This document introduces a book and accompanying movie that teach sign language to children in Ladakh. The book was created by educators and deaf individuals to teach over 200 important Ladakhi words in sign language. It aims to help hearing impaired children communicate and introduces sign language as a new way to speak. The book and movie are distributed freely to schools and clinics in Ladakh and are available at low cost to others.
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A book of simple signs for Ladakhis 他-hG--+h-hw尊-dG--造担-村誰尊-w尊-hq誰-V-展G
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The Lets Learn! series of books was created for the children of Ladakh.
While your children are laughing at the improbable situations our imaginary
Ladakhi friends get in, and out of, they are learning the love of reading
and important health information.
And all of our books support curricular topics.
This book introduces a new language called Sign Language to Ladakh. It is the system of gestures and facial expressions that deaf and
hearing impaired people use to speak to each other. This sign language was developed by the children, hostel parents and teachers at
Chushot and hearing impaired youth and adults in Leh. The book has a companion guide and movie, which detail over 200 important
Ladakhi words in sign language.
Using the story, talk to your students, clients or hearing impaired children about communication. Spend time exploring the dictionary
in movie and book formats, and then talk to each other in sign language! We would be pleased to hear from you with suggestions,
changes and new words for the 2009 signing dictionary and movie.
The Lets Learn! Team: Rev. Konchok Phandey, Tsering Stanba, Dorjay Raftan, Jigmat Dadul, Tashi Stanzin,
Rinchen Namgyal and Cynthia Hunt. Special thanks to the young people and hostel parents at the Chushot
Hostel, to Shariff and his family, and to Kate, Eileen and Melanie and their BC Children's Hospital Team.
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This book is distributed free of cost to all government schools, health clinics and learning groups in Ladakh.
It is also available for printing-costs-only to individuals and private schools. We dont copyright: please copy,
with credit, and give to any learner anywhere in the world.
Lets Learn! is generously supported by the Mary A. Tidlund Foundation, the Meran Foundation and
Give2Asia. To find out how you can support these organisations' innovative programmes, go to the web or
contact: HEALTH Inc. Give2Asia Mary A. Tidlund Foundation
P.O. Box 33 465 California Street P.O. Box 8125
Leh, Ladakh 194 101 San Francisco, CA Canmore, AB T1W 2T8
J&K India 94104-1832 USA Canada
www.health-inc.org www.give2asia.org www.tidlundfoundation.com
3. Padma and Amina like playing with Ali.
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4. Ali can't hear and he doesn't talk the way that Padma and Amina do.
But Ali does talk with his hands.
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5. And Padma and Amina like learning a new language,
like how to talk with their hands.
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hq誰村-m端 D担-村P-;m-m-他G-q-hP-造Z造-q担-hq誰-村-GbP-賊他-;m-損m-m担G
23. 禽担永-賊永-造-援逮即尊嬪-禽永-援尊-閣-村赫 They go to Padma's house.
They eat skiu. It's delicious.
D担P-P-B奪-存-村G 尊-z担-展造-q担-尊hG
24. They wash the dishes. It's nice to help.
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25. They fall asleep. It's been a fun day.
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fun
help
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27. 他-hG--dG--mP-P-P尊-hq誰-V-hP-q担端
I want to learn
to talk like Ali
talks!
Health learning made fun from HEALTH Inc.
My First Book in Sign and the Signing Movie
help you learn sign language in a fun, new way!
Books available through your school, health clinic or HEALTH Inc.
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