Resources
ASL Story Hour on YouTube
On our channel @FamiliusKids, read and sign along to ASL translations of all your favorite children’s books from our collection. With clear signs paired with simple words, these ASL Story Hour videos make it easy and accessible for kids to learn and have fun with sign language. We release new story-time videos every week!
Free Printable ASL Bookmarks
Share our ASL resources with your community by printing these free bookmarks.
- Printing available in black and white, or color.
- Print as many as you like, and cut evenly between the four bookmarks.
- Distribute among patrons where needed, especially at any ASL friendly events, to patrons who are Deaf or have Deaf children, are hard of hearing (HOH), or are learning ASL.
- Put out a stack near areas where other bookmarks and parent/teacher resources are kept.
ASL Books for Kids
Baby sign language makes it easy to communicate with your child, and Nita makes it fun! Nita’s First Signs teaches ten essential signs for every parent and child to know, including eat, more, hungry, milk, all done, ball, play, love, please, and thank you. A simple story about Nita and her parents teaches each sign in context, and repetition throughout each story makes them easy to practice. Even better, each page slides open to reveal accurate instructions on how to make each sign, plus tabs on the side of each page make it simple to locate every sign for later reference. Baby sign language collections aren’t complete without Nita!
$14.99
Sign language makes it easy to communicate with your child, and Nita makes it fun! The second book in the Little Hands Signing series (which introduced the bestselling Nita’s First Signs), Nita’s Day teaches ten new and essential ASL signs for every parent and child to know: wake up, change, clothes, eat, potty, go, play, bath, book, and bed. A simple story about Nita and her parents teaches each sign in context. Even better, each page slides open to reveal accurate instructions on how to make each sign, plus tabs on the side of each page make it simple to locate every sign for later reference. No signing book collection is complete without Nita!
$14.99
Nita is back for a third installment of the Little Hands Signing series, the pull-tab board books that teach children sign language created by ASL expert Kathy MacMillan.
Sign language makes it easy to communicate with your child, and Nita makes it fun! With adorable illustrations by Ekaterina Ladatko, Nita and her family learn 10 ASL food signs throughout the day, from bananas to bread, and a cookie for dessert, putting each sign in context. Even better, each page slides open to reveal accurate instructions on how to make each sign, plus tabs on the side of each page make it simple to locate every sign for later reference. No signing book collection is complete without Nita!
$14.99
From Kathy MacMillan, ASL expert and the author of the Little Hands Signing series, comes a fun picture book that’s easy for little hands to sign. You can read and sign along with this ASL video from @FamiliusKids.
Laundry is a chore, but when a child climbs in the basket, everything becomes a game. Follow along as this mother takes a break from folding clothes to join her child in the delightful laughter of imagination. In The Runaway Shirt, housework and pretend play come together to transport readers to a kid’s world of wonder and excitement. Each page of charming illustration is a work in joy and mirth. Who knew folding laundry could be so fun?
$16.99