A Tale of Two Foxes
A Tale of Two Foxes is a great educational story about different types of clouds. Henrietta Fox is a scientist who likes to observe clouds and document in her notebook, whereas Chuck Fox is an artist who likes to draw animals and objects he spots in the clouds. When the two Foxes happened to meet on top of a hill on one beautiful cloudy day, they cannot agree on what they saw!
Children will enjoy incredibly poetic ASL storytelling from professional storyteller, Ian Sanborn, and original watercolor illustrations from our award-winning senior artist, Yiqiao Wang.
This App Includes:
Over 180 vocabulary words signed and fingerspelled
Page-by-page sentences with ASL videos
A full story (Watch Mode) with beautiful animations
Bonus Content:
We have a list of all clouds and types in the info section. Young readers will benefit from learning different types of clouds, and families can discuss different weather patterns with them.
A bilingual ASL/English storybook app about two foxes enjoying watching clouds and cannot agree on what they see. An educational storybook app for children about clouds!
Features:
180+ vocabulary words!
Based on VL2 research on bilingualism and visual learning, this storybook app is designed to support young and early reading development through WATCH, READ, and LEARN modes.
WATCH mode provides full ASL storytelling to build reading comprehension.
READ mode provides page-by-page videos along with English sentences, and captivating illustrations to support and engage young readers. Tap on highlighted words in the sentences to view signed and fingerspelled words.
LEARN mode provides a full list of all vocabulary words: signed and fingerspelled. Research shows fingerspelling builds and leads to reading comprehension.
Built on the VL2 Storybook Creator by the award-winning Motion Light Lab team.
Ian Sanborn — Storyteller
Yiqiao Wang — Artist
Examples of the Home Screen, Read Mode, and Read Mode with a Highlighted Word Activated.
Download A Tale of Two Foxes today!
Credits
Producer: Melissa Malzkuhn
Project Manager: Conrad Baer
Story by: Melissa Malzkuhn and Conrad Baer
Artist: Yiqiao Wang
Storyteller: Ian Sanborn
Film Director: MJ Kielbus
ASL Consultation: Conrad Baer
Video Production: MJ Kielbus and Tayla Newman
Graphic Design: Yiqiao Wang
App Production: Conrad Baer and Tayla Newman
Special thanks to: Julia Mills and Lorna Quandt
Motion Light Lab Creative Director: Melissa Malzkuhn
VL2 Co-Principal Investigator and Science Director: Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto
Special Acknowledgement
A Tale of Two Foxes was built on the VL2 Storybook Creator by the Motion Light Lab team.
The material is based upon work supported by National Science Foundation, under grant number SBE-1041725. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of National Science Foundation.
This project was made possible by the National Science Foundation funded Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning at Gallaudet University.
