Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan

This week we are viewing The Miracle Worker starring Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan and Patty Duke as young Helen Keller.

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We listened to this summary of the story and did language exercises.

I'm glad we learned about fingerspelling before watching the movie.

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We will really have a lot of schematic knowledge by the time Bonnie comes to speak to us!

Hearing and Hearing Loss

Hello, students!

Huarong reminded me that I had agreed to bring in a speaker to talk to you all about hearing aids. I'm sorry to say that my audiologist has never responded to my many messages. So I contacted the Canadian Hearing Society and was put in touch with Bonnie in their education and outreach department. She is happy to come out and give us a presentation on hearing, types of hearing loss, and hearing devices. She can even do a sort of screening, but it's not a hearing test. She is not permitted to administer an actual hearing test.

Meanwhile, let's begin learning about the ear and hearing, shall we?


And here is an instructional video on fingerspelling in American Sign Language.


And here is a little lesson on 25 basic ASL signs for beginners.

Taxi Alternatives

This week we are learning about the Uber app because you requested that. Lyft has not yet come to our city.

I got the information from WikiHow.

Here is a helpful video on how to talk to your driver.