A few years ago, I took a class through ALSC specifically about using American Sign Language in storytime and library programming. I immediately brought my beginner ASL skills into the school library, and used my learning as a chance to learn alongside my students. I learned signs as I needed to for storytimes, search sign dictionaries after student inquiries, and sought out sign language brain breaks. One of the authors I found that lent themselves to ASL inclusion perfectly for elementary school readers was Corey Tabor. The Fox Series Corey R. Tabor is the author of many beloved children’s books that are perfect read storytimes, read-alouds and quiet reading with families, but his Fox easy reader series is a particular delight for storytimes with kids from around 2 or 3 in age to 1st or 2nd grade. There are eight books in the easy reader series–all leveled as “My First”…
Bringing Sign Language into Story Time with Corey Tabor’s Fox Books
