginner, though, so it may not delve deep enough.

[kristin0713]

I learned with Signing Naturally by Dawn Sign Press. There are DVDs to go along with the books. It is meant to be taught by a certified ASL instructor, though. This was what was used when I took ASL as a foreign language in college.
http://www.dawnsign.com/

[Casha'sMommy]

Originally Posted by akichan

Can anyone recommend a good ASL curriculum for me? I really want one with DVDs along with texts.

Oh, and I'd appreciate a good dictionary, too, if anyone has any suggestions.

Thanks!

Best dictionary I've had (suggested to me by my ASL instructor) is American Sign Language Dictionary by Martin L.A. Steinberg.
Also, I'm trying to recall the name of the program my instructor said she used. You might try asking here what program it is.
GL hth

[emilys_mom1]

These are great resources, thanks to everyone who shared. I'm teaching my children and didn't want to spend a lot of school money on it.

[Casha'sMommy]

Originally Posted by emilys_mom1

These are great resources, thanks to everyone who shared. I'm teaching my children and didn't want to spend a lot of school money on it.

Wondering now if you're wanting to teach sign or ASL? If you're wanting to teach sign you don't need more than a good dictionary and the internet. However, if you're wanting to teach it as a language then you'll need further information.
btw, I'm still trying to recall the name of the curriculum. I'll come back and post if/when I think of it.

[emilys_mom1]

I'm starting with teaching basic sign's (foods, alphabet, animals, manners, etc.), then we will move onto conversations signing (what is your name?, How are you, where are you from, etc., then I'm not sure where to go from there.

Right now we are using video's from the library.

[Casha'sMommy]

You might want to research methods of learning ASL and the difference between ASL and signed English. You might find you want to jump right in using conversational ASL because of the way you form complete thoughts. It is a common misunderstanding of ASL that it's signed English, this is a completely different way of communicating using sign language. This might be a better route to take with your dc and is as understandable by the Deaf as ASL.

fwiw, we are a ASL educated family and use signed English with our Deaf Cohlear Implanted Listening Speaking dd.