Hawes and Mills’ Adventures!

The ‘Hawes and Mills’ Adventure!’ story follows a special friendship between a chipmunk and a thirteen-lined ground squirrel. Hawes and Mills take us through their adventure to find delicious sunflower seeds. The story includes some historical connections to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Viewers will enjoy Davianna Daniels’ beautiful artwork from Hawes and Mills’ perspectives while imaginations will come alive viewing Tom Harbison’s captivating ASL taking through Hawes and Mills’ experiences. This storybook app is a great way to make connections to character development, social emotional learning, forest animals, life cycle, seasons and sunflower seeds.

The Hawes and Mills’ Adventure! is a bilingual ASL/English storybook app created by a team of staff members and alumni from Wisconsin School for the Deaf. This app was made possible by the support of Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Parent & Staff Association and the generous support of numerous friends. The project was done through Gallaudet University’s Motion Light Lab training program on bilingual storybook apps. This program is funded by Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation.

App Features:

App features the following:

-200+ vocabulary words signed and fingerspelling in LEARN mode

-Page by page with English text and ASL videos in READ mode

-Highlighted words to click and view ASL signs

-Full ASL storytelling with animations in WATCH mode

Credits

• Original art is by Davianna Daniels 

  ASL storytelling by Tom Harbison 

  Story was created by Karla Gunn, Tom Harbison and Casey Kelly

  App development by Casey Kelly and Motion Light Lab

  Project led and managed by Karla Gunn and Casey Kelly