Auslan Products By Marie Kerwin
Marie Kerwin is the mother of James and Tom Kerwin. James was born profoundly deaf and is now (as an adult) well respected within the hearing and deaf communities alike. He has exceptional English literacy skills, Auslan and ASL language skills, teaching experience and currently works for NABS helping families of newly diagnosed children and the deaf community at large.
Marie learned sign language because of her sons hearing loss. Recognising the importance of this language, and the lack of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) resources for children and parents in Australia, Marie has dedicated herself to helping rectify this situation.
Maries first sign language venture was 'Something To Sign About', which continues to be Australia's most popular Auslan DVD/Video for children. Marie has written 3 childrens picture books (of which 2 are in post production). Her first story, Dusty Devil, was Australias first ever Auslan Picture book and was nominated for childrens picture book of the year. A fabulous achievement.
Marie currently helps out at her local school, within their Auslan program, and is continuing to write picture books and develop a video image bank for Bilby Publishing with her son James.
Together, James and Marie have just finished producing 'A Time To Sign', a fantastic DVD starter course in Auslan that is sure to be just as popular as her other projects.
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A Time To Sign - The easy way to learn sign
JUST RELEASED
Do you want to learn sign at a pace and time that suits you?
James Kerwin will teach you Auslan through this easy to understand DVD. Each sign is clearly presented with
engaging video of the object being signed, equally appealing to adults and children.
Sections include : Animals & Other Creatures; People & Clothing; Home & School; Earth & Sky; Actions & Transport; Important Signs
PLUS the DVD includes an interactive test yourself section where the video of the object is displayed, and you use your video remote to choose the matching sign.
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The Dusty Devil Australia's First Picture Book With Auslan Images
This delightful story, written by Marie Kerwin, about a mischievous whirlwind on Mr Browns farm. Each page contains the english text
and Auslan signs.
Perfect for hearing and Deaf children and parents who are learning sign language!
The Auslan images within this book have been nationally certified by the ACARA panel of experts, who also helped prepare the introductory page,
that includes state variation signs (3 images) and an explaination as to how signs were selected and the fact that the images appear above the
English words to help novice signers learn signs. All attempts were made by the author to write the story in such a way that the images would
appear in Auslan grammer order, however this is sometimes very difficult to achieve, while maintaining sense in English as well.
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| A lovely Australian book.Great service, lots more to buy from this store.Thanks! I want to get another copy of this book in the future. I am using it with all the children in the 2-3year old room where there is a child who uses Auslan. |
Liesel
Friday, June 29, 2007
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| thankyou for this fantastic book, i will use it in my classroom |
Pam
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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| Absolutely love the product. Excellent quality. Will be treasured forever. |
Mac
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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SOMETHING TO SIGN ABOUT
DVD of childrens songs
"Something To Sign About" is a marvelous collection of children's songs with AUSLAN translation created by Marie Kerwin in Qld.
There are 11 songs on the DVD that have each been written by Marie especially for signing children. Marie's son, James, is profoundly deaf, and is now an AUSLAN tutor. He was consulted for the translation of the songs and signs five of the songs on the DVD.
This DVD is perfect for Toddlers, Pre-schoolers and Primary children and Bilby Publishing can not recommend it highly enough. It has also been supported by FACES (Freinds of Australian Communication Exchange) and sponsored by Queensland Deaf Society.
This wonderful DVD is only $28
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Songs included:
- Sunshine
- Silly Old Goat
- Dreams
- Runny Honey
- I Talk With My Hands
- Little Green Frog
- Seasons
- I Like To Dance
- The Alphabet Song
- I Live In Australia
- That's Good
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| I recently borrowed Something To Sign About from the library just to have a look at and I thought I'd let you know how brilliant I thought it was. I%27m not a Country Music fan but the music suits the teaching need perfectly. The people signing do a great job. I never realised how much facial expression was a part of sign language. |
Jack
Monday, November 12, 2007
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