I would like to invite you to check out Language Arts Homeschool Resources Signing Online and Talk Sauk. If you have used these resources let me know what you thought of them and why.
Do you have a student interested in learning sign language? If so, take a look at Signing Online! With Signing Online, your student can learn American Sign Language (ASL) from anywhere using your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Grades 3-12, with parental supervision Discover the traditional language of the Sac and Fox Indian Nation of Oklahoma with this website. Derived from the Algonquian language family, the Sauk language is currently only spoken by a handful of elders. The Sauk Language department created this website to help “keep the Sauk language as a living and integral component of the Sac and Fox Nation”.
When arriving at the colorful website, select the “Menu” option in the upper left to expose the menu and find:
- About – Learn more about the Sauk Nation’s history and more
- Dictionary – Use the visual dictionary to learn the Sauk language word for animals, food, numbers, and other everyday words. Click an image to hear the word in the Sauk language.
- Phrases – Read phrases in English related to colors, days, weather, eating, greetings, feelings, and much more, then click the phrase to hear it in the Sauk language.
- Games – Play matching games, enjoy the online or downloadable coloring book, or explore the online games of Sauk Count and Climb and Sauk Drop and Catch (NOTE: We could not get these 2 games to load for us.)
- Storybooks – Read and listen to “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed”, see the Eric Carle book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear translated into Sauk and the story “Kâta Kîshkô”.
- Videos – Watch animated stories, see videos about the Sauk language, and learn to count to 10.
And more!
Visitors do not need to be part of the Sac and Fox Nation to appreciate the value and beauty of the language. This website provides a wonderful introduction to the Sauk language and students may be inspired to dig deeper into the language of their own heritage.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
