ASL 1 - Beginners American Sign Language Spring Twice-A-Week Class (Ages 7-11)

In this on-going class, students will will meet twice-a-week and learn the ASL alphabet, numbers, how to introduce themselves, basic conversation, common words and phrases, animals, food, school signs, sports and hobbies, weather, time words, calendar words, holidays, verbs, adjectives and much more! This class is geared towards new to ASL learners. I do have classes for other levels, ages and flex classes that offer flexible schedules. In this class, students will learn by using repetition and fun activities. Students may participate in a show and tell throughout the course on certain days. The class will learn signs related to each students show and tell. Students are able to enroll into this class at any time during this course as we review past material at random and do not need prior signs to learn the new signs. I provide handouts in my classes. These handouts will be posted at the end of class and are pictures of the signs we learned that day in class. These are intended as an added resource for practice. New students will get handouts that are needed. Students will also gain knowledge of the deaf and hard-of-hearing world. I am fluent in ASL as I have profoundly deaf parents and have been signing my whole life. Because of this, I am passionate about teaching the world ASL. I have years experience teaching and a BA degree. 

This class will be outlined as followed:

Week 1 (January 9-12) - ASL alphabet, numbers 0-10, how to introduce ourselves, colors
Week 2 (January 16-19) - more numbers, family & people signs
Week 3 (January 23-26) - more numbers, common words & phrases
Week 4 (January 30-February 2) - more numbers, food, review time 
Week 5 (February 6-9) - more numbers, animals, question words
Week 6 (February 13-16) - more numbers, calendar, time words, weather & seasons
Week 7 (February 20-23) - outdoor & nature signs
Week 8 (February 27-March 2) - Practice finger spelling, review week
Week 9 (March 6-9) - school signs
Week 10 (March 13-16) - sports & activities
Week 11 (March 20-23) - practice activities & hobbies
Week 12 (March 27-30) - common word list
Week 13 (April 3-6) -common opposites
Week 14 (April 10-13) -  common verbs
Week 15 (April 17-20) - practice & review week
Week 16 (April 24-27) - places & travel signs
Week 17 (May 1-4) - Practice & review week
Week 18 (May 8-11) - Practice & review week
Week 19 (May 15-18) - Practice & review week
Week 20 (May 22-25) - Practice & review week