Brownies learn about deaf awareness
One of Derbyshire’s Brownie groups took part in deaf awareness activities last Monday as part of their weekly meeting. Author of the book My Brother John, Joanne Zellweger met with 20 Brownies who were given a talk about deaf awareness, took part in a deaf awareness quiz, were giving a lip reading exercise and listened to a reading of the book My Brother John.
Joanne was delighted with the response, “The children were really positive and it was great to see that they participated so well in this interactive event.”
My Brother John resources, prepared by Joanne Zellweger and Cochlear UK Advocate, Gerard Featherstone are illustrated by Andy Elliott and are available on request for schools and groups like Brownies too. The resources also include My Brother John colouring-in sheets for copying which use characters and images from the book There’s also a useful web links sheet so teachers and group leaders can add to their interactive presentation by showing what a cochlear implant is and what hearing loss sounds are like to deaf children.
The resources have already been taken up by several schools in Nottinghamshire and there have also been enquiries from audiology departments too.