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10/10/2026

This is one of the BEST ASL storytelling videos we've ever seen!! 🤩🤩

This is an ASL Storytelling video of the book titled Monster Hands,...

10/10/2026

This is a two-year-old. The signing 🤩 The joint attention 🤩 The facial expressions!!! 🤩🤩 Her parents are hearing but learning ASL for her.

DO 👏🏼 NOT 👏🏼 TELL 👏🏼 US 👏🏼 DEAF 👏🏼 KIDS 👏🏼 OF 👏🏼 HEARING 👏🏼 PARENTS 👏🏼 CANT 👏🏼 BECOME 👏🏼 FLUENT 👏🏼 IN 👏🏼 ASL 👏🏼

For more on the research behind this, check out Deaf Center @ Boston University Wheelock College

10/09/2026

Now available for pre-order! Calendars will be ready December 1st! 📆 Get yours at https://language1st.org/store/p/time-you-can-see-calendar-for-teaching-concepts-of-time

10/06/2026

Scary stuff! 😱🧙‍♀️👻

Image description: Each slide has an image of a haunted house on it with words written above it. Slide 1: A haunted house but it’s just a professional telling a parent not to sign with their deaf child. Slide 2: A haunted house but it’s just a language assessment on a deaf child that doesn’t look at their ASL. Slide 3: A haunted house but it’s just an IEP that calls ASL a “communication modality." Slide 4: A haunted house but it’s just someone giving an AAC device to a deaf child who signs. Slide 5: A haunted house but it’s just a bunch of speech goals for a deaf child who has no language. Slide 6: A haunted house but it’s just a deaf child spending all day not being able to communicate with the people around them.

10/04/2026

Let’s move the field forward, together. Advocates looking for evidence-based strategies, our professional community is waiting for you! Tap below to connect with Language First on LinkedIn! 🔗 https:www.linkedin.com/in/language-first?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

10/01/2026

We are so excited for the November 21st Deaf education conference in Gold Coast, QLD! Did you register yet?! You don’t want to miss this fantastic lineup of presenters! Find out more or register at language1st.org/australia

10/01/2026

👻 HAUNTED HANDS is coming! 🕸️✨

Looking for a Halloween experience that is fun, welcoming, and not too scary? Join Language First Early Language Center for a family-friendly haunted house filled with silly surprises, sensory play, and opportunities for language building! 🖐️🧡

Designed for children ages 1–10 years, this special event is a great opportunity for families to play, explore, connect, and build language together in a fun Halloween-themed environment.

📍 Louisville, KY
📅 October 25, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:30 PM
🔗 Register: language1st.org/events-ky

📍 Manchester, CT
📅 October 25, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:30 PM
🔗 Register: language1st.org/events-ct

🎃 Come ready for some spooky fun, silly surprises, and lots of opportunities to connect through language!

Image Description:
Two nearly identical promotional flyers for “Haunted Hands,” one for Louisville, Kentucky, and one for Manchester, Connecticut. Both flyers have a white background with a large circular photograph on the left. The photograph shows a spooky Victorian-style haunted house at night, with a large moon, clouds, stars, leafless trees, and dark grass. The overall design uses dark blue, black, and white tones. At the top right, large dark-blue text reads “HAUNTED HANDS.”
The Louisville flyer says:

* October 25, 2026
* Louisville, KY
* A family-friendly haunted house that is “not-too-scary,” with silly surprises, sensory play, and opportunities for language building.
* 12–1:30 PM | 1–10 years
* “Find out more or register at: language1st.org/events-ky”
* The bottom displays the Language First Early Language Center – KY logo.

The Manchester flyer contains the same information, except the location is Manchester, CT, and the registration address is language1st.org/events-ct. The bottom displays the Language First Early Language Center – CT logo. Both flyers promote a family-friendly, sensory-focused Halloween experience for children ages 1–10.

NOTE: We use the word “Deaf” as an inclusive term for all Deaf, hard of hearing, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and late-deafened children.

© 2026 Language First. All rights reserved. You must credit Language First when sharing or using this content.

10/01/2026

The CISIGN Conference has been rescheduled to January 31, 2027! We hope you can make it! Find out more at language1st.org/events

10/01/2026

🎃🧡 Pumpkin Pals are Ready! 🤟

Come explore the sights, textures, and fun of real pumpkins through sensory exploration and language intervention therapy in ASL! 🍂🎃

📅 October 16, 2026
📍 Manchester, CT
⏰ 5-6 PM
👶 Ages 2–4

📅 October 18, 2026
📍 Louisville, KY
⏰ 1–2 PM
👶 Ages 2–5

A perfect fall afternoon for little learners to explore, connect, and sign in a language-rich environment! 🧡🤟

🔗 Find out more or book:
language1st.org/events-ct
language1st.org/events-ky

ID:
Two square event flyers with a white background. The left side contains a large curved photograph filled with pumpkins and gourds. There are pumpkins in shades of bright orange, pale orange, white, pinkish-red, and green. Several pumpkins have different shapes and textures. At the top right, large orange capital letters read “PUMPKIN PALS.” Below the title are “OCTOBER 16, 2026” or "OCTOBER 18, 2026” and “MANCHESTER, CT” or “LOUISVILLE, KY.” The main text reads: “Join us to explore real pumpkins through language intervention therapy in ASL.” The event details say “1–2 pm | 2–5 year olds.” Near the bottom, it says “Find out more or book at: language1st.org/events-ky or language1st.org/events-ct”

NOTE: We use the word “Deaf” as an inclusive term for all Deaf, hard of hearing, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and late-deafened children.

© 2026 Language First. All rights reserved. You must credit Language First when sharing or using this content