Year: 2020

We can still read together even when we are apart! ASL Story Time is a wonderful collaboration between C.A.N. and the Great Falls Public Library! Since June of this year, thanks to the ingenuity of Rae, a staff member at the Great Falls Public Library, we are reading together on-line! This is a fun and fantastic community building opportunity, and …

Art, drama, language, science, and great connections abounded during C.A.N.’s impromptu Zoom Chat sessions. An even more exciting product??? We are now planing to host more sessions and even start some sessions for adults!! To finish up this great week of connecting, the plan for today WAS art, but we are moving that to tomorrow! So for today (Friday – …

For C.A.N.’s Zoom chat today (Thursday – November 5) Cecily will again lead our group in exploring ASL hand-shapes! Cecily is a deaf advocate/artist with a PhD in linguistics from Gallaudet. You can find out more about her and support her work on her Patreon Page. We are delighted to spend time with her again this week! Thank you, Cecily! Don’t …

Calling all actors! Today for C.A.N.’s Zoom Chat we are finding our inner drama llama!!! During our session we will watch excerpts from the new VV Underground Facebook page and play some imaginative drama games to build expressive skills and vocabulary. If you have a student that wants to join us, please fill out the consent form at waiver.aslcan.com. When …

Our Magic Spellers are becoming Mad Scientists today for C.A.N.’s Zoom Chat!!! With info from aslclear.org (a wonderful ASL STEM resource worth checking out!!!) we will learn about states of matter and related signs! We will then do some of our own exciting experiments with water. If you want to join us for this fun, hands-on session at 4:00 PM …

Magic Spelling today for Zoom Chat! During the summer we met with some of our friends to work on spelling three letter words to build a foundation for more spelling success. We talked about how “spell”, as in putting letters together, and “spell”, as in a magic spell, is spelled the same. Being able to spell is powerful and it …

Yesterday, we had a wonderful time with Cecily and worked on 1-5 stories! She will join us again next Thursday for more hand shape fun. You can find out more about Cecily and her work on her Patreon Page Today, grab your paper and pens for an awesome art lesson with Liz!! This is going to be an inspiring time …

Our first Zoom Chat session was fantastic! Thank you parents for giving your consent, and thank you students for an hour of laughter and games! We had six students participate, and we played Simon Says and Charades. We also figured out how to use the class rooms in Zoom and made sure everyone knew how to switch from gallery to …

With COVID cases on the rise in Montana, many deaf and hard of hearing students are in need of learning and social opportunities that they can participate in from home. To respond to this immediate need, C.A.N. is hosting a daily chat and learn time on Zoom. The sessions are provided at no cost for students in grades K-12 and …

C.A.N. is excited to announce that this Saturday for MSDB’s “DEW” (Deaf Enrichment Weekend) we are hosting two wonderful De’VIA artists: Cynthia Weitzel came to Montana in 2019 to lead a workshop with our ASL community and students from MSDB. Together with our community she created an inspiring installation for the Urban Art Project in downtown Great Falls, Montana. (See https://www.aslcan.com/devia-uap-workshops/ and https://www.aslcan.com/uap-reception-was-fantastic/ ) A …