Deaf children to benefit from storytelling website
Posted Feb 20 2009 7:22pm
Deaf children across the country are set to benefit from a multi-million pound venture masterminded in the North East.
Signed Stories is a new web-based programme that is being launched today with backing from internationally-renowned authors.
It aims to make some of the best children’s stories accessible to young people with hearing disabilities.
The project has seen a real North East collaboration, as it was dreamt up in County Durham, conceived by a Sunderland University graduate, filmed in Gateshead, animated in Newcastle and features music from a Whitley Bay composer.
The free website - www.signedstories.com - has been designed for children, parents and schools and hopes to encourage deaf children to read the best, modern children’s books.
Deaf children across the country are set to benefit from a multi-million pound venture masterminded in the North East.
Signed Stories is a new web-based programme that is being launched today with backing from internationally-renowned authors.
It aims to make some of the best children’s stories accessible to young people with hearing disabilities.
The project has seen a real North East collaboration, as it was dreamt up in County Durham, conceived by a Sunderland University graduate, filmed in Gateshead, animated in Newcastle and features music from a Whitley Bay composer.
The free website - www.signedstories.com - has been designed for children, parents and schools and hopes to encourage deaf children to read the best, modern children’s books.
Find out more, here.