Claire Koch's Parents Couldn't Hear Her Kindergarten Concert. So She Performed It In Sign Language.

[jtuck004]

What a great kid...

Found it here.

[Skittles]

1. gawd she's guilty of cute abuse

freaking adorable

[NYC_SKP]

2. There oughta be a law...

right?

[Skittles]

3. awwww yeah

there's just a certain point where it is just sheer overload

[countryjake]

4. Ye gods, she never missed a beat!

What a sweetie pie!

[dipsydoodle]

5. Very touching.

Words defeat me.

Thanks for posting.

[Heather MC]

6. Too freakin' cute!!!!!!!

[66 dmhlt]

7. From one whose world is silent - she's good!

[tblue37]

8. I call sign "hand dancing" because it is fluid, creative, and often quite beautiful

to watch.

But another aspect of signing is the total face and body involvement you see in many signers. That is because people with hearing loss have to rely so much on other aspects of body language to fully understand others. My severe hearing loss is progressive, and for various reasons I never learned sign, but I love to watch people signing. The animation of their faces and bodies as they communicate in sign is as delightful as the dance of their hands.

Notice how animated little Clare is compared to the kids around her. That is why the boy to her right can't stop watching her. She just looks as though she is having even more fun than anyone else on the stage.

[countryjake]

9. I had to watch it again to see the reaction of the boys next to her...

and have fallen off my chair laughing at some of the looks they both gave her. So cute.

I learned to sign long long ago (no trouble hearing, myself) and you're so right about the beauty of such expression!