1. Eyes On Hands On Ears Off
Melissa Kate Adams-Silva

2. Introduction Identity Profession Family Interests
Who am I? Name, sign name, born/raised in VT, HH/Deaf, Culturally
What do I do? TOD - CO, AZ, MA, VT ASL teacher - many different colleges - UVM
Family… bi-racial, husband, 4 children, homeschool
Likes/interests being active/outside disc golf games

3. Why Are Games Important?
Relax and have fun!
Icebreaker
ASL Playground
Review
Transitions and flexibility
Framework to build on
Expand your knowledge
Equal participation
Not about winning
explain ASL Playground

4. teacher/student (classroom)
Keep in mind…
anyone
anytime
anywhere
children
teens
adults
peers
co-workers
1:1
small group
large group
teams
teacher/student (classroom)
parent/child (home)
any group size, any age group, any skill level, any amount of time

5. Challenges
The challenges you create are based on what you want to get out of the game
Let go of the original rules - easier to adapt
Flexible - meet the needs of all players
Basic challenge - have fun and play with ASL
Advanced challenge - use more in-depth vocabulary, descriptive words, classifiers and thought processes

7. Dominoes Basic: Advanced: Leader asks who has what color
Describe colors using body shift
Describe colors and numbers
Describe colors, numbers, and location/position
Advanced:
Involve mathematics: add, subtract, multiply, divide
Use referents to describe who they match with
Ask other players for a matching color or number

9. Guess Who? Basic Advanced Ask yes/no questions to eliminate characters
Hair (color and style), eye color, skin color, gender, glasses, earrings, hat, facial hair, distinguishing features
Advanced
Eliminate one category at a time until it matches your challenge level
Instead of asking questions, see if the other can guess by your description.

10. or make your own!

11. Games Without Equipment
Never Have I Ever
Around the World
Telephone
Charades
I Spy
Pictionary
20 Questions
2 Truths and a Lie
Receptive Speed Test
Around the World (ABC, #, etc)
Receptive Speed Test (leader signs, race to fingerspell)

12. Card Games UNO Skip Bo Phase 10 Flash Cards SET Go Fish Memory
Color Slap

13. Board Games Sequence Sequence for Kids Farmyard Bingo
Silly Safari Bingo
Eric Carle Match- 0minoes
Matching, Bingo and Dominoes
Zingo Sight Words
Zingo Number Bingo
Zingo To-Go
Guess Who
Guess Who Disney

14. Dice Games
Tenzi
Yahtzee
Phase 10
Story Cubes
Story Cubes Batman

15. Tile Games Pairs in Pears Scrabble Bananagrams UpWords
Applegrams Dominoes
Rummy Cubes

16. Other Games This or That Taboo Jenga Mancala Pass the Pigs Hedbandz
30 Second Clips

17. ASL Games See It and Sign It See It and Sign It II
Keep Quiet Crossword Cube Game
Keep Quiet Reword
ASL Handshape Game Cards

18. Apps & Online Games Kahoot! Heads Up Charades Learning Patterns
PCS Education
Sight Words

19. Your Games

20. Break Out Groups
Introductions
Brainstorm
Play
5 minutes
10 minutes

21. Parent/Educator/Interpreter
Introductions
Name
Deaf/HOH/Hearing
Parent/Educator/Interpreter
Why are you here?

22. What are the challenges? Goals?
Brainstorm
What are the challenges? Goals?
How will you play? Rules?
5 minutes

23. Just get a feel for the game
Play
Just get a feel for the game
HAVE FUN!
10 minutes

24. Wrap Up What did you like or not like about the game?
Was it easy or difficult to adapt the game?
Would you play that game again? Why or why not?
What would you do differently in the future?

25. Questions

26. Melissa Kate Adams-Silva www.ASLColorfulHands.com
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