MOOSE program

The MOOSE program is a preschool and kindergarten for deaf children, the children of deaf parents and children whose parents want them to learn sign language from a young age. The program is still hoping to add more kindergarteners, then add more grades as the school grows. All of the teachers use voice and sign language simultaneously.

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Wed., Oct. 5, 2016

Kindergarten teacher Keeley McPartland, center, reads a book to her students while simultaneously signing the words in her class at the Moose Project, a preschool through first-grade program for deaf children, the children of deaf parents and children whose parents want them to learn sign language from a young age. Photographed Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

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Kindergarten teacher Keeley McPartland, center, reads a book to her students while simultaneously signing the words in her class at the Moose Project, for deaf children, the children of deaf parents and children whose parents want them to learn sign language from a young age. Photographed Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

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Kristi Anderson, founder and teacher at the Moose Project, helps clean up after lunch at the school. Photographed Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

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Kindergartener Kylee Novikoff, who is deaf and wears a cochlear implant to hear, slides down the play equipment at the Moose Project in Spokane, a school that provides simultaneous spoken-word and American Sign Language instruction. Photographed Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

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Kindergarten teacher Keeley McPartland, right, and preschool teacher Sarena Corson, left, line up their students after recess at the Moose Project. Photographed Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

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