These suggested resources have been submitted by MN DHH teachers and are not endorsed by any agency.
ASL Storytellers, Search on YouTube
- Always In Trouble
- Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See
- Dinosaur Roar
- Five Little Monkeys Bake A Birthday Cake
- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed
- Goodnight Gorilla
- Goose
- Is Your Moma a Lama
- The Little Red Hen
- Never Touch a Shark
- Oh The Thinks You Can Think By Dr. Seuss
- Snowmen at Night
- Snowy Day
- Baobab (iPad app only) (Gallaudet)
- Children’s ASL Stories
- Coronavirus Social Stories in ASL
- Teachers Pay Teachers
- Facebook, Did You Know That?! ASL
- YouTube, Know That
- Instagram, Did You Know That ASL
- ITV Signed Stories
- Children’s books performed in ASL by Peter Cook and Keith Wann.
- Sign Language Storytelling (DCMP)
Search ASL through Overdrive to see ASL stories available; some through local libraries free to check out.
Learn ASL
ASL Nook, Search options on YouTube, Vocabulary split into topics or stories. Watch as a family, make your own video (in sign language) connected to favorite things to do in your family, games, activities and more.
- Lifeprint.com, 100 Basic Signs (ASL)To help you or your family members/friends learn sign language
- Recording of a Zoom video with Beth Hamilton, high school science teacher at the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. We reviewed the list of requested signs from the chat box in our previous meeting, as well as the responses from the survey.
- Start ASL,3-level course to learn ASL
Note: The resources listed above link to "external websites" which may not be accessible for the viewer, screen readers and other assistive technology devices. If you need assistance, please email the "Contact Information" person listed at the bottom of this page.
Contact Information
Mary Cashman-Bakken J.D., Minnesota State Specialist: Deaf and Hard of Hearing
VP 507-412-5214, Mary.Cashman-Bakken@state.mn.us