Led by the people who live this.

A world where all children have access to early language experiences in signed language.

The first years of a child's life are when the foundation for every later skill gets built. Signed language is available to a deaf child immediately, and it does not have to wait on a device, a diagnosis, or a decision that is still being made.

Our approach is language play: rhyme, rhythm, and games that make signed language something a family does together rather than something a child is taught at. Play is what makes it repeatable, and repetition is what makes it stick.

• Materials built by deaf educators, not adapted as an afterthought.
• Designed for adults who are learning alongside the child.
• Usable in a classroom and in a living room.

Deaf and hearing parents, teachers of the deaf, and early childhood educators. Some families come to us already signing. Many are only a few weeks into it. Both belong here.

A video series, a learning curriculum of songs, worksheets, and lesson plans, live workshops,one on one consultations, andbilingual books that are on the way.

Hands Land is made by an all-Deaf team of experts, parents, and artists, with the people below.

Deaf signers

Kriston Lee Pumphery, Jonathan McMillan, April Jackson, Jesse Jones III, Leala Holcomb, Amanda Sortwell Crane, Shira Grabelsky, Jenny Gough

Cameraperson

MJ Kielbus

Deaf artists

Jena Floyd, Stephanie Steinlein-Balding, Carlisle Robinson