Deaf Awareness Week

Deaf awareness week was on 5th to10th May, but there are things that you can do within your setting all year round.

Story Books

The resources below can and should be shared all year round. Have you shared any of the stories below in your setting?

Click here to visit the National Deaf Children's Society website. Families review books with a deaf character or focus.

Hearing Dogs for the Deaf 

Did you know that hearing dogs for the deaf can be invited into your nursery or school. Click here for the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People website.

British Sign Language (BSL)

You can learn to finger spell and sign. You can learn the BSL alphabet by clicking here

You can use BSL when you sign a song.

Click here for Leanne Signed Stories on YouTube.

Hearing Aid

Introduce a toy with a hearing aid into your nursery or classroom.

Esty sell a range of toy hearing aids.

The toy like me website sell a variety of dolls and super heroes with a range of different hearing technology.