The Sign On For Literacy prize sought technology-based innovations that increase literacy outcomes for deaf children in low resource settings by providing greater access to sign languages, early grade reading materials, and/or reading instruction by engaging families, schools and communities.
Project Name
Kitkit School: Sign Language Project
Technology Used
Assistive Technology
Competition Entered
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Reading Skill Targeted
Pre-Reading, Reading Environment
Status
Semi-Finalist
Amount Award
$25,000
Collaborators/Partners
The Challenge
Of the estimated 32 million deaf children globally, 80% do not have access to education and only 2% receive education in sign language. Without early access to language, children fail to develop social and cognitive skills at the same rate as their peers, hindering their ability to learn to read and write and isolating them from society over the course of their lives.
The Big Idea
Kitkit School, a tablet-based early learning program, includes a suite of games, books, videos, and art and music tools to support children in developing countries in learning literacy and math skills independently. Through the Sign On For Literacy prize, Enuma proposed to add a sign language mode to Kitkit School that provides sign language and visual support to the curriculum, enabling deaf children and their communities to access early sign language learning resources.
Featured Innovation
KitKit School
A tablet-based early learning program, includes a suite of games, books, videos, and art and music tools to support children in developing countries in learning literacy and math skills independently.
Blogs and Media
Blog // November 29, 2021Be part of the solution to increase literacy for children with disabilities
Research and Resources
KitKit School
A tablet-based early learning program, includes a suite of games, books, videos, and art and music tools to support children in developing countries in learning literacy and math skills independently.Sign On For Literacy Prize Announcement – press release for deafblind or those with low vision
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development announces five semi-finalists of the Sign On For Literacy prize. (Press release for deafblind or those with low vision).Sign On For Literacy Prize Announcement – Press Release in International Sign
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development announces five semi-finalists of the Sign On for Literacy prize. (Press release in International Sign).enuma – Sign On For Literacy prize semi-finalist
Sign On For Literacy prize semi-finalist enuma adds sign language functionality to KitKit School, a tablet-based early learning program, for children in Tanzania and Kenya.
