What is Peter’s Picture?
Peter’s Picture Incorporates Research Based Practices
Targeted Skills Within Each Episode (Golos & Moses, 2013a)
Episode |
Letter of the Day |
Vocabulary |
ASL/Cultural Knowledge |
Our Trip to the Farm |
F |
Farm, pumpkin, corn, flower, tractor |
How to get attention (tap shoulder) |
Our Trip to Paulie’s Pizza
|
P |
Pizza, cheese, napkin, pepperoni, table |
How to get attention (flash lights/tap table)/Introductions |
Our Trip to the Library |
L |
Library, librarian, library card, quiet, borrow |
Introductions/ASL handshapes, quiet in library |
Our Trip to Country Bob’s Backyard |
B |
Backyard, egg, goat, chicken, rabbit |
Introductions/How videophones work, classifiers-chicken walk |
Skills Across Videos (Golos & Moses, 2013a)
Skill or Knowledge Are |
How Skill or Knowledge Area is Addressed |
Concepts of Print |
Asking about and explaining that books have titles, where to start reading, and direction of print |
Sequencing |
Explicitly sequencing the 5 main events that take place during each adventure |
Vocabulary (related to print) |
Asking about, discussing or explaining the meaning of title, sentence, page, word, story, book |
Story Elements |
Discussing characters (who they are), setting, and solving problems within the plot |
Deaf Culture |
Demonstrating/discussing turn taking and ways of getting attention; Modeling Deaf characters interacting with each other in ASL and in a Deaf culturally friendly environment. Modeling Deaf characters communicating through videophones |