Activity pack Packed with puzzles, games and deaf awareness tips!
Join Coral and Angel as they go on an adventure to find Angel’s missing cockle implant. Make your way through the maze on page 6, learn to fingerspell on page 8, and pick up top tips for being deaf-friendly along the way!
Tip 1Be like Finn!
Finn removes his hands from his face so that
Angel can understand his lip patterns and
expressions.
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Connect the dotsCan you work out who the character is below? Join up the dots and find out.
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Who is it?
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Mermaid maze Can you help Coral, Angel and Finn find Angel’s cockle implant?
Tip 2Be like Finn’s grandma! She makes sure Angel can see her face when
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Using the fingerspelling alphabet below, how many words can you find hidden in the fingerspelling grid?
Fingerspelling alphabet
Word search
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Angel Coral Sharks Merkitty Mermaid
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Angel Coral treasure adventure sharks merkitty mermaid
Sign language Join the Merkitty and Angel by trying out these signs.
Friend Are you well? Help
Asleep Music Shark
Kind Squid
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Tip 3Be like Coral!
When Angel doesn’t have her cockle implants in, Coral
signs to her sister instead. Always find out how a deaf
person would like you to communicate
with them.
StorytimeNow that you’ve learnt some fingerspelling and British Sign Language signs, why don’t you come up with Angel and Coral’s next adventure? Draw their next adventure in the circles below, or send BSL videos to [email protected].
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