International Disability Day

Photos of the Arabic alphabet in sign language were taken today by two pairs of helpful hands which will feature on this website. They were taken for two reasons:

1: To add to the website for people interested in Arabic to learn

2: To use as a teaching tool, first of all for the celebration of International Disability Day on the 3^rd December and for the SHG to use in the future as a teaching tool.

Our helpful hands also made a short video of numbers and the days of the week.

As the parents of the SHG prefer that their children’s pictures are not published on the web, a small toy was used to show how to ‘sign’ the days of the week, as the hands need to be close to the face. This toy will continue to help us as we add extra sign language each week.

After the photography session, the rest of the group met to organise themselves to participate in the celebration of International Disability Day.

Their first activity will be a short skit of a classroom in which the students are learning sign language. They will use the photos taken to assist them and at the end ask members of the audience to introduce themselves in sign language as they will have learnt from watching the play.

There second activity, when the audience splits into two groups of children and youth, will be a more in depth teaching session of sign language to the youth in the activity. They will also facilitate a maths competition given and answered in sign language.

Finally, the will participate with the other youth in a discussion highlighting the capabilities of people with special needs, which will be hosted by our Supporting Committee of parents.

Check out the website www.itsourright.blogspot.com next week for an animated clip of Arabic Sign Language.