'Sign Language Dreams' Teaches Kids ASL, Deaf Culture
The Edgewater Library hosted a signing storyteller on Wednesday, teaching children American Sign Language and the power of reading.
Dozens of local children and their parents sat waving their arms frantically inside the conference room at the Edgewater Library on Wednesday morning. Leading the unusual scene was 37-year-old Kathy MacMillan, wearing an outfit devoted to dreams—nighttime-themed pajamas with oversized sheep slippers. The activity wasn’t due to panic or any sort of emergency. MacMillan and the group were applauding, using the American Sign Language (ASL) sign for applause at one of the county library’s summer reading events, Sign Language Dreams. MacMillan, a signing storyteller who teaches children ASL and introduces them to deaf culture, entertained and educated the crowd with stories, songs and audience participation. As one of the library’s four …
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