Hi! In the class we will meet for 4 weeks for 3 days / week to learn and practice American Sign Language. The basics of American Sign Language will be taught and we will practice using American Sign Language in conversations. Here is a break down of the 4 weeks.                              Week 1- Introductions- What is American Sign Language? Why do you want to learn American Sign Language. We will practice the ASL Alphabet and using the letters to finger spell- We will start to practice how to spell with our fingers. We will learn how to count to 10 and sign the days of the week. Learners will be introduced to how to sign I like , I don’t like and my favorite for next weeks introduction to signing “All about me”. We will use an all about me sheet to learn how to sign our favorite things.     Week 2- We will build on to what we have learned and practiced in week one and we will start to learn and practice the first 2 themes on the all about me sheet- Colors and our favorite colors and food and drinks and our favorite food and drinks.                   
Week 3- We will continue to build and practice what we have learned from week 2. We will learn and practice how to sign  the next themes on the All about me sheet - “Animals and Sports and Hobbies”.                                       
Week 4- We will learn how to sign about “Family and Friends” We will recap what we have learned and the last class will be an ASL Jeopardy game using the Vocabulary from the themes we have practiced over the 4 weeks.             This is a breakdown of what we will learn. To explain a little bit how we will learn. The class is structured with a lot of practicing the signs together.