Count With Us! A Nursery Rhyme Book

Count With Us: A Nursery Rhyme Book is a ASL/English bilingual storybook app for young deaf readers that brings numbers and animals to life through art and languages.

This Count with Us: A Nursery Rhyme Book is a marvel that brings numbers and animals to life by combining brilliant illustrations and storytelling in both languages, American Sign Language (ASL) and English. It is impossible for the child to view this story just once and invite them to view it again and again.

The story starts with asking the children to count the animals. It ends with asking them to read the story again and act like the animals. It shows a caterpillar crawling, two goats leaping, three ducks waddling, four fish swimming, and more. There are rhythms in both languages including the use of the same patterns in words, handshapes, and movements. The delightful language play is perfect for any child learning or enjoying literacy. This app will make it enjoyable to read, spell, and sign numbers, animals, and their movements in both languages.

Packed with over 42 vocabulary words, signed and fingerspelled, and with 12 pages of ASL videos, this app is a proud addition to our collection of award-winning high-quality VL2 Storybook Apps.

 
 

Jesse Jones III — Storyteller

Yiqiao Wang — Artist


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Credits

  • Storyteller: Jesse Jones III

  • Author: Dr. Melissa Herzig

  • Artist: Yiqiao Wang

  • Film Directors: Krista Santacroce & Colin Shepherd with Dawn Sign Press

  • ASL Consultant: Dr. Melissa Herzig

  • Video Editor: Silvia Palmieri & Conrad Baer

  • Graphic Designer: Yiqiao Wang

  • App Production: Conrad Baer & Tayla Newman

 

Special AcknowledgementS

Dr. Melissa Herzig & Tina Jo Briendel