Goodnight Moon still a classic while learning new skills
To improve vocabulary, comprehension, and fine motor skills, this October a series of DVDs comes out of Scholastic Storybook Treasures where you can now introduce your child to Sign Language!
Goodnight Moon...and more great bedtime stories
1 Disc DVD being released October 26, 2010
This DVD has a running time of 36 minutes plus extras of sign language vocabulary, comprehension quizzes, alphabet fingerspelling, and a read-along feature. The first story is Margaret Wise Brown's "Goodnight Moon", illustrated by Clement Hurd. This story always makes me think of the Christopher Walken version of him reading this story and the Animaniacs animated version of it which makes is nostalgic and hilarious all at the same time. It is adapted from the book with a musical score. The second story is Carter Goodrich's "A Creature Was Stirring" which is a new adaptation of the classic Christmas Poem. The third story is "Gladys Goes Out To Lunch" by Derek Anderson where kids...
Goodnight Moon - classic story brought to DVD
My daughter is now 23 months old, and hardly a night has gone by when we have not read Goodnight Moon. It is a part of our daily routine. When I found a version on DVD with sign language, I jumped at the chance to get it.
We have watched it a couple of times now. My daughter is enjoying it very much. The only thing that keeps me from rating it 5-star is that the sign language interpreter never smiles. In fact, her face is almost sour looking. As an adult I find that distracting. All-in-all though, still a good purchase.
Long overdue!
Amazing ASL story-telling combined with classic and new children's stories made this DVD series an instant hit at our house, where we have a bilingual deaf child being raised to speak English and use American Sign Language. As parents this video really helps us see fluent signing along with the English translation. For our child these videos are just charming and fun. If I had to find something to criticize, I'd say there just aren't enough stories! Three stories on each DVD and only three DVDs in the series, we would love to see a lot more like this.
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