[Sw-l] What better way to write sign with more moves and handshapes

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 7, 2022

Yes, there is a lot of documentation of children reading and writing SignWriting.

Here are some links:

Deaf Children Express their Grief
https://www.signwriting.org/forums/teachers/deafchild/index.html#anchor882281

and...

https://m.signwriting.org/learning-faq-03.html

https://www.signwriting.org/germany/germany01.html

https://www.signwriting.org/germany/germany02.html

https://www.signwriting.org/germany/germany03.html

https://www.signwriting.org/belgium/kasterlinden04.html

and so much more!

Thanks for your interest…

Val ;-)

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> On May 7, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hi Val,
> 
> How reassuring it is to learn about children’s capability to signwrite, especially with proof of their work!
> 
> Thank you so much for the links.
> 
> Cheers,
> AnnaGrace
> 
> On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 12:40 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> May 7, 2022
> 
> Hello SW List, and AnnaGrace,
> 
> Thank you for this question about children writing SignWriting by hand - children are more skilled than the adults! And they learn to read faster too - so both the SignWriting Printing, for reading literature, and SignWriting Handwriting, for writing by hand, are actually easy for children who use sign language as their primary language…
> 
> Back in 1999, we started the SignWriting Literacy Project:
> 
> SignWriting Literacy Project
> https://www.signwriting.org/forums/literacy/index.html
> 
> And some of the Teacher’s Reports are wonderful, showing photo after photo of Deaf children writing by hand and it is my understanding it was fun!
> 
> One such group of photos I fell in love with - from Albuquerque, New Mexico… I believe the child is from a Navajo Indian Tribe nearby - Dr. Cecilia Flood wrote her dissertation on children learning SignWriting and as a part of her dissertation, she studied a classroom of Deaf children learning SignWriting…
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> <curs030.jpg>
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> SignWriting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
> https://www.signwriting.org/usa/newmexico/albuquerque/albuqu.html
> 
> Look at this example below...
> https://www.signwriting.org/usa/newmexico/albuquerque/albuqu03.html
> 
> <Image.png>
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> 
> 
> 
>> On May 5, 2022, at 5:04 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I love the discussion in this thread.
>> 
>> While readability is important, we should keep in mind the writability of the symbols is also important.
>> 
>> In other words, a person should be able to write without requiring advanced drawing skills (eg, overlapping handshapes). 
>> 
>> I ask myself, “Would an eight-year-old child be able to pen this?”
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> AnnaGrace
> 
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