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