Guide to Online Activities

Pet Shop Match-Up

"Pet Shop Match-Up" invites your child to learn the names of animals in American Sign Language (ASL) while practicing his or her concentration skills! The goal is to play Tito in a concentration card game by matching an animal with its ASL sign. Play until all of the cards are matched and a special message appears. This activity may be played in English or Spanish and on an easy level with six pairs to match or a harder level with eight pairs to match. Captioning is provided to allow deaf or hard of hearing players to follow along with Tito while also supporting beginning readers and second language learners.

Playing "Pet Shop Match-Up" supports these important learning objectives:

• to use communication in English, Spanish and American Sign Language
• to promote an appreciation of cultural diversity
• to use picture-word association
• to encourage the acquisition of American Sign Language
• to use memory building strategies

Extend your child’s "Pet Shop Match-Up" learning experience by using these ideas:

• discover more about ASL by reading these books: My First Book of Sign Language by Scholastic and illustrated by Joan Holub (Ages 4-8), and You Can Learn Sign Language by Jackie Kramer & Tali Ovadia (Ages 8-12)
• continue your fun with the printable version of "Pet Shop Match-Up": /pbskids2008/mayaandmiguel/english/print/petshopmatchup.html
• practice the American Sign Language Alphabet: /pbskids2008/mayaandmiguel/english/print/aslalphabet.html
• try out other activities using ASL and Maya & Miguel: /pbskids2008/mayaandmiguel/english/print/index.html