-Ms Rachel has entered the chat
For week 2 of my learning project, I decided to go with a familiar channel. Ms Rachel is well loved in our house by not only our daughter, but us parents as well! While my main focus with Ms. Rachel is usually keeping my kiddo entertained during a long car ride, or a wait at the doctors- this week I dove a little deeper into what I could learn from it myself.
To fully express how large of an impact these videos have on kids, I find it only fitting to share a story from a few months ago. My daughter Gracyn was walking around the house signing away a new sign that I had never seen before. Being the one who is teaching her sign language I was shocked to see something I hadn’t taught her and had to go and look up the sign to be able to know what it is my then 12 month old was trying to tell me. The sign “show me” was taught to her on Ms. Rachel, and she was now using it correctly to say she wanted to see what I was doing on the kitchen counter.
Ms. Rachel does an amazing job appealing to young kids, and delivers just the right amount of education in every video. She is also great at repeated the same lessons throughout multiple videos to review the concept again. In terms of ASL, while it is not the primary concept, it is present all throughout her videos! The signs are clear and relevant to everyday life.
https://m.youtube.com/@msrachel
The songs also include ASL as actions which makes them fun for kids and easy to remember (for both kids and adults!) This channel may not be the quickest way to learn ASL since it is targeted towards kids and emphasizes speech as well as the signs. However, it may be one of the most talked about children’s channels at the time for the reason it is so effective!
Next week I will be going over our last YouTube channel before moving on to other platforms!
Thanks for reading,
Brianna
Hi Brianna,
I Love this!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful resource! I have been noticing a lot more inclusive teachers implementing hand signs throughout their classroom and I think this would be a good resource to show to students to accommodate their learning. I taught my son sign language when he was a baby and it fascinated me how quickly he could pick it up. I think this is a great tool to give students who struggle with verbal language! I look forward to seeing what else you share with us.
Robin Kinnee
Hi Brianna! What a good way to learn and actually start to use ASL in your daily life! I love that you’re teaching your kids while also learning it yourself. I always tell my students that teaching is the best way to learn something and it’s a huge plus to be able to use it daily as well!
Looking forward to hearing more about your learning journey!
Hi Brianna! This is an interesting connection to learning ASL! Good post.