Asl

[VisionaryMom]

I'm considering starting DD and DS learning to sign. I have a deaf cousin and signed with her when we were children, but I don't remember tons now beyond the alphabet and a few basics. I learned by experience b/c of spending time with said cousin. Has anyone taught her DC? How did you approach it?

[SagMom]

Originally Posted by BrandiRhoades

Has anyone taught her DC? How did you approach it?

My kids have done this off and on, currently they're into it again. They've used a combination of online info and books. We tried a few videos but they were too sequential and not always practical--the kids preferred to look up common phrases or things they would often have a use for and get right to using them. They often work at it while we're driving somewhere. They are no where near fluent, but are enjoying it and they retain much more than I do.

This is the site they like best: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/Sites/aslweb/browser.htm

[Whistler]

See if your library has the Signing Time videos. They are wonderful!

[craft_media_hero]

We've done sign on and off since she was a tot. Right now we're using ASL in conjunction with our Spanish phrases and vocab. I can't say enough good things about ASL for little ones! We love it!!

I pick words and phrases for the week that loosely go along with whatever we're doing in the rest of homeschool life. Although I think she'd enjoy a video method, we would be unable to coordinate both languages that way---also I don't want to overload her with new language vocabulary.

We do a phrase or two at a time and maybe 3-7 words. We stick with the same words and phrases until it's become an easy and natural part of our vocabulary, usually about 2-3 weeks (3 weeks is kind of overkill here).

I have an ASL dictionary from the library, an ASL phrase book that I own, and my Spanish books from college. It is kind of a pain to look up each word in both languages, but I'd rather pick and choose words that are applicable to whatever we're currently doing than pay money for a packaged kiddie curriculum and then pick and choose.

I like what I've seen of Signing Time, but it seems rather expensive, and our library doesn't have it. So for now we look words up and pick and choose. Also, you can find a video demo in ASL of pretty much any word you can think of online---so I haven't found it necessary to spend a lot of money on learning the language.

[yansmommy]

We love "Signing Time" here! : Over 500 vocabulary words just from the first series and it is FUN!

[Momma Aimee]

http://www.deaflibrary.org/asl.html

and

http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/index/welcome.htm

and

http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

are three sites i use to look up words .. we do two are three new signs a week.

( 2 and 4)

We've been doing this since Thoe was like 9 or 10 months -- ASL that is -- Thoe signs great CAP refuses.

I perfer to learn a sing adn use it, rather than have them watch DVDs. I feel I need to know it and use it, for it to mean much to them,

http://www.amazon.com/Sign2Me-Flashc...=20OK1AJ20EB40

this set of flashcards, i got out Lib to buy and I have been through them till i know them

We intend for ASL to be a 2nd language for our family.

on Amazon there are a ton of ressources: books nad the like ...

Signing for Kids by Mickey Flodin


Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy by Marilyn Daniels

Learn to Sign the Fun Way: Let Your Fingers Do the Talking with Games, Puzzles, and Activities in American Sign Language by Penny Warner

The American Sign Language Puzzle Book by Justin Segal


See It and Sign It Game-Intro to ASL by Vintage Sports Cards

Communicating in Sign: Creative Ways to Learn American Sign Language (ASL) (A Flying Hands Book) by Diane P. Chambers

As sson as Theodore is better about games we will add some.

ASL will be a subject for us for the long haul

[signingmamma]

We sign here, but it's not ASL it's LSE, the spanish version which varies to some extent, some signs are the same and others completely different. DH is deaf so DD has grown up with it. It's one of her main languages as well as spanish. She learns by experience, she usually speaks and signs at the same time.

I don't really know much ASL info and material but I just want to tell you that it's amazing that you want to expose your child to such a wonderful language.:

[urchin_grey]

Signing Time is AWESOME for vocab. It will be really hard to become fluent and get the sentence structure down without a native signer around though. I plan to take a course at a local community college. Its an actual certificate. DS is non-verbal though so becoming fluent is a must for us.

[onyxravnos]

i also like signing time .... i even learned a few new words and i'm not a bad signer to begin with. with my ds after 2 years of signing time he now asks me what the sign is for other words.... i think its a great jumping off point.

[Momma Aimee]

Originally Posted by signingmamma

We sign here, but it's not ASL it's LSE, the spanish version which varies to some extent, some signs are the same and others completely different. DH is deaf so DD has grown up with it. It's one of her main languages as well as spanish. She learns by experience, she usually speaks and signs at the same time.

I don't really know much ASL info and material but I just want to tell you that it's amazing that you want to expose your child to such a wonderful language.:

Right now we are doing Vocab ONLY -- we will do grammer and structure later.

Theo is delayed in speech so he often speaks as he signs, or signs as he speaks is more like it.

I speak and sign for a while then use the sign without voice.

[LilMama23]

We have lots of signing books on the bookshelf, and this thread is making me feel guilty about not pulling them out enough. We are slowly working on the alphabet so that she can fingerspell.

[Cartesia]

Our baby LOVES ASL

I highly recommend it! We bought a great book called "signing smart" and it has been such a joy being able to communicate with our son (we also use the web to find signs for words not in our books' ASL dictionaries). Theo did his first sign at 6 months (for nurse). By 9 months, he could sign around 6 words (e.g., ball, fan, light, bird, ball). By 10 months, he started to make sentences (e.g., the monkey eats, the duck is in water) and could say about 25 words in ASL. Now, he's 11 1/2 months and has an ASL vocab. of around 40-45 words. His spoken word vocab is small - only a handful of words, like turtle, diaper, dog, kittycat, etc. It's been a lot of fun for our family and helps us feel connected.

[onyxravnos]

signing time is really awsome depending on the age of your kiddos. having a sign dictonary is nice to have on hand so you can just look up words... you might also check around your area a lot of areas have deaf lunches or somesuch where you can practice your signing.

[Savoir Faire]

I've seen tons of "signing time" videos at our local library. I've been considering getting into ASL as well!

[Momma Aimee]

i love ASL

it has been so helpful to us.

but we decided to teach ASL before i was even preggo --

I love it