These Hands Can Talk! - ASL 4 Beginners!

Introduction to American Sign Language! 

Ready for your child to start learning a new language? In this class, students will be introduced to American Sign Language, a beautiful visual language that makes use of the hands and face to communicate. We will learn the basics of ASL communication including fingerspelling, the do's and don'ts of deaf communication, and basic greeting signs, colors, numbers, food and family signs. We'll touch on a bit of ASL word order and grammar and note the ways in which ASL differs from English. 

Below is a breakdown each weekly session:

Week 1: Greeting Signs and a bit of ASL history.
- We will learn greeting signs, a bit of deaf history and culture, and the do's and don'ts of ASL communication.
- We will conclude class with an interactive game.

Week 2: Fingerspelling 
- We will learn to fingerspell the entire manual alphabet along with corresponding signs to go along with each letter.
- We will review the content from last class and apply the newly gained skill of fingerspelling to introducing oneself in ASL.
- We will conclude class with an interactive game.

Week 3: Colors
- We will review the content from last class by introducing ourselves to each other in ASL.
- We will learn how to sign colors and practice our fingerspelling receptive skills by signing the colors and recognizing the fingerspelled color words.
- We will conclude class with an interactive game.

Week 4: Numbers
- We will review the color signs learned in the last class.
- We will learn to sign the numbers up to 21 (there's a fun reason why we stop on 21 instead of 20!)
- We will conclude class with an interactive game.

Week 5: Family
- We will review the number signs learned in the last class.
- We will learn signs pertaining to family and will practice our fingerspelling receptive skills by recognizing fingerspelled family signs.
- We will conclude class with an interactive game.

Week 6: Foods
- We will review the family signs learned in the last class.
- We will learn signs pertaining to food and will practice our fingerspelling receptive skills by recognizing fingerspelled food signs. 
- We will conclude class with an interactive game.

Week 7: Feelings and Review
- We will review the food signs learned in the last class. 
-  We will learn signs pertaining to feelings and will practice our fingerspelling receptive skills by recognizing fingerspelled food sings. 
- We will review the content learned over the course of the class through an interactive game.