Dr. Leala Holcomb, an expert in Deaf education and literacy, says that all children — hearing and deaf — need the experience of being read to by a caring adult. Dr. Holcomb offers lots of tips for making the experience fun and full of learning, including these: use your most expressive reading voice, bring your child’s attention to key English words, explain the differences between similar English words, talk about English words that have more than one meaning, point out changes in font size and punctuation and talk about what it means, and switch back and forth between English and ASL. And don’t worry if you are still learning to sign — your enthusiasm will be contagious! Presented by Dr. Leala Holcomb and interpreted by Dr. Hannah Dostal.
This video is part of our special series, Reading SOS, where parents ask the experts their questions about reading and how to support their kids at home.