Annual Holiday Party with Santa for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The largest turnout yet at this annual event with 31 children ranging in age from infant to 12 years old. Along with 33 parents and several volunteers, everyone joined in song and movement led by Mark Biesterfeld from Petite Musician while awaiting Santa. When jolly ‘ole Santa arrived, he settled in to read an original interactive story the children needed to ‘listen’ to in order to hear their cues when Santa called out their color card. After snacking on cupcakes frosted with the colors in Santa’s story, the children did ornament-making crafts and coloring activities while families had their pictures taken with Santa. Everyone took home a copy of The Color Hunt, Santa’s story and an age appropriate book with suggestions on how to expand listening and language when reading to a child.